August 31, 2006
Today is Blog Day or (3108) a yearly day of blogospheric celebration where you share some of your favorite blogs. Last year, I highlighted the following: TechCrunch, Napsterization Blog, Syntagma, Online Marketing Blog and Fighting Splog. It is amazing that TechCrunch was only a few months old when I highlighted...
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August 31, 2006
Minti, the social networking site powered by parents and owned by Vibe Capital, has come out of beta as it continues to grow. Minti offers a place for parents to meet other parents in addition to finding and sharing parenting advice. According to a recent Alexa report, Minti has been...
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August 30, 2006
What better way to to promote an RSS feed than going big with a blimp? If it works for Goodyear why not RSS? It makes ... sense. You probably are wondering what the heck I am talking about so please let me explain. I recently spotted (thanks to Eric Olson)...
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August 28, 2006
Flickr has added geo tagging which allows images to be plotted and searched via a map. This new feature was something that was rumored a few weeks ago. Originally, I was not so moved by the potential new feature but after seeing the implementation I am impressed. The new map...
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August 27, 2006
Chumby was all the buzz at Foo Camp this weekend in San Francisco but what the heck is a Chumby? Chumby is a new device that was created by and for hackers and artists. Chumby was started as a device to replace the humble clock radio. So Chumby can be...
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August 26, 2006
A report by Business2blog recently brought to a light a potential negative affect of the use of Ajax. Ajax, the adored and arguably web 2.0 staple technology, which enables sites to not have to reload a page to make slight updates to its contents. Leveraging Ajax technology has enabled site...
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August 26, 2006
MusicPortl, a Hamburg, Germany-based mashup application created by Christoph Olszowka, aggregates information about music artists. The site leverages the API’s of Amazon, Lastfm, Flickr, MusicBrainz, Ontok, Technorati, Wikipedia and YouTube to produce a comprehensive music resource for the artist research. In searching for artist information on Dave Matthews Band (quite...
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August 24, 2006
It's official, the Internet can be an addictive force. It can be so addictive that a clinic has been opened in Shanghai to give Internet and gaming addicts a place to seek help. The clinic is geared at helping teens in China who are hooked on playing games and the...
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August 23, 2006
Looking for bloggers? Or looking for a blogging gig? Problogger recently launched The Problogger Job Board to help connect bloggers and employers. Postings are $100 for 30 days. Darren Rowse explained recently that he was sick of getting emails asking: "I’m looking for a blogger/coblogger for my blog but I’m...
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August 22, 2006
The WashingtonPost.com, under the direction of Jeff Burkett, is offering an interesting blog link ad unit on its homepage by rolling out Blogroll. Jeff talks about the Blogroll program on his blog. Blogroll offers bloggers an opportunity to have their blog linked to on the WashingtonPost.com homepage without offering a...
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August 21, 2006
There have been a number of sites that have popped up lately to poke fun at or have fun with web 2.0 and the blogosphere. The Blog Herald recently highlighted the following: Bubblr bullshitr Web Two Point Oh! Web 2.0 Logo Creator What would our lives be like without our...
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August 20, 2006
Last week there was a buzz about the reintroduction of the report that Google has been sending out letters to the media asking them to not use Google as verb. Now Yahoo's Tara Kirchner has come out on the Yahoo Search blog to explain that Yahoo wants people to use...
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August 20, 2006
Adidas Reebok appears to be looking to popular virtual video game environment, Second Life, to promote and receive feedback on its latest shoes. According to this article: "The company plans to reach out to SL residents with products in the virtual world, and by getting feedback on what the Adidas...
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August 20, 2006
Socialmeter aggregates how many links are being counted in several of the social search web sites. Currently, Socialmeter is tracking del.icio.us, Digg, furl, Google, Jots, Linkroll, Reddit, Shadows, Spurl, Technorati and Yahoo MyWeb. Socialmeter could be a decent tool to get a quick idea of how many people are linking...
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August 17, 2006
Backfence.com, a citizen or neighborhood journalism effort based in McLean, Virginia, has recently expanded to a total of eight sites with more sites scheduled to be coming soon. The current sites are in the communities surrounding Washington, DC and San Francisco. Backfence has been around since 2004, and I recall...
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