October 2008
25 posts
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WatchBeans! A new meal for these awesome new times!
“But what about the undiscovered gems who are helping me daily with my social...”
– Read and recognize - 10 must-know social business bloggers | Feeds | ZDNet.com
“Wal-Mart is going to use social computing to increase customer responsiveness....”
– George F. Colony: Why this tech recession will be different (via fred-wilson)
amen.
The 100 Most Useful WordPress Add-ons Available |... →
So many add-ons to try. Any favorites?
Reach Outside Your Fishbowl to Build Community |... →
Chris Brogan’s post is a good example of how Tumblr works for me and why I expect to use it more as a bookmarking tool.
Chris writes this post about reaching out beyond your community. Good advice.
Here’s how I use Tumblr to reference the post:
I can easily click on the Tumblr bookmarklet I have in my browser and a window appears with a link to the title of the post that Chris...
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Talking Wikis With Ward Cunningham
I met Ward Cunningham last week at AboutUs. It’s kind of a thrill to meet the man who developed the first wiki.
My first experiences with wikis came in 2003 when I discovered Socialtext. I needed a way to develop a community and information source for a webcast I was planning. I wanted to provide people with a resource that could go with the webcast and the IRC channel. We used the wiki...
WatchI had a great time at about us today. It turned into a picnic of sorts.
Do you know what is through the glass doors in the picture? A conference table that is also used for ping pong! More tomorrow.
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Why Hasn't Apple Gone Completely DRM Free?
A post on Hyepbot today reminds me of the letter Steve Jobs wrote last year about music and DRM.
In that letter, Jobs outlined why Apple still uses DRM. He wrot about why Apple won’t license their FairPlay DRM technology. Why it makes sense for DRM to just go away. What we as customers can do to convince the labels that DRM makes no sense.
All right. But why, more than 18 months later, is...
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WatchWhy do agencies suck so bad at making web sites? That’s the question I posed to Franz Maruna. Franz is CEO at concrete5, which offers an open source content management system.
Franz should know why billboard makers make lousy web site creators. Until recently, Franz did a lot of work with agencies. He developed all sorts of web sites, including one for Kettle Foods that won his company some...
“YouTube has responded to the McCain campaign (while stifling a chuckle,...”
– McCain and the DMCA: Extreme irony alert — mathewingram.com/work
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These Rock Stars Could Have Done Better
The clashing worlds of art, business and technology met again earlier this month when a group of United Kingdom rock stars took the stage. This time they were not there to perform but to announce The Featured Artists Coalition,(FAC) a group they organized to fight for copyright ownership, more bargaining power, and transparency in the dealings between the major labels and digital music...
WatchThe clippers cost $19.95. Judy is my stylist. Here’s the look: before and after. What do you think?
“Three key open questions: 1) Will the media pool choose to put their video of...”
– Obama reaffirms support for “open debates” (Lessig Blog)
Google Blog Search Falls Short With RSS and...
I turned to Google Blog Search this morning to look more deeply at their new and improved service. But after some review, it appears to me that Techmeme will continue to be the better fit for the news junkie in me.
Google Blog Search shows glimpses of how much Google has improved this service and what lengths the company has come with its UI. It’s reminiscent of the work you see from...
Portland Start-up Index for October 2008: Must be... →
Good to see iterasi make such a jump in the Portland Start-Up index. A 12 slot jump that put the company in the top 20.
Further, SplashCast, where I worked before iterasi, is in the top 10.
RGE - Is Purchasing $700 billion of Toxic Assets... →
Look at how we compare to other nations in how we treat the use of public funds to stabilize financial institutions.
Our failure to take the time to address the issue of recapitalizing our banks will once again show how poorly our political system works in comparison to other countries that have faced similar crises.