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Peep - an Open Twitter Server
via Russell Beattie’s Weblog by Russell Beattie on March 01, 2008
So the stuff I was writing today in Python was more or less what I outlined a while ago while examining Twitter. The idea is to create a Jabber bot which you and friends can subscribe to which will pass messages back and forth between yourselves and Twitter, and hopefully be able to connect somehow in a P2P way with other bots as well. I just wanted to create a proof-of-concept prototype rather...
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Plaxo is better than new Google Calendar sync
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on March 05, 2008
Google just came out with a new sync system for Google Calendar. That’s pretty good. It will sync your calendar in Outlook up with your online calendar on Google.But if you have Plaxo I don’t see what this brings you. Plaxo syncs with more systems, not just Outlook and Google (I use Plaxo on my Mac too, so my iPhone’s calendar is always sync’ed up with my Google Calendar and Outlook.What...
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Albums are Dead, Long live the Concept [vveerrgg]
via Twitter Friends Blog Feed by (author unknown) on March 04, 2008
Traditionally the idea of an Album was to fill a sale-able package (Vinyl, Tape, or CD) with a collection of songs. Owning an Album was the only on demand option listeners had for consuming music from an artist. It also created an opportunity for a listener to discover the depth of an artist and eventually evolve them into a fan.Todays music consumer has so many options for consuming music there...
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Maybe I Wrote in Invisible Ink [thomashawk]
via Twitter Friends Blog Feed by Thomas Hawk on March 04, 2008
Sometimes the blur and colors of a decisive moment are more interesting than the moment itself.
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Silverlight for Mobile primer session at MIX08
via Adam Kinney, Silverlight Surfer by Adam Kinney on March 05, 2008
... will also run on the Nokia platform. This is very cool, keeping Silverlight true to form by being cross-platform.So when does it become real?The team is planning to ship a CTP of version 1 in the 2nd quarter of 08 and then RTM the 4th quarter of 08. Along with the RTM of version 1, they are planning to release a CTP of version 2 which will match Silverlight 2 including the managed runtime.
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Why Hasn’t Podcasting Caught On Yet?
via Mapping The Web by Aidan on March 03, 2008
[Why Hasn’t Podcasting Caught On Yet?] - When “podcasting” emerged a few years back, enthusiasts quickly proclaimed it to be the next big thing. As is the case with the so-called “semantic web”, podcasting has failed to live up to expectations. But why? The benefits are obvious and publishers are going to great lengths to be heard.The first thought that comes to mind is time. Maybe...
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Death and Supreme Knowledge
via WTTF: Welcome to the Future by Jeremy on March 04, 2008
The ancient Greeks have had all the pornography on hold for centuries.New Dinosaur found in the Sahara.What really happened to Adam and Eve’s children.Probably the finest way to spend an evening ever.This will take 36 trips.Not believing in Dinosaurs makes them emoticon smile.Why does searching for dinosaurs always bring about questions of religious faith?
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A semi-FAQ
via Socialthing! blog by Matt on March 09, 2008
So I want to clarify a ton of things in wake of the TechCrunch post.1. Socialthing! is not FriendFeed, and FriendFeed is not Socialthing!This one is a question we always get: How are you different from FriendFeed? And how do we respond? Usually with one common answer: We have very different value propositions, and right now are being compared to each other because of a surface understanding...
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StartupCamp Toronto 2 - Tuesday, April 29th
via StartupNorth by Jevon MacDonald on March 10, 2008
StartupCamp Waterloo 2 was another big success, and we had a blast at StartupCamp Montreal, so we thought it was time we had another StartupCamp here in Toronto.The format for StartupCamp is simple: 5 Startups will have 5 minutes each to pitch themselves. The audience will then have twice as much time to grill them on everything from their marketing plan to the product itself.The 5 startups will...
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