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No time to comment on this post by Seth Goldstein, but wanted to point it out: "Is there a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/30/2006
Classic anti-Web 2.0 postage
I wanted to write up an example anti-Web 2.0 post, but Harry Pierson did it for me: "First off, it’s...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/29/2006
Professional tag gardeners now a reality (for now)
Earlier this month James Governor predicted that professional tag gardeners would emerge from the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/28/2006
If he's an edge case, I'm an edge case.
Surfing through Flickr this morning - I took the plunge and paid for a full account so I can have...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/28/2006
Hottest Microsoft bloggers
Microsoft Watch has put together a list of the Microsoft blogs they recommend: "When we first...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/28/2006
Others' thoughts on Attention
Craig Barnes of Attensa has posted some thoughts after hearing the Attention podcast I recorded with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2006
RSS, OPML + SSE - Tutorial and Samples
The RSS Team blog: "We’ve received lots of requests – both from the community and from within...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2006
Alas, MSN Search Champs is over
Alas, the fourth MSN Search Champs is over. Although I'm at Microsoft, I'm not an MSN'er, so I had...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2006
I think I'm going to start dreaming in outlines.
Anne 2.0: "I think I'm going to start dreaming in outlines." - Tags: Attention, OPML, dreaming
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/27/2006
Microsoft announces Live Labs
Dr. Gary Flake, Technical Fellow at Microsoft and the man responsible for bridging Microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/26/2006
MSN Search Champs podcast - Privacy conversation
I attended the MSN Search Champs today....and what a day. Given the recent news and concerns around...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/26/2006
Netflix, the Long Tail and baloney
If you happen think the Long Tail is load of baloney then consider this snippet from yesterday's NY...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2006
IE7: Native XMLHTTPRequest object (er, that's the Ajax thing)
Sunava Dutta, Program Manager in the Internet Explorer team posts: "I’m excited to mention that IE7...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2006
Microsoft Expression ('Sparkle') ready for download
Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer ("Sparkle") is available for download. From the Expression...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2006
MSDN TV has some 'Atlas' / AJAX goodness
MSDN TV has some AJAX goodness to show off: "Nikhil Kothari provides a brief overview of ASP.NET...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2006
the issue at hand
Chris from Touchstone: "The issue at hand is not how to get a user’s attention information (that’s...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2006
If I came across a 'semantic web', what would it look like?
If I came across a 'semantic web', what would it look like? Would I know it was semantic web just...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2006
RSS business models: full text or partial feeds?
To provide full text or partial feeds, that is the question. Well, that's the question if your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/23/2006
Star Wars, faithfully reproduced in ASCII
Star Wars, faithfully reproduced in ASCII. Via Brad Feld.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/23/2006
Attention podcast: RSS feedreaders and aggregators
I asked two of the RSS industry's leading lights to join me for a call and share their perspective...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/22/2006
Getting Naked with Scoble last night
I got Naked with a bunch of other people last night. That is to say I went to Naked Conversations'...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/22/2006
Evangelizing evangelism?
If I'm blogging this, does that mean I'm evangelizing the evangelizing of evanglism?
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/20/2006
Meet Microsoft Max on Channel 9
Meet Microsoft Max on Channel 9, Via Robert Scoble.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/20/2006
Attensa: 'attention is the holy grail'
Craig Barnes, founder of Attensa (RSS reader for Outlook and has a toolbar version for Firefox),...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/20/2006
Feedreader features wishlist
If you: design, develop, test, architect, product manage, product plan or market: products or...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/20/2006
The web isn't easily writeable
Scott Karp has been writing some some good stuff of late. His latest (in a series of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2006
Occasionally connected Wikis
Julien Couvreur has been working on something that sounds very, very good. "...I haven't been idle....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2006
'Feeds I pay the most attention to'
I installed the 2.0 beta version of FeedDemon last night. I've been using FeedDemon since as my RSS...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/19/2006
Tailrank and threading
Tailrank is developing nicely. Kevin Burton is doing a great job at speedily developing the service...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2006
Google: the Internet is not enough, part 2
First print, now radio. "The search advertising company purchased dMarc Broadcasting, a digital...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2006
huge waves of information
anne 2.0: "The problem I'd most like to solve as a technologist and as a blogger is information...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2006
Mobile, mobile
Two new blogs focused on the mobile space joined the Web 2.0 Workgroup today: Open Gardens and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
And Man said, Let there be connectivity
I think this has the potential of being the best post of the year. I cried with laughter. "1:3 And...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
the shadow of the cathedral
Nicholas Carr: "Sometimes I think that if it weren't for the shadow of the cathedral, there'd be no...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
Visio - the interaction designer's nail gun (2nd edition)
Hendrik Olsen has updated his article on using Visio for rapid prototyping for the web. The new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
You have 50 milliseconds to impress
BBC News: You have 50 milliseconds to impress.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
Reading Lists = the killer app for OPML
It's becoming increasingly obvious that Reading Lists is the killer app that will help take OPML to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
smart aggregators
I came across a great post today by Steve Borche - 'Information Overload: Can you see what's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2006
photos are about 40% pixels and 60% context.
Tara (aka Miss Rogue) of Riya, the photo search / facial recognition company: "photos are about 40%...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/15/2006
Growth strong, revenue lackluster
Burnham’s Beat Reports Record Q4 Revenues: "Burnham’s Beat today reported record results for its...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/14/2006
my del.icio.us tags
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/14/2006
Tagnautica
Tagnautica is cute little UI for Flash Flickr tags. Uses Flashr - a Flickr API wrapper for Flash....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
a tune for the geeks
Friday amusement - a tune for the geeks. Via Zeo.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
You cannot ignore yourself
Aynne was reminded: Tags: attention
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
Correction: Geek dinner, Seattle / Redmond, Feb 3
Update, just realised the dinner is February 3 (that's a Friday). Frank pinged me to let me know...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
Reactions to MSN adLab
Greg Linden has collated some reactions to the news of Microsoft adCenter Incubation Lab (adLab).
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006