Category Archives: Technology

Buzz-is-the-new-FriendFeed

By alex | Published: 2/11/2010
A lot of buzz lately on Google Buzz. It’s been tagged mainly as either a Twitter clone, a FriendFeed copy, or Wave Light. Its greatest asset is that it pulls from (and into) the ever-expanding Googleverse. It works with your Google Mail, Phone, Search Results, Picassa, etc. They don’t make this as blatant as they […]
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8 things

By alex | Published: 12/31/2009
ReadWriteWeb listed 8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010. As if I didn’t already have enough things to do! Anyway, I’m giving myself a bit of a reprieve, and some of these will be done by February 1 instead of January 1. 1. Edit your privacy settings and friendships. This one is easy […]
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Archiving the White House

By alex | Published: 9/17/2009
As Mashable reports, the White House is looking for someone to archive their social network materials. I considered actually developing a proposal, but the proposal is due in two weeks, and then they want “off the shelf” implementation in 30 days. I suspect this means they have a product in mind, and I’d be interested […]
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A year with Diigo

By alex | Published: 9/1/2009
I’ve just finished exporting my bookmarks from Diigo and will be moving back to Delicious to keep my bookmarks. I’m not thrilled by this, but I think it works out better for me in the long run. I’m leaving Diigo only reluctantly, after a year of using it in classes and on my own. I […]
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