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Architecture astronauts take over
via Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky on May 01, 2008
... on the net, on Microsoft's cloud, and you would log onto everything with Windows Passport and all your stuff would be up there. It turns out: nobody needed this place for all their stuff. And nobody trusted Microsoft with all their stuff. And Hailstorm went away.I tried to coin a term for the kind of people who invented Hailstorm: architecture astronauts. "That's one sure tip-off to t...
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Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere.
via Official Google Reader Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
... there's all sorts of information "out there" just waiting to be streamed, shared and otherwise consumed by you and your friends. Now you can finally show all of your Reader friends that awesome talking cat video you found, your favorite grilled trout recipe, or reviews of the best brunch place in your neighborhood -- all without a subscription.Here are a few new ways you can add and share ...
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Post to Google Reader
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 06, 2008
You can now add your messages to Google Reader to be seen by your Google friends. To post a note, log-in to Reader and click Your stuff -> Notes to the left. This will open a box where you can type in a note with any thought, Friendfeed/ Twitter-style. To find out who exactly your friends are, check the Friends tab at the Settings page for an overview (or click the Manage Friends links).Next to...
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Confirmed: Facebook Apps Are Useless
via Silicon Alley Insider by Vasanth Sridharan on May 02, 2008
Everyone knows that most Facebook apps are time-wasters, at best. But here's statistical proof: A breakdown of the service's 23,160 applications, via Facebook's self-selected categories.We keep hearing promises that there are developers, somwhere, working on geniunely useful apps for the site, but even if they never materialize, that's not a catastrophe for Facebook (or...
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Google Reader’s new “share note” feature: the video review
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Robert Scoble One thing is FriendFeed now says it is importing these headlines. I wish these comments had a LOT more features.I love the idea of Google Reader’s new “share note” feature, but find it lacking in implementation — watch along in this video review.What’s really wrong with it?1. It’s breaking on my machines. No way to cancel note that I can see, and UI is not...
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Live Search's New Design Goes Live
via Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing by Barry Schwartz on May 06, 2008
After weeks of Microsoft testing a new home page design for Live.com, the new design seems to be live now.When I visit Live.com, I see:Click to continue reading...
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Which button would you click? A lesson on website optimization
via Google Analytics Blog by lm on April 30, 2008
Start Now, Begin, or Get Started? Orange or blue button? What color text? Does it matter?Website optimization seemed to be the hot topic at SES New York this year. Everywhere we turned, speakers were discussing how small changes in website content can result in big differences in traffic patterns.Before we suggest a strategy for optimizing your website, let's make sure we're all on the...
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Plurk: Twitter meets FriendFeed
via VentureBeat by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Robert Scoble Not another aggregator to try out. Anyone who wants to beat FriendFeed at this time better have something DRAMATICALLY better. I doubt that'll happen, but am looking anyway. FriendFeed was done by two guys who were Google pioneers. I trust that service a lot more than any other.While perusing the internet recently, I stumbled upon a cool new site called Plurk. The...
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Struggling with email overload
via MSDN Blogs by abhinaba on May 06, 2008
It literally rains email at Microsoft (if you've been to Seattle/Redmond you know why :) )I've always struggled to keep up with the email in Microsoft. When I joined I was stunned with the downpour. The number of email I got on the first day was more than what I got in a month in Adobe. The situation worsened when I went through team transition last month because for some time I had to...
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Five New Twitter Tools You Should Know
via Online Marketing Blog by Lee Odden on May 05, 2008
Right along with Facebook, YouTube and blogging, Twitter is one of the most often written about social media communication tools. (Follow me @leeodden) We’ve run polls about how people use Twitter as well as aggregated tips from the Twitter community on how to get the most productivity out of it. This post shares a few new Twitter tools you may find useful.TweetWheel - You may have a 100 or...
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