It’s amazing how silent the blogs are when it comes to the whole Microsoft Vista experience. It’s really amazing how little you hear in tech circles about Vista. I mean it’s supposed to be a significant improvment to Windows XP right? It cost billions of dollars and many many years to build. Not only should [...]
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File: February 2007
Nintendo boss explains Wii and DS shortages You’d have better luck with seeing the Lochness monster than a new DS Lite at your local store. (tags: nintendo) Top 5 iPhone Lookalikes Reviewed These aren’t PhotoShopped fakes but real iPhone clones. See how they stack up. Will the real deal smack them down or send Apple [...]
I was reading this article about internet censorship in Russia by government trolls thinking, “Gee that sounds like a social media site I know”. When is censorship on social media acceptable? Is tampering with voting results ever acceptable? Recently, one of my readers submitted an article of mine to Digg. As a result, the story [...]
Digg User Gets Banned for Submitting a “Controversial” Post A reader of mine got his account deleted just for submitting my blog! Yikes! Is my blog that dangerous? (tags: digg censorship) MyBlogLog Hack: Make anyone your co-author MLB is becoming the spammer’s tool of choice. They sure have a long way to go! (tags: mybloglog) [...]
As much as I hate to say it, most people aren’t as interested in the blogger as much as the blog. It’s true. Unless you have a larger than life personality or some fame in your own right (especially geek fame like being the head of an open source project) you really want to pick [...]
5 Steps To Jumpstart Your Website This is more like humor than real advice. All 5 tips tell you to submit to one of the many social news sites. (tags: humor) Feed Subscriber Rates The only meaningful article I read on Google Reader spiking FeedBurner stats. The main point: are the subscribers from abandoned Bloglines [...]
The recent net media circus on Digg is like the classic question of loyalty to one’s nation: are you a traitor for criticizing government or a true patriot? Of course, it depends on your intent but don’t ask the flag-waving population or you might get lynched. Recently, lots of posts have been made on Digg’s [...]
Digg’s 100% Club Users who have every submission hit the front page. Not many people make it past 5. (tags: digg social_media) AOL supporting OpenID Things are getting very very exciting now. (tags: openid) undugg Some insightful observations to make Digg better. (tags: digg social_media) Google to Buy Adscape for $23 Million Is Google trying [...]
I definitely want to thank Brent Simmons (the developer) for releasing NetNewsWire 3.0d46 (beta) and in the process releasing me from the living hell that was my life with NNW3.0d7 (which was really NNW2.1.1 with a new feed view that I couldn’t live without). I have like feeds in the mid-1000s and I’ll basically add [...]
Why Does Social Traffic Bring You Instant Floods of Traffic? Good content + herds = ??? I’m still trying to figure that out. (tags: social_network) StumbleUpon Defined vs. Digg, Google, MySpace and More What looks to be an interesting prelude to an interview series with StumbleUpon CEO. (tags: social_media) NSFW: Mexican Drug Gangs Taunt Each [...]