Alex Barnett's blog
The blog of Alex Barnett
Detracting from the hype and buzz
From the boys at Supr.c.ilio.us, an open letter to Michael Arrington of TechCrunch: "Subject: This...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
Hotmail, 10,000 servers, 100 sys admins
ACM Queue has an interview with Phil Smoot, a product unit manager (PUM) in Microsoft’s MSN...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
Draw-Something
Draw-Something, by Rob Meyers, is a program that generates original drawings. It does so by...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/13/2006
using your social network as a filter
David Weinberger is looking for examples of sites/services that aggregate and filter news and posts...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
Slashdot is far from dying
Joshua Allen puts one myth to rest: "Slashdot is far from dying...the site still wields an enormous...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
Largest prime number found
CIO Today: "A team of researchers at Central Missouri State University has discovered the largest...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
end of cyberspace
Francois Gossieaux points out a new blog I've just subscribed to: "According to Alex Soojung-Kim...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
(blog) Plagiarism Today
It's not April 1st already is it? Via Michael Arrington.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
Better still, whack in your OPML
Russell Beattie: "I’m down to 315 feeds right now, and I’m actually making an effort to cut more. I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
Mashup Feed
John Musser: "ProgrammableWeb’s ‘mashup-only’ site is live: https://www.mashupfeed.com What is it? As...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2006
Term extraction for tagclouds
Duncan MacKenzie: "I was playing around with Yahoo's term extraction service, as a possible path to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
AmazonBay
AmazonBay, via Ross Mayfield. "If you liked EPIC 2014, the Googlezon film, and have dreams of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
Visual Studio 'Live'...
John Montgomery: "After seven years in developer division marketing, I'm making a transition into...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
20 thoughts on Attention
I've been carrying a number of thoughts relating to Attention and rather trying to create a huge...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
My book tagloud
My book tagloud at Library Thing. Tags: Web2.0, tagcloud, tag
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
If you have JavaSpit enabled...
"If you have JavaSpit enabled..."
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
Multiples and mashups
I've had the good fortune of meeting Matt McAlister of Yahoo, great thinker, really nice guy. For...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2006
Tag Gardening
Tag Gardening. James Governor has coined a phrase (or a tag) that I'm sure I'll see crop up again......
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2006
BBC Radio 4 on Web 2.0
Is the Internet changing? That's the question a BBC Radio 4 programme has investigated. Steve...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2006
Your Google Brain
Last week I made it to the Seattle Weblogger Meet Up, organized by Anita Rowland. Julie Leung and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2006
More on 'Search results relevant to who I am'
Danny Ayers provides his take take on how doable the 'Search results relevant to who I am' idea is:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2006
A little sad
As I was driving to work today a thought came to mind: I will only get to 'visit' a tiny, tiny...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2006
Search results relevant to who I am
Dave Winer has a simple, but very good idea. "A very simple idea for improving Google search and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/09/2006
Google: the internet is not enough
Chicago Sun-Times: "Google Inc., the new-media giant, now has a decidedly old-media partner: the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/09/2006
Blog Discovery Project
Free Hogg is running his Blog Discovery Project. "...For those of you just joining us, I’m...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/09/2006
The value of your attention data
Ed Batista in a comment to his own post: "As users come to realize the value of their attention...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/08/2006
1 : 1.67 = iPod
1 : 1.67 = iPod. 1 : 1.71 = my Zen Sleek. Via Digg.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/08/2006
Folksonomy ≠Emergent Tags
David Weinberger has revisited the term 'folksonomy' and realised it did not quite mean what he...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/08/2006
2.0 2.0
Dion Hinchcliffe has written up a post about how the Web 2.0 meme has triggered other 2.0...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/08/2006
Apps. This is getting quite silly.
This is getting quite silly.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2006
spending more time online and watching more TV?
If we've only got 24 hours a day, how can we be spending more time online and be watching more TV?...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2006
Windows Live Messenger Beta Invites
Frank has some Windows Live Messenger Beta Invites. Update Jan 07: so have Mark and Philip. Update...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2006
Bye bye excerpts.
Sorry, I'm bringing up an old chestnut again. Dave Slusher has reminded me of something I must do if...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2006
RSS: 'beginning of the upcoming dissruption'
James Governor: "we're still just at the very beginning of the upcoming dissruption. 2005 was not...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2006
Top 10 Sources
Top 10 Sources. It's a site that provides the 'top 10 resources' maintained by someone who knows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2006
RSS directory of namespaces
FeedForAll (I use the product, it's great) is maintaining an RSS directory of namespaces. Via Rok...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2006
More on Infocard
Joshua Porter suggested I listen to the Identity Gang II show. I'm glad he did, great listening:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2006
My kind of Longhorn
My kind of Longhorn.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/06/2006
Books and social data mining
Tom Owad's Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists is superb read (via Boing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/04/2006
Attention and Reading Lists
Leslie Orchard, author of Hacking RSS and Atom: "Combining Attention.xml with my Popular Links...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/04/2006
Broille logo
Google put up a very interesting colored Broille logo today, celebrating the birthday of Louis...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/04/2006
A Wealth of Misinformation
A Wealth of Misinformation (or, '4 Things I'm Glad I Didn't Blog') Zachary Rodgers: "I've noticed a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/04/2006
Occasionally I get a little 'enthusiastic'.
Occasionally I get a little 'enthusiastic'. Next time I'm accused of this heinous crime, I'll just...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/03/2006
A Guide To Declarative Living
James Governor has set up a Squidoo Lens for Declarative Living. I think I'm starting to get it....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/03/2006
You think you know the WEB 2.0?
I got 8/10.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/02/2006
OPML Manager / Editor app
Kosso has put together a web-based (in Flash) OPML Manager / Editor app. It's not just a demo, it...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/02/2006