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We Are Hunted: Listen to the Top 100 Songs on Twitter
There’s not much description required here: the concept is simple, and executed elegantly. We Are Hunted is a great site for a Friday - a fun and fresh way to explore new music, filtered by Twitter. You can listen to everything, and follow purchase links to iTunes, Amazon, and “InSound.” I’m having a great time… »
CNN: Ning is a Ghost Town
The CNN has a typically dewey-eyed article today about Ning - “the Future of Social Networking.” I just want to point out very quickly (short on time today) that the impressive-looking stats that CNN quotes effectively paint Ning as a ghost town with a few forlorn users rattling around vast numbers of unattended social networks:
“Ning… »
Saving Sony: 5 Ways to Turn Around the One-Time King
I try and write this blog with a mature, reasoned voice - but Sony brings out the exasperation in me. So, I apologize if this post reads “annoyed.” Its justified though: Sony has systematically self-immolated - going from leadership positions in console gaming and mobile entertainment, to billion dollar losses and slowly bleeding product families.
IMHO,… »
How many “active” users does Twitter have?
I wonder. Oprah, Ellen, Ashton. I think Lance nailed it: the vast influx of traffic & users that don’t “get” Twitter that follows coverage from celebrities that don’t “get” Twitter either ultimately diminishes the overall value of the site.
For all Twitter’s msm-fuelled growth, I wonder how many of the users that land there are active,… »
Off to Bangladesh!
Were on our way shortly to Bangladesh - leaving within hours! A bit of nerves building, but I think were pretty well set up. Were flying “Biman” - the Bangladesh national carrier - from Singapore direct. Its actually a four hour flight - the distances around Asia can be deceiving (or the planes are slow!)…. »
Hello from Singapore!
Sometime when I was in the air, Microsoft got all crazy and made a bid for Yahoo - insanity. I haven’t had a chance to read up on it yet, but I’m still astounded that Ballmer actually pulled the trigger.
Anyway - Singapore is gorgeous - yes, Zoli, its pretty familiar, but just different enough to… »
ON THE ROAD
Were leaving tomorrow AM early for Vancouver, and Victoria to visit family, and will be there for a few days before heading to Singapore - so don’t expect regular content updates here for quite some… »
FOSS software replacements for the expensive stuff you’re used to
I’m unemployed - by choice, mind you, but unemployed nonetheless. So when choosing software with which to provision my laptop for my upcoming year-long travel-tech-blogging adventure (8 days left…), I’ve been picking FOSS options every step of the way.
Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice
Photoshop -> Paint.net
…well, um, actually, that’s it so far as everything else I use… »
Workblogging
One post ago, I used the word “workblogging.” I’m not sure if its widely in use or not (google evidence is inconclusive), or if it is, what its widely accepted meaning is. But for myself, I’m using it to refer to blogging in a work setting, specifically as an internal communication tool, complementing email and… »
Sun buys MySQL: all upside for coporate markets
Wow - Sun bagged MySQL (more, more, more , more, full wrapup). As painful as it is to see a fave get snapped up, assuming that Sun allows the sbu some level of autonomy, this is all upside. I know my blue chip soon-to-be-former employer wouldn’t touch MySQL for a production system (say what you… »