I got my invitation to the reinvigorate.net beta this morning. For those of you who haven't heard of it, Reinvigorate is yet another javascript based web stats tracker, with i assume the intention of having a much nicer and more usable interface than Google analytics.
So I've been eyeing up the competition. Although I would love to, I can't run Mint due to its PHP and database requirements (all .NET here sadly). Lucky I found out about Reinvigorate.
I just got back from an event called The Great Blend, which was basically a panel discussion about the present and future of online media.
The event was run by Russell Brown of publicaddress.net, and he oversaw the panel of local and ex-pat guests.
I think most internet users take the multi-cultural nature of the web for granted. I think english language sites are probably worse for this than anyone. They very rarely link to sites of other languages, as too many english speakers are not bilingual. People stay in their own comfortable circles and ignore other languages and cultures.
A lot of people ask where inspiration comes from. Not in real life of course, but in movies and books and things. Movies and books written by writers looking for inspiration.