Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 01.28.07
- My Kinda Town Lit Up With Photo Effects
- I stopped in Chicago this weekend after TECH cocktail 3 to catch-up with friends and relatives and so when I found the above photo I thought it made sense to showcase it. It was taken by Trey Ratcliff from Stuck In Customs. The unique technique he used to stylize his Chicago skyline photo is explained in great detail in this tutorial.
- The Decline of Desktop RSS Readers
- Read/Write Web pulled together an interesting piece discussing the decline of the desktop RSS feed reader. The article is concluded with a poll which upon voting showed that web-based RSS feed readers were the most preferred by about 55% of voters.
- My Life As An RSS Junkie
- Can you be addicted to RSS? After reading this article you will definitely think so. Check out this article for more information on technology addictions.
- LinkedIn Creates 9 Million hResumes
- 9 million resumes in a microformat - that is pretty amazing. I wonder if sites like Careerbuilder and Monster.com are feeling the heat as LinkedIn moves in for the kill.
- Farecast offers insurance on their Air Ticket predictions
- Farecast, the travel fare forcasting startup, is now backing up its fare predictions are accurate by offering insurance to users for $9.95. I wonder how many users jump on the offer?
- The Next Generation TV Over the Internet
- Babelgum is a desktop client that allows their users to watch videos on their computer in a very TV-like experience. You can browse through the channels and choose your favorites show. You can rate the movies, add them to your favorites and watch them later on the video channel.
- MyBlogLog picture feature improved by Flickr
- Just as I reported back in December as MyBlogLog added a pictures feature they have since taken on Flickr as well. I think this is a great move as MyBlogLog further positions itself to connect faces with names as a social network built around other web sites, blogs and social network profile pages. Brilliant!
