January 12, 2008
Somewhat Frank Weekly Video: Tantek Çelik recently discussed open Web standards and data portability at an Open Media Web Meetup. Tantek believes writing on the Web is like "writing in sand" since it all could be wiped out when the next wave of technology comes through. Tantek also speaks about data formats and how content data formats expires content over time. It is an interesting perspective from an innovation leader and long time advocate of open standards efforts like microformats.
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June 7, 2007
Searching for people online is pretty common however some people have no digital presence. Spock, a Menlo Park-based startup, aims to make it easier to find people online. Spock debuted its new people focused search engine at the Web 2.o Expo (April 2007). Spock blends automated and community profile building...
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April 3, 2007
We all know that remembering passwords can be a real pain, but Clipperz is an online password management site that tries to remove the pain associated with remembering online passwords. Clipperz enables users a repository for all your online password information. Clipperz offers a bookmarklet that makes quickly saving login...
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March 3, 2007
If you perform a search via a search engine like Google, Yahoo, MSN or AOL you can quickly check what the web has to offer about you. Our online identity is something that is established with time through our interactions online. I recently wrote an article showcasing the Web Profile...
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February 25, 2007
Photo of the week: With the 79th Academy Awards tonight I felt this photo title Over Hollywood Sign by Jorge Mir offered a good point of perspective. Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 02.25.07 Hollywood Disrupted By Social Media? An opinion piece in the LA Times, titled “The Movie Magic is Gone”,...
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February 16, 2007
Managing the login credentials for every web site or service you sign up for tends to be a daunting task. Remember your username is "somewhatfrank" on service A ,"franky-baby" on service B and "frankyhollywood" on service C can be somewhat troublesome. After exploring its options, AOL has decided to address...
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February 11, 2007
It rained quite a bit this week in Silicon Valley so I thought this photo titled rain on tuesday taken by Daisy Romwall was appropriate. Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 02.11.07 The Wizards of Buzz The Wall Street Journal took an in-depth look at some of the social bookmarking sites that...
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February 3, 2007
What is web 2.0? Time Magazine recently tagged it "You 2.0" with its mirrored magazine cover naming "You" the person of the year. However, the question has been pondered and explained in a number of video attempts including one by TechCrunch's Michael Arrington which I highlighted previously on Somewhat Frank....
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February 1, 2007
With the flood of new products that have been developed as part of the web 2.0 movement, I have signed up for loads of products and services. Besides Flickr, YouTube, AOL Pictures, Digg and LinkedIn, I have too many profiles to even remember without really searching around the web. Several...
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