Month: December 2007

  • The tipping point for XBRL

    This could be a milestone in illustrating the benefits of using XBRL for companies filing financial data. Last week, Microsoft submitted a Form 8-K filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comprising financial data for shareholders, using XBRL.…

  • If the approach is right, you get results

    Getting people’s attention to support a worthy cause is a tricky business these days. Whatever the cause, you’re competing for that attention amongst so many other causes, all undoubtedly worthy. And you have to consider compassion fatigue, especially if you’re…

  • Troubling times for Blognation coming to a head

    Ever since Blognation opened its virtual doors last July, it’s been one of my primary essential daily destinations for RSS reading. It’s an ambitious idea from Sam Sethi – build a network of blogs covering news about emerging startups in…

  • A real passion for wine

    Just ask and you might get. An email from Olivier Magny in Paris about his new video blog Wine Rendezvous says: […] I’m trying to spread the word about it! Im trying to have a bit of a different approach…

  • Cut from FIR #299

    Overflow from yesterday’s FIR #299: Listener Dave Briggs asks is there a best day for releasing online content MP3 download. If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)