Category: Misc

Bill Gates to make Microsoft podcasting announcment at Gnomedex? A little bird told me tonight that their is major rumors being spread by the Microsoft elite that their will be a major podcast related announcement by Microsoft and maybe even Bill Gates himself at Gnomedex.

Really del.icio.us – Easy Shared Bookmarks Del.icio.us is known as a “social bookmarking tool”. For starters, you can sign up for an account and then store all your bookmarks there. Why would you want to do that? Well, here are a couple of reasons…

Hey, have you heard the one about the new Buddhist vaccum cleaner? It comes without any attachments.

The Guide on Learning Styles and Style Discovery Test There are different learning styles: * Visual (spatial)* Aural (auditory-musical). * Verbal (linguistic). * Physical (kinesthetic). * Logical (mathematical). * Social (interpersonal). * Solitary (intrapersonal).

Odeo Launches! We did it. We have started going through and sending out invitations to the over 11,000 people who’ve asked for odeo accounts. People started signing up for accounts right away. Once we’re happy with performance, we’ll send keep sending out more than the

Bram Cohen Says Microsoft’s Torrent Killer Avalanche is Nothing But Vaporware It isn’t a product which you can use or test with, it’s a bunch of proposed algorithms.

Introducing theOpen Media 100 AlwaysOn and Technorati are pleased to present the first annual “Open Media 100,” the power list of bloggers, social networkers, tool smiths, and investors leading the Open Media Revolution. (Lots of cool peeps on the list, congrats Roland et al!!!)

What Are MicroFormats? Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards.

10 steps to RSStocracy with Bloglines Here are the 10 simple, painless steps to becoming an RSS user with Bloglines.

Digital-Web Magazine/WebVisions Scavanger Hunt Welcome to the WebVisions / Digital Web Magazine scavenger hunt for 2005. This is your chance to get a free pass to WebVisions 2005 and win some cool prizes as well.

RSS and News Aggregators: Opportunity or Threat? There is only one thing you need to understand about RSS and news aggregators: None of this has been developed to make traditional publishers’ lives any easier or our businesses any healthier. It is all there for our readers – and it does a very good

Shifting Paradigms: The Mental Evolutionary Process of Moving from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 in 17 Steps I thought that rather than leave this email in my sent items, it would be worth cleaning up and adding to the (overdone?) conversation about what it is and isn’t.

Marc Canter is Announcing ReBlg.com “Ever wondered why you can’t just click on an article and blog it?” – where’s the universal “Blog This” button?

Vancouver – Alternative Center for Web 2.0 Business? As I mentioned this week, it’s my goal to live and work in Silicon Valley. But if I can’t work there, maybe I’ll head over to Vancouver in Canada. It seems to be a hotbed for innovative Webheads and in particular Web 2.0 people.

Whirlwind podcast between Roland, Boris and Marc Canter Here’s the audio (1.9 MB file, 6 minutes, 40 seconds) of my discussion with Marc Canter and Boris Mann at the Victoria Chinese restaurant in Vancouver Canada on Friday June 19th after Vidfest 2005 !

Better Digital Photography: Market Your Photography Business Don’t underestimate the power of marketing, because it is the tool that can make or break your business. You need to market your photography business.

LightWeight User Generated Business Models An alternative title for this post would be “Participative Commerce”. I couldn’t decide.