Too many Americans would rather watch Paris Hilton or learn about Anna Nicole Smith.

How do I know that? Cause there is a reason why CNN and Fox kept playing AnnaNews all day long a few weeks back. They do focus groups. They know what people are watching and just how much of something they are watching.

All the discussion today about whether newspapers are dead or aren’t won’t solve that one.

Today’s top headline in the local paper? Above everything else? Foodblogging.

Is that REALLY the most important thing in the world today? Hell, I’m a blog evangelist and even I don’t think that if you really pressed me on it.

When the cover of Wired says “Get Naked … and Rule the World” we have to agree.

Get Naked Conversations on Amazon.

It’s amazing to both of us that the book has consistently been in the top 5,000 books on Amazon for months ever since it first came out last January (out of millions of books).

Thank you to everyone who bought a copy.

Wow, Rafat Ali is reporting that InfoWorld is closing and that the staff didn’t even know before they learned that online. The new tech trade press? My link blog + TechMeme + Digg + Google Reader.