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March 2005 - Posts

RSS on PSP

JD on MX : RSS on PSP: " RSS on PlayStation Portable: Remarkable level of hackery on this new box... this Engadget article has a step-by-step, with many outbound links, to view weblog content (via RSS via Bloglines) on the new gaming console." Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:25 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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And now for something completely off-topic...

And now for something completely off-topic, but amazing. I didn't know you could do this ! (via ericd.net ) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:21 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

RSS Feeds For Dummies - the book

Ellen Finkelstein pinged me to let me know that her book, Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies was published this week. Nice one Ellen! According to the blurb the book explains, in plain English, you’ll find out how to: Use RSS to drive traffic Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:03 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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The oncoming bandwidth explosion on the edge

Om Malik's blog has a guest coumn by Robert Young , (via Emergic.org ) asks the question: 'What happens when you have 100 megabits per second connections on the edge of the network?'. "Put another way, what are the implications when millions of people Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:00 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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About Bill Gates' Think Week

If you've not heard about Bill Gates' Think Week, you should read today's WSJ article that gives you an insight into his 'a seven-day stretch of seclusion he uses to ponder the future of technology and then propagate those thoughts across the Microsoft Read More...
Posted Monday, March 28, 2005 10:21 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Does anyone know Don Novello's email?

I'm curious to see how effeciently the 'six degrees of separation' theory works over the RSS-o-sphere and blogs, I'm helping Jay Cross of the 'Internet Time Blog' locate a certain Don Novello... "Does anyone have an email address for Don Novello, AKA Read More...
Posted Monday, March 28, 2005 9:12 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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The 'N' in the new name stands for "not with media player".

BBC reports Microsoft has agreed to the European Commission's proposed name for a new version of its Windows XP software, Windows XP Home Edition N. The 'N' in the new name stands for "not with media player"... Read More...
Posted Monday, March 28, 2005 9:00 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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New Skype: import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger and more

ZDNet reports : "A new version of Skype Net phone software is now widely available . The latest version lets users import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger and Opera and other PC desktop applications." Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:51 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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The Magical Morphing p18s4/ Bibliomeme / Book 123.5 Meme / Page 23 / whatever

Well this little baby crops up again ... Here is a chronology I wrote up last year (I have no idea why) of this magical, morphing meme, currently known as Book 123.5 . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:05 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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RSS in Visual Studio

If you, really, really need to read and manage your RSS feeds within your IDE then this RSS Blog Reader Plugin for Visual Studio .NET might be the one for you. (Via The Unofficial Microsoft blog .) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:51 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Ourmedia.org and Brightcove: 2 sides of the broadband content coin

Ourmedia.org is a free media content hosting and delivery site....if you have got video, audio, music, screecasts, or videoblogs you've created and want to share, then Ourmedia.org is for you. How is the service funded? Well, it turns out that Brewster Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:48 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Word add-in - a load of Bull

Using a Word add-in can be fun as well as useful. A fun example is Bullfighter , (found via Web Pages that Suck ), the 'epoch-defining software that works with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to help you find and eliminate jargon in your documents'. The Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:28 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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JupiterResearch: RSS will not have a significant effect to e-mail marketing

According to DMNews , JupiterResearch claims RSS will not have a significant effect as a supplemental alternative to e-mail marketing. (Via eINFO ) ""Most marketers remain skeptical of using RSS as a mechanism to supplement their e-mail marketing newsletter Read More...
Posted Monday, March 21, 2005 8:15 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Microsoft's Chief Identity Architect - ZDNet audio interview

Microsoft's Chief Identity Architect, Kim Cameron is interviewed by ZDNet's David Berlind , downloadable an as MP3 . The intro to the piece... "Using words like "open" and "standards," Cameron is not only leaning on insiders at Microsoft, all the way Read More...
Posted Monday, March 21, 2005 7:59 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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'In a surprise to absolutely no-one, Yahoo's bought Flickr'

I hear via Groovy Mother that Yahoo does actually acquire Flickr . "Holy smokes, SOMEBODY out there is bad at keeping secrets!! Yes! We can finally confirm that Yahoo has made a definitive agreement to acquire Flickr and us, Ludicorp. Smack the tattlers Read More...
Posted Monday, March 21, 2005 3:46 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Do lawyers have a moral oligation to blog? Yes.

Kevin O'Keefe proposed in January that lawyers have a moral obligation to blog . Interesting idea...I agree. "The American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct and a number of states have ethical rules & guidelines saying a lawyer has Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:29 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Fireworks: Google's Autolink controversy discussed by Doctorow, Schwimmer and Scoble

What a line up. Denise Howell hosts a spirited debate at IT Conversations about Google's controversial AutoLink and tools like it mean for the future of the web. Her guests are Cory Doctorow , Martin Schwimmer and Microsoft's Robert Scoble . A superb Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:15 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Napsterization of Matter - a thought exercise

I was reminded this week of my My 'Napsterization of Matter' thought exercise by the UK University of Bath's Replicator project news . Napsterization of Matter 'Napsterization of Matter' is a thought exercise I’ve been toying with for some years now. Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 19, 2005 11:24 AM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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Screencast showing how to Podcast

Eric Rice has created a great screencast showing how to Podcast using Audioblogger.com Audioblog.com. Via Scoble's ridiculously useful Linkblog . Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:44 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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How to read 1000 sites a day: RSS

If you still haven't got the RSS religion, then listen to Robert Scoble evangelising at BlogosphereRadio.com , or watch this RSS for beginners primer . Via All Narfed Up . Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:21 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Five 9s uptime - how much each 9 matters

Technology Futurist : "Since I saw Larry Borsato mention some figures in the 99.999% availability requirement-for-VoIP-networks debate, I decided it was time for me to dust off my networking theory book and implement Erlang's formula on an Excel spreadsheet Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:03 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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If you are listening to this in Chinese, then hello

If you are listening to this in Chinese, then hello. If you are reading this, you should listen to this (.wav). If you want to hear me in speak Chinese then listen to this . My name is Alex Barnett and I am experimenting with the English Text to Speech Read More...
Posted Friday, March 18, 2005 9:44 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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RSS: Rich Site Services

For some time now, RSS has been making great progress in providing types of information beyond updates site and blog updates. From updating you with shipment/parcel tracking status, to weather forecasts, to podcasting, to the check-in/check-out status Read More...
Posted Friday, March 18, 2005 8:43 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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IE7 and CSS: the Acid2 test - Microsoft has now been challenged

In a public effort to encourage Microsoft to add as much CSS 2 support as possible as its developers embark on IE7, Håkon Wium Lie (CTO of Opera Software and the father of CSS) and the Web Standards Project have begun the development of a test suite, Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:57 AM by alexbarn | 9 Comments
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Another RSS convert

Michael La Porte is an attoney from Chicago. He's just 'got' RSS .... "For now, I'm a convert." One by one... Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:29 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Montage-a-google, a Flash-tastic waste of time

Via Scott Fegette , I stumbled across this fun, Flash-tastic waste of time . Tap in a keyword, and it throws back a clickable montage of images from Google Image search. Who did I search for? Read More...
Posted Monday, March 14, 2005 9:47 PM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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The digruntled customer not only speaks, he videocasts.

If you are thinking of buying a GE GXCF20E Water Dispenser, then you should watch this . Read More...
Posted Monday, March 14, 2005 9:20 PM by alexbarn | 6 Comments

From mass media for the masses, to media by the masses

John Piercy points to a TV segment clip from Global TV , interviewing podcasters and media pundtits on the subject of the podcasting phenomenon . The piece features Ross Rader's Random Bytes Radio , who hosts the .avi file . A great soundbite fom the Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:57 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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On source licensing and Microsoft- what matters most is the conversation is happening

Jason Matusow , Microsoft's director of Shared Source, has done what I hoped he'd do for some time now - to begin a direct and outreaching dialogue with anyone in the software community concerned on the topic of software intellectual property. You might Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:45 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Podcast for Windows Media Center enthusiasts

Ian Dixon has produced his first podcast ( mp3 ) for Windows Media Center fans and enthusiasts . "In this show I talk to Ted Singh of Embedded Automation we talk about there mControl home automation suite for Windows Media Center and mTheater for the Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 12, 2005 8:34 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Video enhanced the radio star

Via Scoble's link blog , The 05 Project . 'You can't do that on a podcast'... Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 12, 2005 8:15 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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ZDNet interviews Ray Ozzie on the Microsoft - Groove deal

ZDNet interviews Ray Ozzie on the Microsoft - Groove deal ...2 good questions asked, and more : Why did you sell Groove to Microsoft? Ozzie: From my standpoint, I build software to have a big impact on customers--that's the point of all this. Looking Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:55 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Sir Roger Penrose provides 'A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe'.

If you like mathematics, physics, or the Universe for that matter, then you might be interested in this audio interview at IT Conversations with Sir Roger Penrose , Professor of Mathmatics, Oxford University, discussing his new book, Road to Reality -- Read More...
Posted Friday, March 11, 2005 11:55 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Xbox 2: 1 trillion calculations per second.

Xbox 2 : 1 trillion calculations per second . Oh, and the games should be pretty good too. Read More...
Posted Friday, March 11, 2005 8:13 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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IPTV vs Internet of Video

I've mentioned Brightcove before, the new, small startup with a big idea . They've posted this is up on their Brightcove blog , describing a little more about what they see to be the future of video via the Net. "We've just posted a multimedia presentation Read More...
Posted Friday, March 11, 2005 8:11 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Microsoft .NET Framework penetration numbers

(link bot tonight) Via ITFacts.biz : "Microsoft's Scott Wiltamuth posted numbers from Microsoft marketing on .NET Framework penetration. More than 120 mln copies of the .NET Framework have been downloaded and installed using either Microsoft downloads Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:16 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Advice for the Office Online crew...

Ex-Microsoft Tim Jarrett offers some advice for the Office Online crew. "Alex points to Jef Raikes talking about a product announcement that I missed earlier this week, the launch of something called “Microsoft Office Communicator 2005.” Sounds interesting. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:12 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Fark, where's the RSS feed?

Fark , where's the RSS feed? Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:57 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Microsoft to acquire Groove Networks

This is huge news...very exciting. Microsoft will acquire Groove Networks and make Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie (he's got a blog ), chief technology officer at the software giant. FT.com : "Microsoft , the world’s largest software maker, on Thursday said Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:16 AM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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Not Your Usual Podcast

I was pinged by Marenco Kemp (a New Zeleander workmate from my UK days, living in London), letting me know of his music podcast show, Not Your Usual Bollocks . I'm listening to this (Show 6 - mp3) as I write. I like it and now subscribed (RSS): Thievery Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:37 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Can't find the little orange button? Try here.

Via Inside Microsoft : "A few days ago, Scoble complained that the Podcast Network didn't have one of those little orange XML buttons so he could subscribe to an RSS feed. Their response might have went just a little overboard. They created a page just Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:21 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Downloading Podcasts onto your Smartphone - Recipe

Mike Hall provides step-by-step instructions on how to sync downloaded Podcasts onto a Smartphone . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:11 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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'A Micro Profusion of Steve Rubel's Wisdom'

Two of my favorite onliners, allround-entertainer/tech-pundit Chris Pirillo interviews PR-pro/corporate-blogmaniac Steve Rubel . Listen to them getting audiotastic in 'A Micro Profusion of Steve Rubel's Wisdom' Available in WMA on MP3 Via Kevin over at Read More...
Posted Monday, March 07, 2005 8:31 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Scoble is right about RSS and blogging - this is why I agree

Scoble states it as it is : "Here's my thesis: companies that have lots of bloggers will end up making better products, will end up having better marketing and PR, will end up making more profit at the end of the day, and will be more likely to have more Read More...
Posted Monday, March 07, 2005 11:01 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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It's Sunday night, and things are getting silly

I ran across this again , the legendary Numa Numa dance. It still cracks me up. If you haven't seen it , then do , if you have , sorry . Talking of silly, Frank points to one Joke with Einstein . and another . Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:35 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments

'They have no credibility, all they have are facts'

Via Channel 9 - Comedy Central video interview with anti-blogger .. Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:25 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Seattle: Have a nice day. Somewhere else.

Brain Golfarb points to an interesting article in the Seattle Times (pertinent to me - I've just moved from London to Seattle) analysing the 'Seattle Freeze', a phenomenon Sociology professor Jodi O'Brien describes as 'the phenomenon of the plastic smile.' Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:07 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments

If anyone in the Office marketing team is listening...at least consider Steve's idea.

Steve Rubel reviews the Office 2003 online campaign and identifies an opportunity for the Office marketing team to use the power of blogging as part of the mix. "Someone please post a link to this blog post on the Redmond Sharepoint server. Here are three Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:00 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Google - Doing No Evil?

Via InsideGoogle , " BetterBadNews has a great video , making fun of the Autolinking "controversy". If you don't think the whole issue is ridiculous after watching this, well, watch it again. Even if you don't agree, you can still laugh at the video. Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:33 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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List of my RSS writings

I've written my fair share on RSS , so I thought I'd list out the links and give the list a permanent home, 'RSS writings' . Read More...
Posted Friday, March 04, 2005 11:12 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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When no news is news 'Microsoft: No Security Fixes for March'

Via BetaNews , Microsoft gives advance notice : "On March 8th, 2005 the Microsoft Security Response Center is planning to release no new security bulletins." Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:58 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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John Udell interview, talks Screencasts, Podcasts, RRS'ing, Blogging and other Such Buzzwords.

John Udell is interviewed ( 30-minute podcast ) and discusses Screencasts , Podcasts , RRS , Blogging, Ubiquitous Bandwidth , Convergence and other Buzzwords with IDG's Patricia Smith. (Did I just win Buzzword Bingo ?) Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:44 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Recording Skype call - can you help?

IanD wants to know: "have been searching for ways to record skype calls for pocasts and its not as simple as it looks I saw Audio hijack pro for the mac would do it, is there a windows program like that? I looked at virtual wires but that wouldn't do Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:04 PM by alexbarn | 26 Comments

Mum, you want to know where I live? Watch this screencast.

Mum, you want to know where I live? Watch this screencast . (Thanks to Google Maps ) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:06 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments

Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Via Reuters . "Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates will be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth Wednesday for his outstanding contribution to enterprise. He will become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:05 AM by alexbarn | 11 Comments
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RSS Spoofing?

Dana triggered a thought...how can you be sure you are subscribing to the RSS feed you think you are subscribing to? I'm not so worried about the scenario he provides where you go to Technorati and generate an RSS feed based on keywords (Watchlist)...'noise' Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:15 AM by alexbarn | 9 Comments
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MSDN, meet YSDN

Via Mark Jen : "...noticed that jeremy and others had posted about the launch of Yahoo Search Developer Network (YSDN). note the striking resemblance in name to MSDN - i'm sure that isn't a coincidence. yahoo is really taking the lead here by not just Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 01, 2005 6:55 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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