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September 2005 - Posts

Google: San Fran will enjoy free 300kps wif-fi anywhere in the city

Has Google just increased the value of every property in SF? Om Malik has some very interesting news: breaking…. Google is making a bid to build a San Francisco-wide free wifi network , according to company officials. The company today filed documents Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 7:42 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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'Clarify the OPML spec, and we can skip another prolonged format battle.'

Nick Bradbury says probably the most sensible thing I've heard all week. "Clarify the OPML spec, and we can skip another prolonged format battle." Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 6:16 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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more Virtual Earth hacks

I pointed to some Virtual Earth hacks recently. John Musser highlights some more I haven't seen. Update: CNet has published a review of MSN Virtual Earth (via Chandu Thota of the MapPoint team) Chandu also points out a very cool mash-up idea: Virtual Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 9:24 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Why Microsoft needs RSS

VC Adventure: Why Microsoft needs RSS . (via Nick Bradbury ) "Enter the Internet age and people have discovered the power of unstructured data. Google built an entire service around it in the form of Gmail (lots of storage is great, but their real innovation Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 9:03 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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What do blogs, RSS and search engines have in common?

DMNews : "Senior analyst Charlene Li raised an interesting issue yesterday at Forrester Research's Consumer Forum 2005: What do blogs, RSS and search engines have in common? Li's answer : "They require marketers to give up a degree of control." Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 8:09 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Blogging platforms vs CMS platforms

James Governor, analyst at Redmonk discusses the topic of intra-blogware triggered by news that Lotus has lost to a blogware outfit in a blogging platform pitch. Correctly in my view, he advises Microsoft and others to take note: "One other thing that Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 7:20 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Microsoft asks hackers for help with IE7

Inside Microsoft: Microsoft Asks Hackers For Help With IE7 "IT World reports that Microsoft showed off IE7 Beta 2 at a hacker conference in Malaysia, and says they got some great feedback on it." Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 7:09 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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more blog disclaimers

Came across this comprehensive personal blog discaimer by peterskim.org . Also listed on that disclaimer are other disclaimers worth musing: "Thanks for taking the time to read this blog disclaimer. These are mostly my ideas but also inspired by other Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 6:55 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Xbox 360 bundles back in stock at Costco (US)

(Update: 2 Oct 2005: Steve just pointed out the Costco offer is now closed.) Happy days. Just ordered my Xbox 360 (a belated birthday present) at Costco . :-) Bundle includes: Xbox 360 Game Console Wireless Controller Combination High-Definition Component Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 6:28 AM by alexbarn | 9 Comments
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British English words not used in American English

Groovy Mother points to a Wikipedia list of British English words not used in American English . Since moving to Redmond, I've had to learn some of these the hard way. Recent examples of words I've used in conversation and got back a blank stare: Fortnight Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 4:39 AM by alexbarn | 10 Comments

Memeorendum - UI into the syndicated, real-time, memetic web

For the last couple of weeks I've been using memeorendum , encouraged by a number of recommendations and mentions I've seen posted (as well as referrers to the blog). I could see the memerendum's potential, a bit, but it wasn't until tonight that I really Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:08 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Don't mention the Web 2.0

The Web 2.0 . meme seems to have close to hit tipping point today . Everywhere I look, its either Web 2.0 this , or Web 2.0 not that . Much to the dismay of some, no doubt. I realise, going through my RSS reader today that I've surrounded myself with Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:46 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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It really is all about the semantics today...

It really is all about the semantics today ... This time, Jonathan Korman gets frothed up (ok, he doesn't really get frothed, just a little bit foamy though - its a good article) about the definitions and differences of Interaction Design (IxD...where Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:42 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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I have a feeling I'm going disappear up my own singularity on this one...

I have a feeling I'm going disappear up my own singularity on this one. oh well.... Some frothing going on . Dare : "The meme map is visual indication that "Web 2.0" has joined "SOA" as a buzzword that is too ill-defined to have a serious technical discussion Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:14 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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WEB2.0与Web1.0的区别是什么？

"Web2.0到底是什么，它与Web1.0之间存在哪些区别，什么样的网站可以称之为Web2.0？这些问题似乎现在还没有一个大家比较公认的答案。del.icio.us上的 Web2.0标签 中也可以看到很多各式各样的网站，到底Web2.0为什么是Web2.0，它的特性是什么，收集整理了一些人的观点，作为自己学习的资料。 文章较长，就不在首页放全文了。" More here . (Btw, I posted this from 34,00 feet on flight back to Seattle. Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:45 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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China - firewalled internet users reaches 100m

eMarketer reports that China internet users has reached the 100 million mark : "In its "16th Statistical Survey Report on Internet Development in China," the agency put the total number of Internet users at 103 million as of July 2005. China is already Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:17 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Wi-Fi hotspots: 100,000 before the start of 2006

Silicon.com reports on the estimated number of wi-fi spots globally by end of 2005 . "The number of Wi-Fi hot spots looks set to break the six-figure barrier by the end of the year, according to analysts. A new report from research firm Informa Telecoms Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:48 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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the evolution of Office UI

Jensen Harris has posted his first post in a series of, er, posts relating to the new Office UI . "...the roots of the early Microsoft Office programs were rooted in the Mac and of course, the user interface reflected that. As the Mac's first and biggest Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:21 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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DJ Ballmer Fresh

Frankie Fresh points to DJ Ballmer Fresh . (Er, when they said 'web mash-ups' , I don't think this is what they meant...) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:05 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Philip Richardson, you asked for it

Philip Richardson, you asked for it . Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 5:09 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

What is the Web 2.0 Matrix?

I like this new simple matrix / interface into the Web 2.0 APIs directory John Mussey of ProgrammableWeb has put together. (I blogged the directory couple of weeks back ). One thought: this format works well if you have two axes (two APIs recombined into Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 4:44 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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MSN launches MSN adCenter, paid-search service

Press release at PR Newswire announces MSN's new paid-search service, MSN adCenter: "NEW YORK, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of the MSN(R) Information Services & Merchant Platform division, opened the Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 4:15 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Does IT Matter? 'No!' - I mean 'Yes!'

Nicholas Carr shares his most recent thoughts regarding his 'Does IT Matter?' essay and book. Carr's answer to his own question has for sometime been an emphatic 'no!' . His answers has changed though... maybe he listened to Bob Metcalfe? Anyway, s eems Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 2:17 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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The *real* top 10 tips for blogging anonymously

Tim Yang tells it how it is - the real top 10 tips for anonymous blogging: "As many of you know, Reporters without Borders released a PDF handbook about blogging for dissident bloggers . Actually a lot of it also deals with making a good blog, like the Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:09 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Bubble 2.0 or the Long Boom?

The Economist warns of the return of the bubble . "NASTY memories have been stirred up by this week's reports that Microsoft is in talks to buy a big stake in America Online. After all, the last time that AOL was involved in a big deal—its $150 billion Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:44 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments

Clever, distributed, Web 2.0 marketing - powered by RSS

Noticed something this morning. Let me try to explain.... Mary Jo Foley (of Microsoft Watch ) is carrying ads in her RSS feed (in fact this is provided via ZiffDavis.com - MW is a ZD company)) - no news there I think. What's funny is that her RSS feed Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:26 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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I'm doing this for therapy.

Apparently I'm writing this for therapy . Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:19 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Microsoft., 30 years old (again)

Microsoft is celebrating its 30th anniversary at the company’s annual meeting today (sadly I'll not be there - in Paris - but will try to view the internal webcast). Red Herring "The annual meeting at Safeco Field in Seattle is expected to draw 16,000 Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:51 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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IE7, Vista and the RSS platform (podcast)

John Udell : " Yesterday I bumped into Amar Gandhi, a program manager on the IE7 team who is working on what Microsoft has been calling the "RSS platform" in Vista, but which I'd simply call a new system service. We found a quiet room and I recorded a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:58 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Jakob Nielsen interview

IT Conversations has uploaded a 17 min (mp3) interview with usability guru Jakob Nielsen . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:38 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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If you've done any AJAX development, you'll find this one interesting

Channel 9 has a video interview with one of the inventors of DHTML, Scott's Isaacs : " ...He is one of Microsoft's smartest Web developers and built a framework that's being used on Start.com, the future Hotmail, and other places like the new gadgets Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:20 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Web 2.0 Meme Map and Microsoft

Tim O'Reilly posted this great Web 2.0 meme map of over at Flickr . (via Web 2.0 Show ) The text in the middle box is interesting. In the spirit of the mash-up (or is it 'mash up'?), I've taken the liberty of adding Microsoft related links to these themes Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:42 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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RSS - more exponential trends

Andrew Lampert points out more RSS exponential trends: "TechCrunch is reporting on the recently released Feedburner statistics that show the growth of Feedburner subscribers and managed feeds over the last 18 months. Both show clearly exponential trends Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:16 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Designers

My first 'real' interview was published yesterday , for Digital Web Magazine . My victim was Sarah Horton (thanks Sarah! ), author of Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Designers (published in July). "Digital Web Magazine catches up Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:26 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Coffee machine hacks

You've heard of Virtual Earth hacks and Amazon hacks . Well, welcome to Coffee 2.0 and the Coffee machine hacks (and before you say it, no, we're not talking java...). Via Digg (love this comment on the Digg post: "This is different then the soda machine Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:18 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Web 2.0 isn't about screenscraping

Dare Obasanjo : "Web 2.0 isn't about screenscraping. Turning the Web into an online platform isn't about legitimizing bad practices from the early days of the Web. Screen scraping needs to die a horrible death. Web APIs and Web feeds are the way of the Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 10:17 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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USB for your car

USB for you car . "Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, is thus making the USB connection an option on its Golf, Golf Plus and Touran models in December and on remaining models next year. Just plug your device into a built-in console in the center Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 1:36 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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RSS / Longtail post - update

Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine . who wrote the original The Long Tail acticle, has highlighted my RSS / Longtail post on his blog . "Alex Barnett does some analysis on his blog traffic and discovers that the RSS feed flattens the curve. Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 1:18 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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the positive side of having a deaf left ear

Nick Bradbury created the application that has transformed my internet-use behaviour - FeedDemon (RSS / feed reader). Nick has recently gone through some tough times and has shared his journey on his blog. I find his openess humbling. He's just had a Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:47 PM by alexbarn | 12 Comments

Where to start with Amazon web services (AWS)

What is the Amazon Web Service (AWS)? From Amazon's AWS site (now rebranded Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS)): "exposes Amazon’s product data and E-Commerce functionality allowing developers, Web site owners and merchants to leverage the data and functionality Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:58 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Bill Gates meets Napoleon Dynamite

Phil Richardson points to a video of t he Bill Gates with Napoleon Dynamite in this spoof video from PDC 2005 . Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:49 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Digital Image Suite 2006 free trial for download now

I have a personal copy of Digital Image Suite 2006 and use almost daily. It has a whole bunch of editing features for pics and the library-type functionality for quick viewing (including video), organizing and sorting. Why am I telling you this random Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:24 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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more Mystery Meat Navigation

Friday night, waiting for flight from Seattle airport - on my way to London. Been a manic, manic week, but all good. Got round to my RSS reader just now (actually experienced RSS withdrawal symptoms the last 36 hours). Felt a like a little chilled surfing Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 8:35 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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My first and last day in LA (PDC)

Went to the PDC in LA yesterday as we had an internal meeting there. Flew over in the morning, had meeting (went well), flew back in the evening, and that was that. Met some interesting people though. Here are some pics: Drive from the Airport: (The highway, Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:36 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

RSS becomes a Pillar of Microsoft Strategy

Rok Hastrik , quoting Dan Gardner : " RSS has evidently become a strong pillar of Microsoft strategy. Wish I came up with this statement." ( not mine ) From the Dan Garnder post at ZNet: "Microsoft is using RSS 2.0 as a major conduit of myriad content Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:53 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Xbox announces launch dates

Just heard from the BBC : "Microsoft has announced that its next generation Xbox 360 gaming console will be in US shops on 22 November. ... Once launched in the US, the Xbox 360 is due to be in stores in Japan and Europe in early December. Up to 20 games Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 1:23 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Google feed / blog search follows MSN, - avoids confusion

Poalo Valdermarin has noticed the Google feed crawler is pinging his blog (via Dave Winer ) The user interface to the results is Google Blog Search , currently in beta (live last night). ( This follows MSNs feed search going live earler this month ). Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:49 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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101 for RSS, Blogging and Podcasting,

Debbie Weil has a useful collection of links to noob content - 101s for Bloggers, Podcasters and RSSers . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:12 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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RSS. Outlook. Integrated.

Jupiter's Michael Gartnerberg : "RSS support in Office is nice. Not only does the system track RSS via subscriptions in IE 7 (and has an RSS gadget built into the new Vista Sidebar) but Office supports RSS as well. Outlook finally adds integrated RSS Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:05 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Atlas = Ajax

Microsoft's Atlas went live today. What is Atlas ? Atlas = Ajax . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:37 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Gates on Google, MSN APIs and Web 2.0

The MSN Developer Center is now live (did I ever think I would actually utter those words! How v.cool), which includes a bunch APIs and stuff for : MSN Search , MSN Messenger , MSN Search Toolbar and Desktop , MSN Vistual Earth and wait for it: the Start.com Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:07 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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WinFX Developer Center is Live

WinFX Developer Center is Live . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:36 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Demographic API, getting to know my neighbours

Groovy Mother points to a cool Google Maps / Census data (200) remix created by AnalyGIS and SRC using a 'Demographic API' . I'm not sure if MSN's Vistual Earth has something planned along these lines , but it would be nice... :-) This is the data set Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:13 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Flickr PDC Pic Pool

Flickr PDC Pic Pool Via Steve Butler . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:04 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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10 reasons companies don't care about Accessibility

Christian Heilmann has written up a good piece at Digital Web Magazine on the reasons companies struggle to deal with and invest in online Accessibility . His 10 reasons companies don't care about Accessibility: It’s the Law But There’s None to Follow Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:50 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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RSS will fuel at least one exponential-growth online start up

I have feeling I'm going to be pointing to the following blog a lot over the next few weeks. Anyway, Richard MacManus speculates that RSS will fuel at least one exponential-growth online start up-to-giant and provides his candidates. This is based an Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 7:46 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Oracle to buy Siebel

First I hear eBay has confrimed it is to buy Skype for 2.6bn . That's enough news for one day. Then I read that Oracle will buy Siebel for 5.85bn . Quick comparison of the 2 acquisitions today: Skype: 2 years old. Revenues for 2005: 64m. 56m users. Bought Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 7:19 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

eBay agrees to buy Skype, but why?

It was only a couple of weeks I wrote of Skype 's need to 'get on with it': "ZDNet and WSJ are reporting that the VoIP firm Vonage is planing an IPO to raise $600m, after having raised $400m with VC cash. If this is true and works out, Skype will need Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 6:45 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Legalities of RSS feeds syndication

Denise Howell interviews (mp3) Bob Wyman (CEO of PubSub ) about the thorny subject of the legalities of RSS feeds syndication. Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 6:12 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Co-creation exercise

Johnnie Moore videos one of his co-creation sessions , this time in a pub somewhere in London: " James Cherkoff and I went out last weekend with Jesper Bindslev and Jon Froda, whose shared blog is e-mediators . We'd first met them at Reboot7 earlier this Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 4:36 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Windows Vista UX Guidelines (preliminary) download

The Windows Vista UX Guidelines (preliminary) is available for download . "...a preliminary draft of the Microsoft Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines (or “UX Guide” for short). These guidelines contain information on What’s New in Windows Vista, Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:43 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

The Search, by John Battelle

Just picked my copy of the The Search by John Battelle . Here's my review: it has a red and white cover, the title's word 'Search' uses the Google font & pallete and it weighs about a pound, with 27 references in the index to Microsoft and 16 to MSN. Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:02 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

omg. Rainbow 6 Lockdown shipped and I completely forgot.

omg. Rainbow 6 Lockdown shipped to the stores this week and I completely forgot. It is now Sept 11. My birthday as it happens...so, I wonder,...what I'm getting today ...? :-) My gamertag is: 'alex101' Kill me. -- Btw, Major Nelson publishes weekly the Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:51 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Virtual Earth at Where 2.0 - podcast

IT Conversations has uploaded an mp3 recording of the presentation Steve Lawler (GM for Virtual Earth and MSN MapPoint) gave at the Where 2.0 conference (took place in June 05). "In this lively and quick-moving presentation from Where 2.0, Stephen Lawler Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:42 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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MSN APIs - more details

MSN's Dare Obasanjo has collated more info on the MSN APIs (to be officially announced next week). "That's right, during the PDC we'll be announcing developer programs for four MSN properties; MSN Virtual Earth , MSN Messenger , Start.com and MSN Search Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:29 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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web services / APIs lists and directories for Web 2.0

I've come across a couple of links this week of lists and directories of Web 2.0-type web services / APIs. First is the 'Web 2.0 APIs' list from John Musser at ProgrammableWeb, currently with around 60 services in alphabetical order (found via Richard Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 6:53 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Virtual Earth launches hacks competition

Virtual Earth team is running a competition for the best Virtual Earth hack . Rules? Simple: coolest map hack app wins. Last entry submissions before 14 Oct 2005. Here is info on the API . What more do you want? (oh yeah, there are prizes too ) "Judging Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 10:50 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Structured data blogging screencast

Sctuctured blogging is taking many forms , but structured blogging needs structured data. To get structured data into your structured blog (so people/systems can subscribe to your structured RSS output or surf your structured blog and do stuff with your Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 8:05 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Microsoft to enter Web 2.0

CNET has reported of Microsoft plans to open up the up the APIs for developers to build new, cool stuff upon MSN and other Microsoft online properties. Although the article describes the move as taking an aim at Google, I think it is really much more Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 12:38 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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the Scoble Scoop of the year, an interview with Mr William Gates II (aka Billg, or Bill Gates) on Channel 9

OK, so I'll be the 204th Microsoft blogger in the last hour to point to the Scoble Scoop of the year (or the decade even): an interview with Mr William Gates II (aka Billg, or Bill Gates) on Channel 9 in his office! (er, Gates' office that is, not Scoble's. Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 5:49 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments