July 2007 Archive

Facebook Extreme Stress Test

July 31st, 2007 | No comments

Funny, and probably not out of the ordinary either.

Distribution 2.0 and Notice by Association

July 30th, 2007 | No comments

Growing friction between the haves and have nots? Scott Karp observes that a lot of bloggers are using “web 2.0″ services to cross-post their entries – he thinks it inefficient. I agree – it is inefficient to find yourself reading the same material via your RSS reader, then via Facebook, only to see it again [...]

IM Most Valuable Web 2.0 Tool for Enterprise

July 30th, 2007 | No comments

Interestingly, social networking tops the no-value category.

RSS Mixer

July 30th, 2007 | No comments

Interesting. But couldn’t find the OPML importer.

Online storage with a smile

July 28th, 2007 | No comments

I’ve been searching far and wide for online storage solutions, but simply haven’t had the time to compile a comprehensive list for review. That’s both the beauty and the nightmare of the new internet – plenty of choices that are increasingly difficult to find amongst the banter. Someone handed me a noise-cancelling headset today – [...]

Redeye VC: 53,651

July 28th, 2007 | No comments

Probably hasn’t changed much, even though TechCrunch now has a reported 500K+ readers.

OpenID simplifies recalling online passwords

July 28th, 2007 | No comments

Simple, succinct description, although that is just one of the aspects of OpenID.

Social Networks aren’t Identity Networks

July 28th, 2007 | No comments

Correct.

My phone is tapped, and water management officials hate me

July 28th, 2007 | No comments

Neither is likely, but it’s fun to create conspiracy theories anyway I spent the last few days planning an excursion to the water. I had a favorite spot picked out, and folks to join me. Impending rain was not an issue (since I would be standing in the water all day anyway); it was even [...]

Don’t count on Facebook to be spam/scam free either

July 28th, 2007 | No comments

It’s just harder for Google to find. Squidoo took a tongue (and Google) lashing for getting overrun with spammy pages/accounts. They’re open to the viewing public and efficient at generating attention from the rest of the internet – it was to be expected. Facebook is growing like wildfire, and it seems a lot of folks [...]