Archive for May, 2008

I don't usually write about plug ins to platforms on Profy, but I couldn't resist writing about the latest from Technosailor (Aaron Brazell). It takes a concept I fell in love with last month, the TwitPitch, and makes it integrate easily into your existing blog.
Stowe Boyd was the first to toss out the idea for (and name) the TwitPitch as a means of scheduling his time wisely during the Web 2.0 Expo last month. (One of the companies that TwitPitched [...]

In the ongoing Internet war, we have Gen X/Web 1.0 refugees on one side, and Gen Y/Web 2.0 upstarts on the other. No matter where I turn, there is always some new debate about which one has done more; which one is a true bubble. The typical Web 2.0 defense goes something like this:
The big difference "this time around" is that there is some really exciting technology coming out of the web interactivity boom, and regardless of the fate of [...]

Though not quite of the same vein as an earlier post on Nimbuzz, I stumbled across an example of a company looking to bring Mac integration to its product, which contrasts the rather limited nature of the Nimbuzz social platform .  ShowMyPC, classically known as Windows-specific software, has just been updated to allow users of Apple's popular operating system OS X to use the program as well, according to PR Web .
ShowMyPC is a program that allows users to [...]

With the explosion of user-generated content ranging from blog posts to product reviews to complaints registered via Twitter, companies are growing more and more concerned about their reputations being sullied. An entire industry has sprung up to help corporations (as well as individuals) track their image online, as well as try to improve the image. Companies like Techrigy, Radian6, and filtrbox will help you track references online, while others like Reputation Defender propose to help you fix things you might [...]

Who owns what?
There's a battle going on right now, and it's spreading to every possible domain: what exactly IS intellectual property, and who owns it? In an era in which copyright protection is seemingly extended indefinitely, a la the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, corporations are seemingly trying to prevent anything from ever entering the public domain, while consumers growing ever more enamored with the idea of free.
In the software industry, you have the opposing sides of over-zealous patents versus Open [...]

Let me begin by saying I am all for the advancement of social networking, web 2.0, and all the rest. In fact, I fervently support such advances that I find myself writing about everything and everything to do with said topics on a frequent basis. But I think I missed or misunderstood something: shouldn't social media platforms inherently be open to as many users as possible, not limited by issues like users' choices in operating systems?
On this lovely Sunday afternoon, [...]

Twing classifies itself as an alternate search engine and as it notes, only searches forums and forum discussions. Twing also notes that it "…aims to be the most comprehensive and highly targeted forum search engine for real people seeking real discussions and real information in real time." It will be interesting to see if it can truly bring into being what it suggests it can.
Twing, inside and out:
Not having a sufficient theory on just how Twing worked but interested enough to [...]

Cloud computing is one of the latest buzzwords to circulate through social media circles. Cloud computing could be the key to a true global society and economic growth, but international politics is holding it back. Defining cloud computing to someone who doesn't live and breathe the heady air of the Web 2.0 bubble can be difficult. Explaining why it is affected by international borders and political issues demands an understanding of what cloud computing is.
Cloud computing is [...]

It's the weekend, and news tends to be slower. This is usually the only chance I get during the week to sift through my feeds, catch up with everything I missed during the week, and hopefully get the number of unread feeds under 100. This week, however, I've been trying to weed out feeds I'm no longer reading to make way for all the new ones I've added, and I've deleted a few that might shock you.
A short while ago, [...]