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The problem with Web2.0

July 25, 2008

I intended to write a blog post on this topic, but ended up using Powerpoint oto t organize my thoughts, and then realized that the resulting slideshow mace the post somewhat superfluous. It is a rumination on the problem with web2.0 today (information overload), some solutions, and speculation about where we go from here: The [...]

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bit.ly and folksonomy

July 8, 2008

I noticed a few links on Twitter using bit.ly for url shortening rather than the old standby tinyurl and was intrigued. RWW raved about the service as well, mainly because it makes an attempt to categorize links using semantic algorithms. I took a look and have to admit that one other feature of bit.ly stands [...]

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plugin wanted: Author Tags

June 30, 2008

Had another idea for a useful plugin – what is needed is a plugin that creates a tag cloud/tag list on a per author basis. This would be especially useful for group blogging sites (like Talk Islam). The plugin would ideally allow a simple function call with arguments: – user name (login) – number of [...]

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the Twitter whale

May 24, 2008

Twitter is down for “database replication catchup” (a phrase I assume has meaning to someone fluent in mysql-ese). I found the associated graphic rather amusing: Maybe Twitter would be more reliable if all the birdies were pulling the whale in the same direction?

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Twitter needs “mark User as read”

May 5, 2008

I was somewhat bemused by the new service that lets you put Twitter friends on “snooze”. The idea is that if someone is very prolific (ahem @Scobleizer, ahem) then you may want to take a break from their updates for a while. While it is certainly true that some users drown out others in your [...]

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the future is now

April 27, 2008

Well, better late than never – Blogger finally supports scheduled posts: We’ve often heard that sometimes you’d like to write a post now and have it automatically published at some time in the future. We listened, and are pleased to say that this feature is ready for you to try out on Blogger in draft. [...]

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askTWIT

April 24, 2008

I am running a little experiment on Twitter. I have created a new account called askTWIT. The purpose is to facilitate getting answers to questions by tapping into the Twitter hive-mind, by acting as a central point of reference where questioners and answerers can find each other. It works like this: If you have a [...]

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Planet Twitter: twittearth is our metaverse

April 21, 2008

In Neil Stephenson’s Snowcrash, the Metaverse appeared to its users as a single city strung along a road a hundred meters wide, spanning 200 km around the equator of an otherwise utterly featureless, black, spherical planet floating in electronic void. TwitterEarth is cooler: Plenty of others have reviewed Twittearth already (and plenty more have twitterred [...]

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BlogIt doesn’t cut it

April 16, 2008

BlogIt is a new application by SixApart for Facebook – the idea is to let you post to your blogs hosted at various services (WordPress.com, Blogger.com, Typepad, Twitter, etc) from within a single interface integrated into your FB account. The idea is a good one but there are serious flaws in the implementation. For one [...]

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beyond the tag cloud: the tagdex

April 12, 2008

I think tag clouds are somewhat useless, to be honest. They are a nice way to fill up a bit of space in a sidebar, if you restrict the cloud to the top 25 or so, but unless the writer is imposing a strict taxonomy on themselves, ultimately the size of the cloud will balloon [...]

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