Tim O’Reilly’s proposal for a bloggers code of conduct is looking increasingly forlorn. Over at gapingvoid Kathy Sierra rejects it. And Tristan Louis gives it a well-deserved fisking (hat tip: Andrew Sullivan).

Grit before pearls
Ben Schott has a go at the paradoxical blandness of supposedly disruptive startups: Welcome to your bland new world. It’s easy to get stuck in