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June 2004 - Posts

53.8% of IT Facts.biz blog headlines have '%' sign

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Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:51 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

FeedBurner answers my RSS metrics question

I like metrics, I like data - I like feedback. I'd like to know, in detail, how my RSS feed is consumed. I posted earlier about my frustration on their being a lack of common/standard metrics for RSS and FeedBurner not only helps define these metrics Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:48 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

SuperNova live webcast - links to transcripts

(update: this is over now so am linking to FastCompany's Heath Row posted transcripts of most of the Supernova sessions) "Welcome to the Connected World" "Thomas Malone: Perspective" "Ray Ozzie: Perspective" "The Network Is People" "Syndication Nation" Read More...
Posted Friday, June 25, 2004 7:33 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Wireless nearly everywhere

I had a meeting at a hotel next to Munich airport yesterday and was reminded of how ubiquitous wireless LANs are becoming and how easy they are to use...in about 3 mins, I was up and running . Soon, we'll be seeing w-LANs on the planes themselves and Read More...
Posted Friday, June 25, 2004 11:01 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Test your knowledge of basic Web usability principles.

A quick, fun quiz to test your usability IQ , how did you do? Via GUUUI . Read More...
Posted Friday, June 25, 2004 9:22 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Buzzard loses in game of Chicken & Google Pidgeon Power

A buzzard lost a game of Chicken yesterday, the van won. "It took on more than it could chew," a spokeswoman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said on Thursday. Reuters story here . On a related note, Google finally admits their search Read More...
Posted Friday, June 18, 2004 6:06 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

French football players failed a drugs test

It's just been reported that one of the French football players failed a drugs test after the England match. If this is confirmed as positive, under UEFA rules, France will forfeit the match to their opponents, England. Scroll down for the full transcript Read More...
Posted Friday, June 18, 2004 11:39 AM by alexbarn | 10 Comments

Cory Doctorow's talk @ Microsoft on DRM

Dan Gillmore points to a talk Cory Doctorow gave yesterday at Microsoft on DRM. Cory has posted the full text of his talk here . Very interesting...Cory's bottom line: "I'm a Microsoft customer. Like millions of other Microsoft customers, I want a player Read More...
Posted Friday, June 18, 2004 8:58 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

Secure RSS

Came across a great resource while researching secure RSS in the context of private feeds...lots of useful follow-up comments from developers too. Read More...
Posted Friday, June 18, 2004 7:35 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Napsterisation of Matter or “I downloaded this great phone yesterday”

It is an interesting, (though I’m sure no surprise to you) that the Teleporter as featured in Star Trek works by scanning, then disassembling a person down to basic particles and re-assembling them at the destination. The implication is that Captain Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:16 PM by alexbarn | 9 Comments

RSS v Email Marketing Webcast

Webcast discussing Email v RSS marketing at the CAN SPAM Decisioncast is now over. Guests included Bill Fritter (Pheedo), Chris Porillo (Lockergnome), Robin Hopper (iUpload) and yours truly!. The archive will be available in a week. (Updated 20:30 GMT Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:05 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Chip and PIN, don't panic!

At long last, the UK is modernising and launching the Chip and PIN system in the UK at the end of the year, but not everyone is happy with the progress made so far... There is someone at Silicon is grumbling about there being too many PINs to memorise. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:02 AM by alexbarn | 7 Comments

ID Cards a 'very, very attractive proposition for criminals'

Yes, these are the words of the UK Information Commissioner, Richard "I like to keep my privates to myself, thank you very much" Thomas, whose job it is to keep checks on the UK's data protection and freedom of information laws. He said today as part Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:19 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Virgin gives a helping hand

New online viral campaign from Virgin Mobile...you have to see this ! (Via Adverblog ) Read More...
Posted Monday, June 07, 2004 7:41 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Microsoft.com communities team @ Microsoft Watch

Olivier Ribet, Director of Microsoft Communities outlines some of the community-based work his team is working at Microsoft.com over at Mary Jo Farley's Microsoft Watch . In my opinion, Olivier has one of the most critical roles within the Microsoft.com Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 8:20 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Describing Blogging as passé is definitely passé

The fact is blogging became passé years ago. So to now describe blogging as passé is so passé it hurts. (sorry, I don't where that came from but I just had to get that out of my system.) Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 05, 2004 7:05 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

London voters' apathy, whatever...

Londoners get a chance to vote next week for a new mayor, but there are concerns that no one cares . Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 05, 2004 6:11 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Nike blog

"Nick Denton (formally of Moreover and First Tuesday <in>fame) has launched a custom weblog publishing service for advertisers called Gawker Media Contract Publications. Their first project - a weblog sponsored by Nike ." (Via Steve Rubel ) Read More...
Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 7:47 AM by alexbarn | 8 Comments

Chicken Meats Burger

Reuters TV reports that the online ad campaign featuring a man dressed in a chicken suit (a Subservient Chicken ) helped (apparently) boost Burger King sales... Read More...
Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 7:39 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments

New Unix Migration Site

If you're researching into the migration of legacy UNIX systems and applications to the Microsoft Windows platform, then this is for you . Read More...
Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 7:13 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

RSS in the Online News Space

Staci D. Kramer at OJR has written a well researched article looking into the current sate of play of RSS in the online news space. (Via Scripting.com ) Also, an interesting discussion happening over at Dave Winer's Reallysimplesyndication site regarding Read More...
Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 7:04 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

RSS Metrics & Reporting

Danny commented on this post , and sensibly makes the point: " It's not altogether clear what kind of metrics you are looking for ." So, to clarify...I'm asking for: an agreement on the key metrics that marketers (and anyone interested) can use to understand Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:55 AM by alexbarn | 10 Comments
 
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