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2006 - a Structured Blogging year?
Jeff Clavier covers the Structured Blogging initiative announced yesterday: "Marc Canter is on stage...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/14/2005
Michael the monopolizer
Technorati's Niall Kennedy has posted about their experimental server called Technorati Kitchen: "an...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2005
IRSS - Individualized RSS
Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend Rok Hrastnik's RSS Industry Night Roundtable (Rok invited me...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2005
MSN Messenger history visualization
MSN Messenger history visualization: "an interactive data visualization displaying the timeline of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2005
Blog plagiarism
Steve Rubel has complained that there are two sites reproducing his blog posts without permission....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/10/2005
PowerPoint to OPML
Interesting. Came across Charlie Wood's post this morning about a new service called...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/10/2005
Another OPML Editor (supports SSE)
MindJet unveils an OPML Editor product that supports SSE: "The Mindjet Labs has just released a new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/09/2005
'I was in the pub the other day...'
I loved the start to Johnnie Moore's latest post, and then it got better: "James Cherkoff and I were...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/09/2005
The weather? Toast.
Information aesthetics: "a toaster that parses meteorological information from the web & then...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/09/2005
This is your life (in OPML)
Steve Sloan: "OPML allows us to organize all of our content, and the content of anything else that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/09/2005
How company blogs can improve consumer relations
Chris Anderson, ex-editor of Editor in Chief of Wired magazine and chief pusher of the Long Tail...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2005
'the chance of a standard being adopted is inversely proportional to its complexity'
George Moromisato of the Microsoft RSS team: "the chance of a standard being adopted is inversely...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2005
Virtual Earth v2 APIs for Windows Live Local
Alex Daley has posted news that the MSN Virtual Earth site (now called Windows Live Local) will go...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2005
Going to the rsstroom will never be dull again
Thanks Tommy, I now know what I'd like in my Christmas stocking this year - an rsstroom reader. DJ...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/07/2005
Quote of 2005?
I think this a gem. Seattle PI reports that Francisco Pinto Balsemao, the head of the European...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/06/2005
Xbox Live Dashboard, the screencast
John Porcaro points to a screencast created by Amanda Murphy showing off the Xbox Live Dashboard....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/06/2005
Debugging Microsoft.com
Channel 9 video: "Chris and Jeff debug one of the largest Web sites in the world: microsoft.com....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2005
The Ricky Gervais podcast
You might know Ricky Gervais from the original UK Office comedy series. Behold, The Ricky Gervais...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2005
How to make your own web mashup
John Musser: "Have you ever looked at a mashup and thought you’d like to try your hand at making one...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2005
7 reasons 2006 will be a big year for HTML
Danny Ayers: 7 reasons 2006 will be a big year for HTML, in reference to this. Danny, very good. ;-)...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/03/2005
OPML 中文
OPML in Chinese, or OPML 中文. Via my del.icio.us inbox. Tags: OPML
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/03/2005
Simply fired
Time for some weekend fun. SimplyFired.com is running a competition. How do you win? You need to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/03/2005
RSS / Podcast Hijacking
Top Tech News: "Extortionists now have a new type of victim to pick on: podcasters. U.S. podcaster...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2005
Streaming attention
Universal Gadget: "I can imagine using my OPML and other feeds to display things I’m interested in,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2005
Scoble meets Doug Englebart (video)
Robert Scoble had the good fortune of having dinner with Doug Englebart a couple of weeks ago....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2005
Attention as a 'long-haul tool for understanding my own progress in the digital realm.'
'Oook' listened to the 3-part Steve Gillmor and Dave Winer AttentionTech podcast and reflects:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2005
Internet addiction is a 'real phenomenon'
Smart Mobs: "In Pennsylvania there are even "cyberwidow support groups" for partners of those having...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2005
My apologies to Gabe / Memeorandum
Gabe Rivera of Memeorandum left a couple of comments for me to wake to this morning. They relate to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2005
Congrats Kevin!
One of my favourite feed generators (ok, he's a human called Kevin) has just landed a new job with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2005
Jack Ozzie on RSS: Why SSE?
Jack Ozzie (Ray's brother) has just posted his first, er, post since joining Microsoft. It is all...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2005
Lightnet
J.D Lasica, author of a most excellent read, Darknet, points to the new, new Darknet. The Lightnet....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
More Attention / OPML podcasts:
Steve Gillmor with Dave Winer: "And speaking of AttentionTech, all three parts of the Dave Winer/Dan...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Note to self
Note to self: You will check the spelling of any names before hitting post You will check the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Corante Network
Well, it is all pretty 'live' now, so I'm safe to blog. I am of course referring to the launch of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
More on Fremont
Seattle PI's Tod Bishop has been speaking with Garry Wiseman, the product unit manager (PUM) of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Transcribr - podcast transcription service, sample
Last week Pete Cashmore blogged about a new podcast transcription service called Trancribr. I wanted...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Windows Live Mail Beta update: features + pics
Imran Qureshi provides an update on Windows Live Mail Beta. "The wait will soon be over. This week...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Packaging Web 3.0
Packaging Web 3.0, an alternative screencast by J Wynia.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Privacy, lost.
About five years ago, I had the good fortune of meeting MIT Media Lab's Nicholas Negroponte. I asked...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/30/2005
Tell me something I don't know.
'Tell me something I don't know'. Apparently this is one of Sergey Brin's stardard interview...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/29/2005
MSN Search - searching for your input
Brady Forrest of the MSN Search team is actively searching for anyone who wants to shape the future...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/29/2005
OPML - can do it in browser if you want, but you don't have to.
Lisa is doing a create job of trawling the net for some OPML gems. If you are interested at all in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/29/2005
One more wish for the wishlist wishlist
Marc Hedlund provides his Amazon wishlist wishlist. One item I'd add to the wishlist wishlist is the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/28/2005
Do you really think that it is simply a coincidence that today is my Xbox 360 arrival day and I have today and tomorrow off for vacation?
It is so close, I can smell it! Do you really think that it is simply a coincidence that today is my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/28/2005
Scoble's OPML broohaha
What a laugh, Robert wants to get done something simple done, and it becomes a royal pain in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/28/2005