I am worth $300
So today Microsoft and FaceBook went from holding hands to kissing... with tongue maybe? Microsoft took a stake in FB for some $247 million dollars and expanded the advertising deal. This stake puts FB...
View ArticleTwitter Review
A quick FAQ on what Twitter is. Twitter is a micro-blogging platform where all posts must be 140 characters or less. It basically lets you do quick posts that your friends and family can follow and...
View ArticleOpenSocial opening the flood gates on Facebook
Just saw the news that a ever growing list of social sites of various types are joining Google and its OpenSocial idea. As of now the list includes Bebo, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem,...
View ArticlePownce Invites
So have you heard of Pownce? If not it is another micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter. I am using it off and on and working on a review. I have some large number of invites so if you happen to...
View ArticleIt's all about the numbers
Or is it? Why does everything online have to be about the numbers. I have X number of subscribers, I have X number of visitors, I have X number of page views. Bloglines came out with a Top 1000 Blogs...
View Article15 TinyURL Alternatives – Shorten your URLS
The past week or so there have been some snags with the once steady TinyURL and URLtea. The two services have started to take on heavy loads with services like Twitter using the APIs and creating a...
View ArticleT Mobile shuts down Twitter Service
It seems that users of T-Mobile are having issues with sending text messages to Twitter. There are reports from Alternageek , CNET, and more at Getsatisfaction with Biz Stone commenting. It is as if...
View ArticleSeesmic Initial Thoughts
Well I logged into my email tonight and found a Seesmic invitation code. I have put my initial thoughts down here and will follow with a better and more in depth review in the coming weeks hopefully....
View ArticleTwitter adds reply to functionality
As I use Twitter more and more I have been talking to more and more people. The only problem is that when you are using the web interface you must type the person's name in constantly. I often times...
View ArticleSkitch meet Twitter, Twitter meet Skitch
It seems the folks over at Plasq have been busy. Just tonight they added My Twitter to Skitch.com. The only problem is that Skitch is still only available for Macs. *cough cough - Brian - cough cough*...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 Sucks
Yes I said it. - start rant - Why you ask? If a site requires a user to visit it.... and you cant. It sucks. If a website screws up your order what do you do? You shop somewhere else. If you click to...
View ArticleTweetDeck Review
Another day, another Twitter Application. TweetDeck is built much like Twirl in that it is build on the Adobe Air platform, but little else appears to be the same. TweetDeck has all of the same options...
View ArticleTwitter WordPress Plugin
For a long time I have heard good things about twitterfeed but much like graywolf I hate to use 3rd party applications that ask for my username and password. So what else could I do but go on a hunt...
View ArticleYahoo Live Shutting Down
Back in March I was able to watch the Winter Music Conference shake its groove thing at night thanks to Yahoo Live. It seems that Y! Live will be shutting down on December 3, 2008. Earlier this week I...
View ArticleBrightcove Network Service is Closing
So I dont think it was 30 minutes that I hit publish and I received an email from another video service shutting down. On December 17, 2008 Brightcove will be shutting down its free Brightcove Network...
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