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I get it. You want to sound like an authority on something. All the other authorities have said something is dead, but you want to fit in so you swirl the words around in a cup and say it is dead on your blog as well.
That’s lovely.
Now can you shut up [...]
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It is understandable that you want people to consume your content and then share it with all their friends. It is also quite considerate of you to try your best to make the process easier, by adding sharing methods directly to your content. The “social” toolbars that are showing up [...]
In case you have been in a black hole, here is a list of stuff you may have missed:
Google Wave
It looks awesome, but a bunch of the features already exist with a combination of services (mostly Friendfeed).
Bing
Microsoft’s “new” search engine. The name will probably work better than the Live branding.
Facebook Usernames
In a move that makes [...]
In this brave new world of instant gratification, it is understandable that some want to take advantage of immediate updates. In an instant message/chat situation where it is just you and a few other people, instant is great. When there is a larger number of people involved it just turns into scrolling colors after a [...]
As mentioned here before. on my personal blog I decided to install Habari. While I still enjoy working with WordPress here and elsewhere, I have found Habari suits my personal blog quite well since I do not need all the bells and whistles which I use elsewhere.
Unfortunately, the one thing the platform does lack [...]
A little while back the folks at Mashable teamed up the Disqus guys and UberVU to amp up the Disqus commenting system. The goal of Disqus and UberVU was for the blogger to get the discussion back at the blogs and not just spread out over the social media sites. It was a lovely idea [...]
Unfortunately, current society has lost much of its inclination toward altruism. It feels like nobody wants to lend anyone a hand anymore without reaching for money with the other one. In rare cases, people band together for the common good. One of those cases occurred on Friendfeed called Free Hour.
Whoever needs help can post a [...]
