I practice IP law in Silicon Valley and have an unhealthy obsession with coding, photography, Apple, gadgets, artificial intelligence, and all things Internet.

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Twitter: i love all of the "kindle killer" talk, especially when none of the "killers" actually uses e-ink. get a grip people. 7 hrs ago

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Linear news

April 5, 2004

Over the course of the past week I’ve been monitoring the number of headlines that come through my news aggregator each day, if only to satisfy my own curiosity. While I ‘felt’ (over time) the linear trend that you see below, I didn’t think that it would be so indubitable. It would obviously be much more accurate if I did this over the course of a month or year, but I really didn’t feel like monitoring it for that long. The results (* == 25 headlines):

Monday: 747 headlines ******************************
Tuesday: 598 headlines ************************
Wednesday: 512 headlines ********************
Thursday: 457 headlines ******************
Friday: 369 headlines **************
Saturday: 185 headlines *******
Sunday: 135 headlines *****

WEEKLY TOTAL: 3003
AVERAGE: 429

Unsurprisingly, the biggest fluctuations appear near the weekends: Friday/Saturday (-184) and Sunday/Monday (+612). The weekends are generally fairly slow, especially for blogs.

It should be noted that I’m currently subscribed to 111 feeds (76 personal blogs and 35 news sources). I’m curious (scared) to find out what these numbers will look like 10 years down the road.