links for 2005-08-18

• Introducing BlogOriented - outsourcing blogs to china. The long term goal is to generate a large untraceable astroturfing mechanism for launching of various products to the internet demographic.
  "My problem with this venture is that we are exploiting a once pure medium and diluting the blogosphere with what are basically lies."
  (tags: business startups blogs)
• What Business Can Learn from Open Source (and Blogging)
  And that's one reason open source (and blogging in some cases) are so important. They show us what real work looks like.
  (tags: business startups productivity)
• How to do targeted advertising with Google AdSense
  (tags: business advertising blogs)
• Magic Sign Travis Diener
  (tags: basketball marquette)