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Category Archives: Reviews
Miss your newspaper? Make one out of your Twitter feed…
I’ve said a few times before that one reason I like Twitter is because it’s like a constantly flowing river of links and informational tidbits. Unlike with RSS, I don’t feel obligated to read every single thing that appears on … Continue reading
Like everyone else, I have an opinion about Google Buzz…
Google launched Google Buzz, its social media application for Gmail, over the last couple of days, and everyone on the web has an opinion, including me. Some opinions are unnecessarily hostile for a new software application. The social web is … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzz, Gmail, Google, Google Buzz, Google Reader, Product reviews, Social media, Twitter, Web
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Stop saying Twitter is useless! Because now there are Twitter lists
Have you played around with Twitter‘s new lists feature yet? Well, you should, because lists take Twitter from “pretty cool” to “OMG I can’t live without Twitter!” The idea behind lists is actually super simple (and staying super simple is … Continue reading
Google introduces social search
It seems like something cool comes out of Google (our new overlords, all hail teh Google) every day. This time, it’s a concept called “social search.” Social search is a big step forward in personalizing search, and thus making it … Continue reading
New features/look for Google Reader, StumbleUpon, Facebook
The thing about people who write software is: They’ve always gotta fiddle with it. I used to manage a software development team, so I know what I’m talking about. Those guys aren’t happy unless they’re fiddling. You just got to … Continue reading
Say hello to my little friend…
So I recently bought me an Asus EEE netbook, one of the cool blue seashell ones. I don’t know about you, but whenever I make a major purchase (major meaning > $100), I first like to list the goals that … Continue reading
Google makes ego-searching even easier with Google Profiles
Image via CrunchBase Google quietly introduced a new feature yesterday. If you have a Google Profile — which you probably do, if you use one of Google’s free services — you can now set it to turn up in Google … Continue reading
We are just sharing already
Recently, I posted a link to this article: Planning to Share Versus Just Sharing. The post struck a chord with me, because I have been involved in so many initiatives in my organization to plan how to share. We are … Continue reading
New social media integration in popular Web 2.0 tools
Image via CrunchBase There has been a flurry of improvements in integrating social media tools lately, which I wanted to tell you about. I’ve tried all of these new features. They all work great and offer a lot of value … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Delicious, FriendFeed, Google Alerts, LinkedIn, Netflix, Profiles, Social media, Twitter, Web 2.0, WordPress
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Responses to my iGoogle review and thoughts on Google support
A couple of days ago, I posted a review of the new iGoogle, which I mostly liked except for a few bugs, and I got a lot of response. (A lot of response for this humble blog, anyway.) All of … Continue reading
