May 2008
11 posts
FriendFeed vs Twitter?
Recently there was a TwitOut day, where heavy twitter users like Robert Scoble didn’t login to Twitter, instead holding discussions on FriendFeed.
Now FriendFeed has add rooms, which add an interesting twist on micro-blogging.
So far, they seem to have fewer scalability issues, and based on the recent post from Twitter, it sounds like Twitter stumbled onto their market, considering it...
Mobile VoIP: Skype on the Nokia N95
Having used Skype for a few years, I love it.
However, I recently tried the Skype for Mobile beta on a Nokia phone and was stunned to find a product so unlike the desktop version.
Initiating a call, something that can only be done over WiFi, Skype forces the phone to conduct the call over the regular cellular network after which it complete the route over the internet.
Epic failure!
Who...
When will Clouds partner efficiently?
When will the clouds begin to partner in ways that accelerate adoption?
For example, if you use Amazon S3 for storage, unless you are running on EC2, the roundtrip to and from that cloud can be slow and costly.
If another cloud service were to create a direct connection into that cloud, it would be a huge value add when evaluating doing business with these “partner” services.
Why...
Where comments go to die?
Comments on blogs are a foundational element for building a community.
With twitter-spawn friendfeed, adding comments to tweets, the question is, could friendfeed and something like Disqus merge to offer cross community comment streams?
Right now, some think comments on Disqus or friendfeed are heading for a black hole.
But, imagine if a blog post linked to in a tweet displayed the comment...
Ownyouridentity.com and Chi.mp a good start?
This guys may be building the new social architecture I envision to compete with the walled services trend in social sites.
Chi.mp is building a flexible, permanent home for your online identity on your own domain. You own and are in control of the facets of your digital life, not any one service provider.
One place for your profile, your contacts & content, where you have control...
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“By framing design as a way to devise solutions to problems, you change it from...”
– Slash7 with Amy Hoy
Twitter's value rising in others ways
A good sign in any emerging market, squatters.
It happened during the original gold rush for domain names and now Twitter is generating the same behavior.
While looking for streams of interest to follow, I ran across .
pcmag for sale. email me at twitterforsale@gmail.com
Will Twitter take a side on this behavior? Or allow the community or market for such practices handle it naturally?
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Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is here →
Missing data portability is a feature, not a bug
The discussion about Google vs. Facebook and making user data portable validates my opinion.
Since the day MySpace was the place to be, it was obvious to me that MySpace and subsequent services were repeating the original AOL business model.
A carefully camouflaged wall has been under construction since the moment VCs smelled the payday in the social web.
Until Goggle made their play this...
Is Web 2.0 unreliable? Bullshit.
Dan Farber makes the following point.
These recurring problems once again demonstrate that the much loved Web 2.0, consisting of many start-ups lacking adequate infrastructure and stable code, is unreliable.
(Via News flash: Web 2.0 is unreliable | Outside the Lines - CNET News.com.)
I almost let this go, but on further thought, I have to call bullshit.
Yes. Many internet services do not...
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