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The Week in Review
May 16, 2008 at 8:30 am by Chris| This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy! Google Maps Adds More Google Maps has been cranking out the updates fast and furious lately. In the last week the site has incorporated photos and Wikipedia entries, added the ability to pan upward in street views and this morning it announced a new Flash mapping API. Link List Color on Intranets Lists of links are an intermediate case between content-embedded links and menu items. Showing listed links in blue or in the site's main link color is the recommended design — and the one most intranets follow. Audiocast: The Future of the Internet Web guru Jonathan Zittrain worries that hyper-convenient but closed products like the iPhone are shutting down the party Google Shows Blurred Faces in Street View to Protect Privacy GM keeps building cars on XP In an interview with BusinessWeek, GM technology chief Fred Killeen said that, for now, he's sticking with Windows XP. Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale. No off switch: "Hyperconnectivity" on the rise According to a new study from Interactive Data Corp. (IDC) and sponsored by Nortel, however, an emerging demographic of "hyperconnected" individuals in the workforce doesn't have an off switch. US envoy says toll from Myanmar cyclone might reach 100,000 Google Plastic Bag View Google Sightseeing blog reports about an interesting incident in Google Street View: a plastic bag blocked Google's camera on a street from Alaska. How Little Do Users Read? On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely. Ad-support content will soon dominate digital media The ad-based model is apparently more popular among media execs than subscription or even pay-per-view models. A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media Woopra Lets You Stalk Your Users The rule-breaking part comes when you download and install the cross-platform Woopra desktop application, and install a special plugin on your WordPress- or vBulletin-driven site (presumably more plugins are in the works). Scented text messages patented in Germany Two German companies have patented technology for sending scented text messages on mobile phones. Open Screen Project Adobe will open the FLV and SWF formats. |
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The Week in Review
May 2, 2008 at 8:30 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read how with print revenue down and online revenue growing, newspaper executives are anticipating the day when big city dailies and national papers will abandon their print versions. Google researchers say they have a software technology intended to do for digital images on the Web what the company’s original PageRank software did for searches of Web pages. Read how within the last five years, the size of the average web page has more than tripled, and the number of external objects has nearly doubled. While broadband users have experienced somewhat faster response times, narrowband users have been left behind. Read Jakob Neilsen's latest AlertBox, in which he writes, "Users scan lists by moving their eyes rapidly down the left edge. Menu items that are right-aligned make scanning more difficult." Read how a Dubai based firm is in the process of developing software that will make it easy to restrict access “to groups on Facebook deemed to go against the social, moral, cultural and religious values of the United Arab Emirates.” Read how Microsoft has come up with a “wearable pointing device” that looks somewhat like a hybrid between the gloves in Minority Report and the Nintendo Wiimote. Their patent filed in October 2006 was just recently published. Read this email lesson to Bcc. Read about the war against the web. Read how you can strip Twitter down to its raw, emotional core with Twistori. The simple website scrapes Twitter posts for exactly six keywords using the search engine summize. Read how old-school encyclopedia Britannica is giving bloggers free subscriptions to Britannica Online, the internet version of its multivolume masterpiece. Read how we’ve outsourced our own content, leaving little point to a fullblown personal website. Read how the number of messages sent via SMS falls dramatically among MIM users from 38 to only 23 messages per 100. Read about Henry Blodget unveiling the new SAI 25 which values the top 25 startups. At the top of the list was Facebook, bringing in a valuation of $9 billion. Read about Iceberg, which provides a drag and drop form builder and a workflow and process generation tool, and uses a visual flowchart like interface to create decision trees and other action and event triggers automatically. Stop using Ajax! Read how the future web will put "all the data in the world" at the fingertips of every user. Read how Adobe will open the FLV and SWF formats. Read about two German companies that have patented technology for sending scented text messages on mobile phones. Read about stalking your users with Woopra. |
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The Week in Review
April 25, 2008 at 8:30 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read how Amazon is challenging Google's lead in apps. Read how U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Read Jakob Nielsen's latest post, in which he writes, "Since I started in 1983, the usability field has grown by 5,000%. It's a wonderful job — and still a promising career choice for new people." Read how the Supreme Court of New Jersey became the first court in the nation yesterday to rule that people have an expectation of privacy when they are online, and law enforcement officials need a grand jury warrant to have access to their private information. Take a look at Six Online Tools for a Green Wired Life. Read Jeremiah Owyang's report on OpenSocial. Read how Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Tuesday that it's time for the company to acknowledge a new reality. Check out Live Mesh. Read how Mahalo.com is now using microformats for their data. Joyce Park, co-founder and CTO of Renkoo (developer of Booze Mail), says all is not well in Facebook Developer Land. Yahoo says, "Yeah, sure, we'll do that. And that, too..." Microsoft says, "Ownkiere." Read more about OpenID. |
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The Week in Review
April 18, 2008 at 8:30 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read why older generations may stave of the death of the internet by tethered devices. Read how the NYTimes.com geocodes its articles to collaborate with Google Earth. Read this criticism of the titles and categories within Google Analytics. Read how Google is now indexing hidden pages- like those behind web forms. Read how Microsoft is about to launch it's own retail store. Read why Enterprise 2.0 is a computer security nightmare. Read why notifications are the new spam. Find out how to get Mac-suite software for cheap! Read why Yahoo-Google agreement could drive up ad rates. Read how the Open Geospatial Consortium has announced its acceptance of KML 2.2 as an official OGC Standard. Read why the Exaflood now seems unlikely. Read how one study shows that Google lost a share of its search ad dollars to Yahoo. Check out Wordie. Read how, in honor of the Australian launch of Google Street View, a Sydney-based newspaper hunted down the home addresses of some of the top local Googlers and disclosed some of their most personal information. Read why venture capitalists remain upbeat despite less return on investments. Read why Malaysian political candidates are required to have blogs. Check out GIMP's new look. Read how big and small companies are getting into the business of building an intelligent web of linked data. Don't Be Evil (psych!) How do you use Facebook? Brandon Rennels has compiled a fairly substantial list of user types. Read how researchers have built a quantum logic gate in an optical fiber, laying the foundation for a quantum computer network. Yahoo! buys Indextools. More legal trouble for Facebook? Read how Comcast is looking to further position itself as proactively addressing the issue of managing peer-to-peer traffic that traverses its network by creating a “P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” for users and Internet service providers. Google Maps Predicts Traffic Conditions Read how Flickr has launched a new website for developers. Read how a new spam site goes online every three seconds. Read how ISPs have meddled with their customers' web traffic. Read how Google’s first quarter results were amazingly good, despite the worries on Wall Street about a slowdown in consumers clicking on its ads. Read why many dire predictions were wrong about Google's earnings. |
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The Week in Review
April 11, 2008 at 8:30 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read through a debate held by Economist.com on the question of whether technology has succeeded in simplifying our lives. Read how rather than penalizing sites or web pages, Google filters out those pages that they consider to be duplications, placing them further back within the search results. Read how Google is now allowing outside developers to write applications that will run on its vast network of data centers. Read how the courts are chipping away at web sites' decade-old legal shield. Read how the U.S. government plans to pitch 'Phase One' of a 'net monitoring plan at RSA. Read about the Pennsylvania couple suing Google Street View. Watch this video of Michael Chertoff on REAL ID. Read why the Real ID act has been a real fiasco. Read how HP has officially announced Upline, a storage service that is useful for those who are seeking a way to share files with others or take advantage of online backup. Read about Google App Engine, which competes directly with an offering from Amazon.com. Read how European regulators found that companies such as Google and Yahoo violate European data protection rules by keeping data for too long and not telling users how stored search queries and clicks help target advertisements. Google Says Sorry! You Search Like A Bot! Read how European researchers say that the Internet infrastructure of the United States is one of the world’s best and getting better. Read how roughly half the paid clicks from Google are either bogus leads or they're totally untraceable. Learn how to flip text on the 'net. Learn about the design of Al Gore's new logo. Browse this list of ten typographic mistakes everyone makes. Read one user's opinion that he's perturbed by Flickr's decision to start allowing video. Read about the many people who are spending a HUGE amount of time helping Google … for free. Read how one of Microsoft's top lawyers has warned against a deal between Yahoo and Google- big surprise, right? Read about the US internet economy ranking fourth in the World Economic Forum report. How Should I.S.P.’s Tell You if They Want to Track Your Surfing? Find out 13 ways to use your blog to improve your sales process. Read how, according to a recent Harris Interactive survey, 59 percent of Americans take exception to Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo tracking their online activities for marketing purposes. Read how the FBI is nudging state 'fusion centers' into the shadows- so forget I ever mentioned them in the past few weeks. Where's my jetpack?!?!? Read about a "pocket guide to the best (and the worst) ideas about future tech, with quick bites tracing the sci-fi roots of those ideas and gauging how close they've come to reality." |
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The Week in Review
April 4, 2008 at 8:30 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read what happens when bloggers with egos clash. Read how Firefox 4 will push out the edges of the browser. Learn about 7 blog improvements you can make today. Learn about Attracting, Retaining and Converting Prospects With Blogs. Read Jakob Nielsen's latest alertbox, which states, "Between the ages of 25 and 60, people's ability to use websites declines by 0.8% per year — mostly because they spend more time per page, but also because of navigation difficulties." Read how the Newspaper Association of America reported on Friday that print -ad revenue for the industry fell by 9.4 percent last year, the biggest decline since it started keeping records in 1950. Read how federal, state and local agencies, along with corporations and schools, are increasingly seen by Google as lucrative sources of extra revenue. Read more about the death and life of the American newspaper. Read how Amazon is putting the squeeze on publishers. Read why recession is the best thing for SEO. Read about a recent study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, that suggested 'clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers.' Read as this author wonders if we should auction off white spaces, similar to the 700mhz auction, or 2) leave them unlicensed and managed (like 2.4Ghz) but allow devices which don’t cause interference. Read about Microsoft's first customer ready to put Surface computers into public use. Read about the parallels between online social networks and tribal societies. Facebook Updates Developer Admin. Read how research shows that more than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds in the UK have a profile on a social network. Browse these social network analysis visualizations. Read about the Saudi girl who was murdered by her father for talking on Facebook. Browse the resources at the GoogleDocs Community YouTube channel. Learn how Benjamin Franklin is influencing blogging. |
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The Week in Review
March 28, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read about Google's latest patent application for a more sophisticated behavior tracking ad platform. Read how surveillance was able to detect a radioactive cat in a vehicle moving at 70mph. Read this review of 'The Future of the Internet.' Read about Google's vision for WiFi 2.0, wireless internet services using the "white space" spectrum- the unused spectrum that lies next to television channels. Read this article that wonders about whether the 'net amplifies deception. Learn about Diigo's new social features. Read about the Connecticut-sized chunk of ice that has collapsed off of Antarctica. Browse some concepts for computers you might use in 2015. Read how computers may thwart the 2010 census. Read about Dean Kamen's latest invention (he invented the Segway), a water-purification system. Read why application exploits and virtualization security are big concerns for Bret Arsenault, Microsoft's U.S. General Manager/Chief Security Advisor. Read how Google is working with other companies to push consumer privacy legislation in the U.S. Congress and will work with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to fine-tune online advertising principles. Read how scientists say further moves into solar system will require a human/robot partnership. Read about the NSA Spying back story, as told by a New York Times reporter. Watch this video, which follows around the developer of the Facebook carpoolers application. Read how the builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet. Read Google's annual report letter from founder Larry Page. Read this interview with Moxilla's founder, Asa Dotzler on Firefox, and Democracy. Read why even IT execs are feeling the hurt by ingnoring social media. Read how a group of venture capitalists are saying, 'No more social networks!' Browse this review of the evolution of 10 popular websites. |
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Corporate Blogging Policies
March 26, 2008 at 4:00 pm by Chris| A recent story about how Cisco has gotten in to hot water over a high
profile blog maintained by one of its intellectual property advisors
has prompted many companies to consider their policy in regard to
corporate blogging. The blog, which is now somewhat locked-down,
is called "Patent Toll Tracker," and was kept by Rick Frenkel to
chronicle issues related to patent litigation. Apparently, several
patent lawyers involved in a case against Cisco have filed a libel case
against them after Frenkel revealed his identity and affiliation with
the company. Cisco has released a statement affirming that they will be retaining Frenkel though re-thinking their corporate policy. One particular quote has been making its way across the 'net already: "If you comment on any aspect of the company's business or any policy issue the company is involved in where you have responsibility for Cisco's engagement, you must clearly identify yourself as a Cisco employee in your postings or blog site(s) and include a disclaimer that the views are your own and not those of Cisco."Seems pretty common-sense to me... After all, it's just the right thing to do. I mentioned this idea toward the end of a previous post I wrote about using blogging to build your online reputation. Corporate blogging is an opportunity to connect with potential and existing customers in a positive way, even if to address negative feedback. It is not a good method to attack competition, react against upset customers, or act subversively. That's the thing about the internet- the truth will come out, and if you've got something to hide, it won't be pretty. Update: 03/28/2008, Regarding the truth coming out on the 'net, and it not being pretty, check this out. |
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The Week in Review
March 21, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dystopia Now! Read this article which wonders if Americans care about Big Brother. Read this article about the demise of Bear Stearns and what it says about the American economy. $70 oil by September? Discuss... Read this piece which answers why nobody is using your website. Read about the MIT graduate student who has designed custom LED light fixtures which are seven times brighter than the closest similar commercial models, and include colors which can't be reproduced by a normal RGB cluster. Read Dot Earth's farewell to ice. Read Jakob Nielsen's latest alertbox, which states that "Depending on how representative designers are of the target audience, a project might need more or less user testing. Still, usability concerns never go away completely." Do the Test. If you missed it, you're not alone (via Dave). Read about the death of Arthur C. Clarke. Watch his last video message to Earth, which he uploaded to YouTube earlier this year. Watch this 1995 video explaining the internet (via Eric). Find out what kind of client you have- a Bruiser, Brainiac, Champion, a Donald Trump maybe? Read how TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington wants to take down CNet. Dystopia Now! Read about companies in Britain experimenting with ISP behavioral tracking based advertisement systems. Read about hallucinating sound. Read about US Fusion Centers, fifty or so in number, where the federal, state and local cops share intelligence, sift data for clues, run down reports of suspicious packages and connect dots in an effort to detect and thwart terrorism attacks, drug smuggling and gang fighting |
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The Week in Review
March 14, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read about Microsoft's cloud ambitions. Dystopia now! Our drinking water contains lots and lots of drugs. Read about this proposed MIT solution to the drugs-in-the-water problem. Read about Jonathan Zittrain's lecture on The Future of The Internet. Should we have a new Bill of Rights for the Digital Age? This reader says yes. Dystopia Now! Read what advertising executives say is the "first broad estimate of the amount of consumer data that is transmitted to Internet companies," and why has privacy advocates sounding the alarm. Watch this SXSW interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, which has been regarded as one of the most disastrous interviews in recent memory. I didn't think it was THAT bad... Read about the AT&T whistle blower's allegations that congress wants to cover up his testimony. Read about venture capital growth in unexpected places. Read MIT's annual list of 10 Emerging Technologies for 2008. Read why classified documents show that telcos don't deserve government amnesty. Watch this video of an amazing tiny car. Browse these "Friday Freebies" from Smashing Magazine. Read as Eric wonders, "designers, will you ever realize that your client's website is not about entertainment but about their content?" Read about Xcerion's browser-based environment known as icloud that looks a whole lot like a Windows or Linux desktop. Check out Go2Web2.0.net, the complete Web 2.0 Directory. Read about MapJack's street-level maps in San Francisco and Thailand, which some say are better than Google's. Read about the House of Representatives' secret session, whose first rule is "Don't talk about the secret session." Read about what technologies Michio Kaku thinks we'll invent "tomorrow." |
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The Week in Review
March 7, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read how Jakob Nielsen recommends that "typically, you should deemphasize your company's name in links, but a new guideline recommends frontloading the name for search engine links under certain conditions." Read this thorough comparison of the OLPC, Classmate and Eee notebooks. Read how online marketers say there are little to no signs of a recession underway. Read how PayPal is urging its users to ditch Safari and instead use alternative browsers such as Internet Explorer 7, IE 8, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, or even Opera. Browse this list of 6 free Photoshop alternatives. Dystopia now! Read Cnet's opinion of Google Street View. Read this interview with Matt Cutts on SEO and the Future of Search. Read how the fight in Congress and the big push for expanded wiretapping powers has nothing to do with intercepting foreign-to-foreign phone calls inside the United States without a court order- it's all about the emails. Browse Smashing Magazine's list of 25 Brilliant Animated Short Movies. Read this review of several virtual on-demand operating systems. Watch Craig Venter's talk from TED 2008, in which he claims that we're on the verge of creating synthetic life. Monkey Boy is back! Web Developers! Web Developers! Web Developers! Read about Ausra, the solar company that has released a paper claiming that solar thermal electric technology can provide 90% of US grid electricity, with enough left over to power a fleet of plug-in hybrids. Read about building a new public library in the age of Google. Browse New York Magazine's Best of the Best competition. Read about student Chris Avenir, who is fighting charges of academic misconduct for helping run an online chemistry study group via Facebook. And lastly, Able wants you to push it to the LIMIT! |
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The Week in Review
February 29, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read about what will happen when we reach the 4 billion IP limit of IPv4. Read about AIR, a software development system that will power potentially tens of thousands of applications that merge the Internet and the PC, as well as blur the distinctions between PCs and new computing devices like smartphones. Read how a National School Boards Association (NSBA) study says that as many as one-third of American teens regularly post inappropriate language or manipulated images on the Web. Read how Japan has launched an extra-high speed broadband internet satellite. Read about theTactical Ground Reporting System, a social networking system for soldiers in Iraq created by the US Military. Learn how to build your own green computer system. See your face in ascii! Watch this video take on the Annual Report (via Able). Learn more about Yahoo's advertising plans. Read Wired Editor Chris Anderson's thoughts on the free future of business. Read about the rise of advertising exchanges, which are meant to trade impressions on Web sites the way Nasdaq trades stock. Read about a summer camp set up in Shanghai to cure internet addicts. Read A List Apart's article on 'reviving anorexic web writing.' Read how scientists are increasingly convinced that cosmic dust clouds are full of tiny diamonds, and that now they've figured out a way to spot them. Check out this incredible hand-made wooden 13-floor skyscraper! Check out Google Sites! Read internal Microsoft emails which show how worried execs were about the low quality and failure of Vista. View this beautiful collection of modernist postage stamps. Read the 10 trends that will define logo design in 2008. Read the 10 typical mistakes in icon design. Read the principles of beautiful HTML emails. Read how Google has introduced some 'social' features to it's Google Books search tool. Read Web Worker Daily's 12 Top Free Ways to Collaborate Online. How do you know that you are not a brain in a vat? |
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How to Do SEO
February 28, 2008 at 10:30 am by Chris| Eric just posted his latest newsletter, the first in a two-part series on SEO. There is a detailed video that accompanies it. Read it here. |
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The Week in Review
February 22, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Read about the 14 Grand Engineering Challenges of the 21st Century. Read about Nicholas Negroponte's plans for the OLPC. Read how some scientists are expecting machines to 'match man by 2029.' Read an anarchist librarian's article on the relationship between the individual’s desire to share thoughts and experiences with others via social networks and the commercial entities that provide the distribution channel for that act of sharing. Read how scientists are investigating the possibility of making fuel from air. Check out this wiki of obsolete technical skills., or things we used to know and do that are no longer useful to us. Read how Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is cautiously approaching online adverstising. Read the top 10 reasons you've had too much facebook. View this incredible video of Dean Kamen's Luke Skywalker bionic arm. Read Jakob Nielsen's latest Alertbox, which states that "application usability is enhanced when users know how to operate the UI and it guides them through the workflow. Violating common guidelines prevents both." Read how the Supreme Court turned down a request to take up a challenge to the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program, adding to the Administration's string of legal victories in challenges to the controversial, five-year-long program. Browse Technology Review's list of the Ten Emerging Technologies of 2008. Read how Stanford Law School Professor and former Wired magazine columnist Larry Lessig said Tuesday that he's considering a bid to take over the late Rep. Tom Lantos' D-Calif.'s congressional seat. Read a comparative study of internet censorship from Global Integrity Commons. Watch this video interview with Adam Lasnik, Search Evangelist at Google (via Eric). Check out these suspiciously lego-man-like Microsoft action figures. Read how the next version of Windows may allow users more ways to interact with their computer than just a keyboard or mouse. Check out these extremely messy offices. Check out this amazing gravity-powered lamp that recently won a Greener Gadget award. Read about how Facebook ad networks are still performing poorly. Read how lots of web workers are hangin' out together in sweet spaces while they work. Read as Doc Searls asks,"What's Next for Open Source and Public Media?" Read about the CNN producer who was recently fired because of his personal blog. Read how BusinessWeek has revised it's 'Blogging will change your business' article to be 'Social Media Will Change Your Business.' Read about the dud satellite that was shot down using our anti-missile defense system on Wednesday. Read Nicholas Carr's thoughts on IT in 2018. Read how Microsoft has withdrawn Vista SP1 delivery because (big suprise) it's too buggy. Watch this incredible story about a conductor who lost his ability to make new memories. |
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Social Media Matters When it's Personal
February 19, 2008 at 4:00 pm by Chris| I've written before on the benefits of blogging and maintaining your online reputation. Here's a recent post from Communication Overtones, titled "Social Media Only Matters When It's Personal" which states, "People care deeply when someone helps them out of a hard spot or makes their life easier. If your gizmo or social media service can do that, then you will earn loyalty and gratitude." It's worth reading. |
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The Week in Review
February 15, 2008 at 8:00 am by Chris
This post is a collection of things that caught my attention this week, most of which came to me via RSS feeds and blogs that I read myself. Now I'm passing them on to you (in the order in which I bookmarked them). Enjoy!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Check out this amazing house made from shipping containers. Browse the evolution of tech company logos. Read this NYTimes blog post which asks, "Can We Uninvent Suburbia?" Read about Yahoo's rejection letter to Microsoft. Then, Read about Microsoft's ominous response to Yahoo's rejection of their bid. And while you're on the topic, read about large-scale layoffs at Yahoo this week. Also, |