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Could Google Spin Off YouTube and Others?
2007-07-22 11:10:38
When I look at a list like this, I sometimes wonder when Google will begin spinning off it’s parts into separate publicly traded companies. Although it’s advertising is still the #1 money maker for the company, it could get a lot of interest in it’s other parts. Such as making it’s search team a spin off, or maybe even Blogger or YouTube . Monopoly is another factor, as was the case when Ma Bell had to break into a bunch of baby bells due to it’s telco monopoly. Microsoft and Yahoo are already complaining that Google is monopolizing the advertising space online, and they would like nothing better than to see Google broken apart. Either way I have a feeling that Google will spin off it’s divisions in a few year. That is if it can keep up the pace, dominating every internet company on the web. Share This
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InviteShare Bought by TechCrunch
2007-07-19 12:06:22
InviteShare was recently put up for sale at Sitepoint, and sold to TechCrunch . I think InviteShare is a great idea, with the amount of beta invitation only sites out there and all. However as a revenue generating website, I have my doubts. I suppose with TechCrunch behind it, it is certainly going to get lots of traffic, and it will enhance TechCrunch’s already fantastic website. As a stand alone site though? I don’t blame the owner for selling it. Seems like a lot of work with little financial reward. Technorati Tags: beta, techcrunch, inviteshare, invites, web 2.0 Share This


Ruby and Twitter
2007-07-18 11:01:04
I read with interest that Twitter continues to stand behind Ruby on Rails, even though Twitter has grown into a very popular service, in turn causing quite a load on their servers. I’ve always heard that Ruby shouldn’t be used for enterprise wide projects, since it can’t handle the load, or that it isn’t easily scalable.  Yet Alex on the Twitter blog states: “We hit some scaling stumbling blocks a few months back, but not because Ruby or Rails was working against us. Once Twitter reached a certain amount of traffic we were forced to rethink our architecture; you don’t build a messaging system the same way you build a content management system. We set about developing custom solutions both inside and outside our Rails application. We also made good use of web scaling standbys: caching, database optimization, more hardware, and shared experience. Throughout this scramble to scale, Ruby and Rails were assets for their speed of development and creative,


Pownce Invites to Give Away
2007-07-13 08:36:03
I just received a few invites to giveaway from Pownce. I don’t really need them. There are six of them, so please leave a comment if you want an invite, and I’ll send it to you. Of course one per person, and the first six responses only. Share This


Google Mapplets
2007-07-11 13:46:08
Map mashups, everywhere I look, map mashups! According to Google there are over 50,000 map mashups on the web today. Well now they are going to do something to bring them altogether. Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites. Google is encouraging mashup developers to build applications called mapplets, posted under the “My Maps” section of Google. Now a developer can have multiple mapplets laid over a Google map. So now you can show, say, your downtown, with all apartments for rent, but also the crime patterns, or in relation to starbucks for example. I’m looking forward to seeing how this works out. Share This


Sphere Connects Blogs
2007-07-10 16:37:32
Sphere is a startup of individuals working to connect mainstream and conversational media content. They are best known for the Sphere Related Content Widget. You’ve probably seen the Sphere tag at the bottom of blogs like TechCrunch or, now, my blog. Clicking on it will activate an AJAX script, bringing up a box showing related content to the post you’ve just read. Maybe it’s the information hound in me, but I do love this plugin. And it’s available now for Wordpress. For me it was a quick install. And it gives blog publishers another way to make their blogs sticky and give their readers extended information. To me it’s a “gotta have it” plugin for Wordpress. Share This
Read more: Blogs , Sphere

Digg Shuts Down Site
2007-07-08 11:06:43
Diggdown.net got more publicity than it deserved when Digg lawyers went after them for using Digg in their domain name. Now called iggdown.net, their story made the front page of Digg this morning. Share This
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Pownce Invites for Sale on Ebay
2007-07-07 09:40:37
As a follow up to yesterday’s post(see below), people are putting Pownce invites up for sale on Ebay. Pownce InvitesShare This


A Day With Pownce
2007-07-06 10:34:46
I received my invite for Pownce yesterday. I was fairly interested in trying it out since I’ve read some good reviews of it, and honestly I wasn’t blown away by it, but certainly I was impressed. If you don’t already know what Pownce is, it is basically a web app that allows users to hook up with friends to send files and messages, post a link, keep track of events, all on Powne’s servers. It’s free, except there is of course a pro version that costs money. Pownce will undoubtely improve in the future, including full desktop configuration. You can pimp your theme, although that’s pretty limited at the time. I’m sure in the future it will be much more open, ala MySpace. Still a nice app for you and your buddies to keep in contact with each other. I actually thought it would be nice for WoW guilds to schedule raids. The possiblities are endless. Share This


Rule Your Web!
2007-07-03 23:23:49
From the founder of boingboing, we get Rule the Web. Which is incidentally the name of his new book. Mark Frauenfelder’s book and how-to blog is simple. He explains how to do anything and everything on the internet…better, faster, and easier. Share This


Harvard Goes All Web 2.0
2007-07-24 13:43:04
I just had some fun creating and playing around with Harvard ’s H2O Playlist. H20 Playlist is a social bookmark site, in which users share lists of readings and other content about a topic of “intellectual interest”. I was able to create a playlist of Web 2.0 information, which I am able to share with others. I can also browse other’s related links and topics. Pretty cool, but nothing you can’t do with del.icio.us… Technorati Tags: social networking, web 2.0 Share This


Big Money for Social Networking
2007-07-23 15:23:26
Word on TechCrunch is that Tagged.com has raised its own $15 million round, on a $102 million pre-money valuation. Tagged is also profitable, and adding more new users per day than MySpace. With this kind of money being thrown at Social Networking sites there are bound to be even more and more of them getting developed. As if there weren’t plenty of them already. : ) Technorati Tags: Web 2.0, social networking Share This
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Video Craigslist
2007-07-23 11:05:55
In the tradition of Craigslist, Real People Real Stuff lets people sell their stuff or services online. The twist however, is that RealPeopleRealStuff lets you list via video. An interesting concept but still in it’s very infant stage. A quick check of photos & art for sale brought up a listing for an attorney. So policing the postings is needed. I also don’t know how easy it’s going to be for Ma and Pa to record and  upload a video. Instead of just heading to Craigslist and typing a quick description of the vacuum cleaner they want to sell and having it appear in under five minutes. Technorati Tags: Web 2.0, realpeoplerealstuff Share This


Could Google Spin Off YouTube and Others?
2007-07-22 11:10:38
When I look at a list like this, I sometimes wonder when Google will begin spinning off it’s parts into separate publicly traded companies. Although it’s advertising is still the #1 money maker for the company, it could get a lot of interest in it’s other parts. Such as making it’s search team a spin off, or maybe even Blogger or YouTube . Monopoly is another factor, as was the case when Ma Bell had to break into a bunch of baby bells due to it’s telco monopoly. Microsoft and Yahoo are already complaining that Google is monopolizing the advertising space online, and they would like nothing better than to see Google broken apart. Either way I have a feeling that Google will spin off it’s divisions in a few year. That is if it can keep up the pace, dominating every internet company on the web. Share This
Read more: Others

InviteShare Bought by TechCrunch
2007-07-19 12:06:22
InviteShare was recently put up for sale at Sitepoint, and sold to TechCrunch . I think InviteShare is a great idea, with the amount of beta invitation only sites out there and all. However as a revenue generating website, I have my doubts. I suppose with TechCrunch behind it, it is certainly going to get lots of traffic, and it will enhance TechCrunch’s already fantastic website. As a stand alone site though? I don’t blame the owner for selling it. Seems like a lot of work with little financial reward. Technorati Tags: beta, techcrunch, inviteshare, invites, web 2.0 Share This


Ruby and Twitter
2007-07-18 11:01:04
I read with interest that Twitter continues to stand behind Ruby on Rails, even though Twitter has grown into a very popular service, in turn causing quite a load on their servers. I’ve always heard that Ruby shouldn’t be used for enterprise wide projects, since it can’t handle the load, or that it isn’t easily scalable.  Yet Alex on the Twitter blog states: “We hit some scaling stumbling blocks a few months back, but not because Ruby or Rails was working against us. Once Twitter reached a certain amount of traffic we were forced to rethink our architecture; you don’t build a messaging system the same way you build a content management system. We set about developing custom solutions both inside and outside our Rails application. We also made good use of web scaling standbys: caching, database optimization, more hardware, and shared experience. Throughout this scramble to scale, Ruby and Rails were assets for their speed of development and creative,


Pownce Invites to Give Away
2007-07-13 08:36:03
I just received a few invites to giveaway from Pownce. I don’t really need them. There are six of them, so please leave a comment if you want an invite, and I’ll send it to you. Of course one per person, and the first six responses only. Share This


Google Mapplets
2007-07-11 13:46:08
Map mashups, everywhere I look, map mashups! According to Google there are over 50,000 map mashups on the web today. Well now they are going to do something to bring them altogether. Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites. Google is encouraging mashup developers to build applications called mapplets, posted under the “My Maps” section of Google. Now a developer can have multiple mapplets laid over a Google map. So now you can show, say, your downtown, with all apartments for rent, but also the crime patterns, or in relation to starbucks for example. I’m looking forward to seeing how this works out. Share This


Sphere Connects Blogs
2007-07-10 16:37:32
Sphere is a startup of individuals working to connect mainstream and conversational media content. They are best known for the Sphere Related Content Widget. You’ve probably seen the Sphere tag at the bottom of blogs like TechCrunch or, now, my blog. Clicking on it will activate an AJAX script, bringing up a box showing related content to the post you’ve just read. Maybe it’s the information hound in me, but I do love this plugin. And it’s available now for Wordpress. For me it was a quick install. And it gives blog publishers another way to make their blogs sticky and give their readers extended information. To me it’s a “gotta have it” plugin for Wordpress. Share This
Read more: Blogs , Sphere

Digg Shuts Down Site
2007-07-08 11:06:43
Diggdown.net got more publicity than it deserved when Digg lawyers went after them for using Digg in their domain name. Now called iggdown.net, their story made the front page of Digg this morning. Share This
Read more: Digg

Read and Rate Airports at Flagxo
2007-07-30 10:22:16
Flagxo.com is an interesting user generated content site that allows users to read and rate airports. Although in need for more content, the site has potential to give great travel tips and transit advice for new visitors to airports around the world. The site has a nice word cloud and links to Most Posts, Most Useful and User Find. The site allows users to rate airports on a scale of 1 to 10 in areas such as Power Plugs and Wi-Fi. Averages are then added and each airport gets an overall average. Flagxo.com is somewhat useless until more users start using it. But like I said, it has a ton of potential. Technorati Tags: Web 2.0, internet, flag xo Share This
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Great Tool for SEO
2007-08-06 01:07:46
If you run multiple websites, or just your own, do yourself a favor and download SeoQuake. I use it as a plugin for Firefox and it gives me up to date information on every website I go to. It not only gives you Google PR, but also yahoo backlinks and indexed pages in Yahoo and Google. Seoquake is also Internet Explorer compatible. Seoquake allows to obtain SEO parameters of the your website on the fly without a lot of research.  Powered by ScribeFire.
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New iMac Photos
2007-08-05 22:47:14
For anyone interested, here are the new iMac Pictures, courtesy of Mac Forums. Powered by ScribeFire.
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