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Congrats Kevin!

One of my favourite feed generators (ok, he's a human called Kevin) has just landed a new job with MSN / Windows Live team. Congrats Kevin ! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:01 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Jack Ozzie on RSS: Why SSE?

Jack Ozzie ( Ray's brother ) has just posted his first, er, post since joining Microsoft. It is all about RSS + SSE and provides some info on a mailing list and achives so you can join the spec conversation. I hope to read his thoughts on OPML soon... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:13 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Lightnet

J.D Lasica, author of a most excellent read, Darknet, points to the new, new Darknet . The Lightnet. "You've heard of the Darknet. Now try on its antithesis: Lightnet. An intiguing new meme from Lucas Gonze , with contributions by Mike Linksvayer and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:41 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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More Attention / OPML podcasts:

Steve Gillmor with Dave Winer : "And speaking of AttentionTech, all three parts of the Dave Winer/Dan Farber special are now on line. Ladies and gentlemen, start your business models…" The Big Suitcase Part I Hello and welcome to the first of a special Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:51 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Note to self

Note to self: You will check the spelling of any names before hitting post You will check the spelling of any names before hitting post You will check the spelling of any names before hitting post You will check the spelling of any names before hitting Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:26 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments

Corante Network

Well, it is all pretty 'live' now , so I'm safe to blog. I am of course referring to the launch of the Corante Network . Steve Bowd Stowe Boyd does a good job of explaining it all, as does Hylton Jolliffe ... Om Malik explains the fuss is about. As it Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:21 PM by alexbarn | 11 Comments
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More on Fremont

Seattle PI's Tod Bishop has been speaking with Garry Wiseman, the product unit manager (PUM) of Microsoft's new Fremont project: "An upcoming online classified service from Microsoft Corp. may sound like Craigslist or the new Google Base, but the team Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:43 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Transcribr - podcast transcription service, sample

Last week Pete Cashmore blogged about a new podcast transcription service called Trancribr . I wanted to test it out so I got out my Paypal wallett and splurged $11 for 11 mintues of a podcast I recorded last week. It was dead simple to sign up and I Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:30 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Windows Live Mail Beta update: features + pics

Imran Qureshi provides an update on Windows Live Mail Beta. " The wait will soon be over. This week we will be releasing the “M4” (Milestone 4) update to the Windows Live Mail beta (codename: Kahuna)." Imran also lists out the new features plus provides Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:57 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Packaging Web 3.0

Packaging Web 3.0 , an alternative screencast by J Wynia . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:55 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Privacy, lost.

About five years ago, I had the good fortune of meeting MIT Media Lab's Nicholas Negroponte . I asked him what we should be doing to reverse the ever-increasing loss of our privacy. To my dismay he replied, "Don't bother - we've lost it anyway and we're Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:19 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Tell me something I don't know.

'Tell me something I don't know'. Apparently this is one of Sergey Brin's stardard interview questions . You can learn a lot this way. I assume he knows what a Googly is , but does he know what LBW is ? Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:28 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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MSN Search - searching for your input

Brady Forrest of the MSN Search team is actively searching for anyone who wants to shape the future of their product. "A little over a year ago we began inviting groups of academics, bloggers, siteowners, and technologists out to Redmond to talk about Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:53 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Attention, OPML and nails on head

If you've been following my blog, especially this month , you can't have failed to notice me banging on about this Attention / OPML topic for a while now ( and here and here and here and here ). Not that I've been obsessed or anything... Anyway, Nick Read More...
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 11:50 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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OPML - can do it in browser if you *want*, but you don't *have* to.

Lisa is doing a create job of trawling the net for some OPML gems. If you are interested at all in OPML, you need to subscribe to her feed . Tonight Lisa pointed out this post by Jim Moore : "People are now consciously creating and sharing reading lists Read More...
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 11:16 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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One more wish for the wishlist wishlist

Marc Hedlund provides his Amazon wishlist wishlist . One item I'd add to the wishlist wishlist is the ability to export the wishlist (and import). After all, it is YOUR wishlist, right? Then I could manage and share the wishlist as I like , refer to it Read More...
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 1:08 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Do you really think that it is simply a coincidence that today is my Xbox 360 arrival day *and* I have today and tomorrow off for vacation?

It is so close, I can smell it! Do you really think that it is simply a coincidence that today is my Xbox 360 arrival day *and* I have today and tomorrow off for vacation? (btw, it is a coincidence, but I like to think it is all part of my cunning master Read More...
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 9:21 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Scoble's OPML broohaha

What a laugh, Robert wants to get done something *simple* done, and it becomes a royal pain in the RSS . In case you end up having the same issues Robert did, you could watch this short screencast done by Raymond that explains how you get out of this Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:06 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Grokking RSS + SSE, but what about OPML + SSE?

It has been a week since the RSS / OPML/ SSE proposal was announced by Ray Ozzie and Dave Winer . There is plenty of grokking going on with respect to RSS + SEE, but I've yet to come across any posts taking the time to think through the implications of Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:20 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Xbox 360 - a 3rd possible orientation

CorkChop asks about the orientation of the Xbox 360 "Did Microsoft want to make the Xbox 360 more like the new PS2 which can sit vertically? Did they want to make the new Xbox appear more like a computer, I mean, the case is now white instead of black Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:46 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Flickr is having a massage

There are certain advantages to being in permanent Beta. This is one of them. Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:20 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Web 2.0 Workgroup

It is my pleasure to inform that this blog has joined the Web 2.0 Workgroup , a non-formal network created in October by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch , Richard MacManus of Read/WriteWeb , and Frederico Oliveira of WeBreakstuff . The Web 2.0 Workgroup Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:06 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Halo 2 on the 360

Russell Beattie tried out Halo 2 on his new Xbox 360: "the killer app of the 360 is the same killer app of the original: Halo. It’s just fun and works just like it should, and now it looks better than ever. Cool stuff." Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:03 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Follow-the-sun search

Follow-the-sun search . Via Joe Heck . Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 10:57 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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You used to have 2 customers: advertisers and readers. You now have a 3rd: mashers.

Matt McAlister of Yahoo! has some good advice for online publishers. His last observation nails it: "You used to have 2 customers: advertisers and readers. You now have a 3rd: mashers." Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 9:57 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Attention podcast part 2, Joshua Porter and Alex Barnett

Here's the second of the two part Attention podcast Skype call I recorded with Joshua Porter : Part 2: .(mp3, 46mb, 48min) Part 1 notes ( .mp3, 43mb, 45min) We've already got some feedback to the first half/part of the podcast. In particular I wanted Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 2:36 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

Tim. SDN ain't exactly sorted

Tim Bray : "Oh yes, and since we’re talking about standards, would MSDN please get a clue !?!?." Good call Tim, however, I'd like to point out SDN ain't exactly 'sorted '. I agree, we should sort this mess out. Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 10:46 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Attention podcast part 1, Joshua Porter and Alex Barnett, part 1

This is the first of a two part podcast Skype chat with Joshua Porter and I ( part 1: .mp3, 43mb, 45mins ). Part 2 tomorrow. (update, here it is ). Joshua is a little faint to hear at first, gets a bit better later though, sorry about this. Notes and Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 12:59 AM by alexbarn | 8 Comments

OPML sampling

One of the nice things about sharing our OPML is the ability to sample feeds you've not tried before, but this can be hard work. Example: Pete Cashmore and Chris Anderson (editor of Wired) have made their RSS feed subscriptions available for others to Read More...
Posted Friday, November 25, 2005 5:43 PM by alexbarn | 8 Comments
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attentional blink

Dave Munger on a phenomenon apprarently called 'attentional blink': "Take a look at the following three animations. Each will flash very rapidly through a set of words (9 words per second!). Your job is to watch carefully and see if you notice a word Read More...
Posted Friday, November 25, 2005 12:20 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Alex and Raymond's screencast mash-up (or Collaborative Screencasting)

Well, the future of screencasting is already here. Internet time stuff, eh? We talked about it, so then Raymond and I went and did it . We've created two separate screencasts: his and mine . As you see there are two screencasts containing common clips Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:55 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments

The future of screencasting

I've been following Raymond Kristiansen's Don't Lose the Question (DLTQ) blog for sometime. He's an interesting guy: a media experimenter extraordinaire. You might know Raymond from the BBC news story in September leading up to the Norwegian elections Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:31 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Mashable OPML attention

Pete Cashmore has uploaded his OPML file / blogroll into opmlmanager.com too. Worth browsing / importing and seeing what his RSS subscriptions is you're interested in Web 2.0 / API / Mash ups . He's also been following the OPML / Attention conversation: Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:42 AM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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I didn't touch anything, I swear.

I didn't touch anything , I swear. ( a la Tara , in reference to this ) Tags: OPML , Attention attentiontrust attention.xml Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:50 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Windows Live Mail (codename:Kahuna): spellchecker video

Windows Live Program Manager, Imran Qureshi: "Today I'd like to give you a sneak preview of one the most exciting features we have coming in our next beta refresh of Windows Live Mail (codename:Kahuna): Spell Check As You Type ." Windows Live Mail (codename:Kahuna) Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:58 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Wow, an OPML browser and wishlist

The guys who developed opmlmanager.com , Bernard Flach and Peter Overbleeke have now released World Outlined Web (WOW!) OPML broswer . Nice job! Note: hey, mum & dad - you can check out my Christmas OPML wishlist in your browser right now (in case Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:52 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Identity 2.0

I missed this first, second and third time around. Not this time. Just watched it. First class: Identity 2.0 by Dick Hardt of Sxip . Thanks to Liz Lawley for the pointer. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:38 AM by alexbarn | 7 Comments
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Tags and liberal interpretations

This poppeed into my RSS reader just now. It was tagged as 'UI' in Flickr . The tagger in question must either be an exceptionally lateral thinker to consider this plate of green beans and a bit of chicken as a user interface, or he/she ate this in the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:30 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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the value of your OPML file

Raymond* says that his OPML file could soon become one of his greatest assets . He's created a very cool OPMLish screencast explaining why : "OPML has so much potential. If I spend time on my OPML file, I will eventually build a multi-layered outline Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 8:08 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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'my friendly neighbourhood OPML freak'

He said it , not me . Tags: OPML , freak , opmlfreak Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:48 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Uh, oh, I've been spotted.

Cristian has worked me out . - Tags: Attention , OPML Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:47 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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404

In case you've ever wondered ... via Digg . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:45 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Attention, Cars and OPML

I had a chance Skype call with Joshua Porter (thanks Richard for connecting us). I've been following Joshua's blog for a while. We got talking about some of each other's recent posts that interested us, this one of his particular: Attention, Buying a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:36 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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'my OPML file is a mini blogosphere'

Library clips : "my OPML file is a mini blogosphere" (via Raymond ,via OPML) Tags: OPML , Attention Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:23 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Did Wells predict the Internet?

Jack William Bell asks if H.G. Wells predicted the internet. From reading this 1937 essay, 'The World Brain' , I'd agree with Jack - Wells came very close: "There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:48 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Why the Brightcove deal matters

Why does the Brightcove deal matter? Here's three reasons I've given previously: Media will change more in the next five years than it has in the past 50 years Ourmedia.org and Brightcove: 2 sides of the broadband content coin Jeremy Allaire launches Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:53 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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tracking my Xbox 360 delivery via RSS

I've blogged parcel tracking via RSS before , but I've actually got a UPS package I want to track via RSS . Tha package is my belated birthday present, the much antipicated and much blogged Xbox 360 . Be HERE! Tomorrow morning perhaps? Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:38 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Lisa gets Attention via OPML

I'm enjoying Lisa William's OPML blog She 'gets' what I'm talking about re: OPML and Attention : "For years I have wanted a decent wishlist software... ...I want to be able to easily make one for my kids with their clothing sizes and ages, and I want Read More...
Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 9:54 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Startup 2.0

Kevin Burton just pinged me about a crazy idea he's just had : "Around a month ago I started playing with some community funding activities to see if I could continue funding TailRank simply from the good will of the community. I have to admit that I Read More...
Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 2:52 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

Microsoft proposal: Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS and OPML

(Updating with reactions, below) - Dave Winer : " Microsoft has unveiled a new proposal called SSE, which stands for Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS and OPML. ... So we need some way to share subscriptions between different applications, between vendors Read More...
Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 7:22 AM by alexbarn | 7 Comments
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Loser Generated Warning Label

Loser generated using the Warning Label Generator , via Assaf and Richard . Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:55 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Digg + slashdot + del.icio.us/popular = diggdot.us

Digg + slashdot + del.icio.us/popular = diggdot.us Here's the RSS feed. via John Musser (again) Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:41 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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'with great power comes great responsibility'

"with great power comes great responsibility" Source: Uncle Ben to Peter Parker in Spider-Man (that's not Doctor Octopus, btw) Michael Swanson has quoted this recent Spidy classic when describing XAML and Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly known Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:51 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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entertaining ideas: attention data in OPML

Dare Obasanjo: "My advice to Nick and others who are entertaining ideas around standardizing attention data in OPML; go build some features first and see which ones work for end users and which ones don't. Once we've figured that out amongst multiple Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:22 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Conversations on Attention, OPML and Attention.xml

(If you're really not up for reading this, or want more thoughts, you can listen to my podcast (.mp3, 10mb) I recorded this morning. BIG thanks to Lisa (OPML fan :-) for hosting the file . More related podcasts / conversations listed below) Attention, Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 3:00 PM by alexbarn | 7 Comments
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No Error

Joseph Heck : "I've never seen an error page that read: "No Error"." Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 2:19 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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tag-tástico

Tecnocitas puts this another way . "2006 será un año tag-tástico" Tag-tastico...love it! Tags: tag-tastico , tagtastic tag , tagging Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 1:29 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Help needed: who can host a podcast for me?

Am desparate here, need your help. Having issues with ftp this morning...can anyone host a 10mb mp3 until I get things sorted? Ourmedia takes to long (days before approved), and don't want to pay for more hosting.... thanks. Update: thanks to Lisa , looks Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 20, 2005 12:45 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

MSN Messenger World's Best App Contest

John Musser : "a number of entries for MSN Messenger’s World’s Best App Contest are now listed here under the Messenger API page . These extensions are built using their new Activity API and many of them pull and mash online data into the Messenger chat Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 6:19 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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RSS überuser screencast

J Wynia has created a screencast (.wmv) showing how he reads and manages his RSS. From what I can see, he's a RSS überuser. "I couple of weeks ago, Alex Barnett was listing the things that he considered requirements for a good RSS reader. It appeared Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:27 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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2006 will be a tagtastic year

Greg Prosl pinged me about a video sports service he has just launched: BroadbandSports.com . The interesting part for me at least is the tagging side. I can tag the videos with any tag I like ( Del.icio.us -syle) and browse and search videos by tags Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 1:31 PM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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1 billion searches in a year sounds like a lot

IT Facts : "Annual Web search usage and volume is projected to cross the 100 bln threshold during the next 12 months, driven by a range of advances and new developments in general and vertical search as well as video and multimedia search. Local commercial Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:44 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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My neck that gets as stiff as a piece of wood

And now for something completely different. Here is a snippet from MSDN Korea's latest VS2005 rap music video : "키보드 자판만큼 딱딱해진 내 고개 My neck that gets as stiff as a piece of wood" Via Frankie Fresh . Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 11:29 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Ajax whois

Ajax whois . Why not? Via Digg (the slashdot killer ...this digger doesn't agree ) Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 10:16 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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What is Screencasting article, a good intro.

Jon Udell lit up this Del.icio.us feed to the screencast tag , with this What is Screencasting article . It's a good intro to the art. Jon inspired me to do these screencasts . I should do more. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 10:05 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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RSS, the Web 2.0 glue

Don Hinchcliffe : "Problematically, RSS is still not quite a household word yet, and even the software industry is just beginning to realize the importance of this workhorse syndication format. Though at this point it's already clear RSS will be the key Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 10:01 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Looks like a wind up to me.

Business 2.0 Blog: "MIT's Nicholas Negroponte showed his much-anticipated $100 laptop at the U.N. tech summit in Tunisia. Aimed at children in developing countries—"one laptop per child" is the slogan—the lime-green unit is powered by a hand-crank and Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 9:42 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Listening to Web 2.0

I'm listening to a presentation Joshua Porter gave at an event called Buy, Hack, or Build: Optimizing your Systems for Your Users and Your Sanity : "...I wasn’t going to define Web 2.0, as most of the definitions I’ve heard are ambiguous, to say the least. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 8:39 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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OPML and the road to Attention data: Progress

Steve Gillmor informs us of Dave Winer's OPML namepace news: "Basically, I think OPML should have a way to include elements from other namespaces, much as RSS 2.0 does. Developers should, whenever possible, use capabilities that are already in use by Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 1:23 AM by alexbarn | 12 Comments
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'where we place our RSS links'

Nice post by Nick Wilson: "I'm talking about where we place our rss links. On the right, you can see a map that was produced as part of the EyeTrack 3 study written up by Steve Outing last year. It shows you how people's eyes move over a web page, particularly, Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:04 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Open letter to Chris Law and Paul Martino

The creators of WSFinder, a wiki-based directory of web services and APIs that people are using to create mash-ups, are working on a new project that caught my eye - WSRelater. WSRelater is a recommendations web service that enables a website to easily Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:50 PM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Geek. meaning. captured.

When I wrote I was all geeked up , I meant it. I even bought the t-shirt . I didn't realize this pic was taken. At least my chronic non-photogenicism can't do too much damage here. Tara published this pic in the context of this post, about, er, context Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:14 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

RSS via IM - Screencast

I created this screencast to show what I meant in this post about Immedi.at . Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:32 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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RSS via IM = immedi.at notification

Peter Brown took me aside while we both at the Seattle Mind Camp a couple of weeks ago. He asked for my opinion on something he was developing. It is called immedi.at . He described immedi.at as RSS via Instant Messaging service. At first I thought he Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:45 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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OPML / Attention / claret coloured fish

Cori Schlegel reflects on the conversation Kevin and I had earlier this week : "in light of Alex’s comments regarding OPML and attention, I thought I should clarify my thoughts as laid out in my previous post. Alex brings up a really good point in the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:00 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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US and UN "Deal reached on managing the Internet"

SiliconValley.com: "A U.N. technology summit opened Wednesday after an 11th-hour agreement that leaves the United States with ultimate oversight of the main computers that direct the Internet's flow of information, commerce and dissent. ...Negotiators Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:57 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Ray has a brand new blog

Microsoft's CTO (and the man behind 'Microsoft's Web 2.0 Manifesto' ), Ray Ozzie, has started his latest blog effort at MSN Spaces : "As a matter of fact, there's a fun little project that several of us (inside and out) have been playing with for a few Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:38 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Ajax / Atlas / Virtual Earth screencast

Dan Goldfarb : " Dan has put together a very cool video tutorial for ASP.NET "Atlas " -- definitely worth checking out..." The sceencast shows use of Virtual Earth APIs too. Tags: ajax atlas virtualearth Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:07 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Google Base live: I've uploaded RSS and OPML files

Ok, it is live now. I just uploaded an opml file into Google Base. I wonder what will happen. It'll take an hour to get published. This is part of the Base bulk upload functionality that allows you to upload XML: RSS 2.0 , RSS 1.0 , Atom 0.3 .. Straight Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:19 PM by alexbarn | 13 Comments
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APIs yesterday, APIs tomorrow

Tom Evslin provides a historical perspective on the renewed interest in APIs and looks forward to how they are driving the next generation internet: "Becoming a platform will be the road to fame and glory - not to mention riches - for many Web 2.0 services. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:33 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Microformats primer

Garrett Dimon has a good primer on microformats . The article provides the basics, some examples and scenarios: "We’ve already covered the benefits of microformats being human-readable, but what about “machines”—you know, search engines? One example is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:47 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Truveo video search. It works.

Bambi Francisco: "Search is the No. 2 activity on the Web behind e-mail. As every searcher knows, it's not perfect, especially when it comes to video search. Truveo is a new video search engine. Truveo founder Tim Tuttle gave me his elevator pitch recently Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:29 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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eBay APIs: Innovation without barriers

Just days after announcing its RSS news , now eBay has confirmed that it is dropping their charges for use of their APIs. This is big news, and as Josh says, a huge Web 2.0 announcement. eBay's developer program is already hugely successful. Today, there Read More...
Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 8:57 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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Groceries via RSS

Neville Hobson picks up on Tesco's email blitzing of its customers (the UK supermarket sends around 16-20 million emails a month) and a single, measly, RSS feed (Deal of the Day) . "This is Tesco's toe in the water for RSS, I would imagine. Tesco is the Read More...
Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 7:52 PM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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TV via RSS + Bit Torrent

Steve Rubel : "Someone has figured out a way to subscribe to TV shows on Bit Torrent and pull them down as an RSS feed." Read More...
Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 7:37 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Recording Skype calls, II

Pete Cashmore (hey - when do I get on your blogroll? ;-) asked what I used to record yesterday's Skype call / podcast with Kevin (the sound quality is good). I had previously used this set up , but as you can see it is v.fiddly and requires lots of tuning Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:45 PM by alexbarn | 8 Comments
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OPML freaks

Raymond M. Kristiansen is an OPML freak . That's a good thing. Both Raymond and Christian are using OPML editor to publish their blogs . They are pioneering - it is not easy and they're feeling the pain involved in trying new stuff out . Kosso is doing Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 6:13 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Hypertext and the next 15 years

In case you missed it, 15 years ago today : "It was only in 1990, on November 13, that Tim Berners-Lee, the British-born scientist widely credited with inventing the web, sent the first hypertext document through cyberspace" In the same Timesonline article Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 5:44 PM by alexbarn | 12 Comments
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Cookies - Half Baked?

Jay McCarthy brings up the topic of one oldest pieces of browser technology, the cookie, and suggests it is time for a tune up . Is that so mad? Given the current cookie spec is over 10 years old , Jay may have point. I wonder what Lou Montulli would Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 1:46 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Video of Xbox 360 being opened: hardcore geek porn

You know, when the video of an Xbox 360 box being unpacked from its shiny new packaging makes Digg front page you have to wonder...is this hardcore geek porn? Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 10:11 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Do not talk about GYM

#1 - The first rule of GYM is, you do not talk about GYM . #2 - The second rule of GYM is, you DO NOT talk about GYM . #3 - If someone says stop, goes limp, taps out, the GYM is over. #4 - Two GYMs to a fight. Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:22 AM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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dubdubdub

This is Broken : 'www' abbreviation. Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 4:18 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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OPML = Attention Data, Attention Engines and Tailrank - podcast with Kevin Burton

Although we met briefly last week, Kevin Burton and I didn't manage to get enough time to discuss some of the things on our mind at the time, so we got a Skype call together and posted it as a podcast (.mp3, 42mb) . We focused the discussion around what Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:15 PM by alexbarn | 8 Comments
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H2.0 and 'the party to end all parties'

It is with dubious pride that I announce that this blog has joined the new Hack 2.0 Workgroup . The Hack 2.0 Workgroup is a network of sub-premium weblogs that hack content exclusively about the new generation of the Web. Other illustrious members of Read More...
Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 5:48 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments

Uneasy listening

I had a bit of time offline today. Gave me a chance to listen a bunch of the podcasts I've been saving up for a little while. Of those I heard, I recommend these three to listen to and absorb. If you're looking for some easy listening Richard Clayderman-style Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:56 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Microsoft's Web 2.0 Manifesto

In case anyone is wondering whether Microsoft has been paying attention to the disruption that some call (I do) Web 2.0 ... The most recent Memo from Bill and Ray makes interesting reading to say the least (courtesy of Dave Winer ). Ozzie's Memo is called Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:52 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Memerorandum hack - the return

This is getting embarrassing. The Memerorandum hack story has returned once more to the make the front page of Memeorandum (pic below). It made on for a little while but then disappeared. It is now back, with even more links to those referring to the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:57 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Tailrank - the Attention Engine

I owe Nathan Weinberg a big thanks for pointing me to Tailrank . He describes it as "like Memeorandum , but with a real search engine, ads and links to various other things." There's one thing that Nathan doesn't mention that is the killer: it allows Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:31 PM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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I love the Internet because...

Her name is Kate : "I love the Internet because it is easy to share knowledge in a personal, compelling, easy-to-understand, multi-media format." Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:54 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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MetaWeblog API for MSN Spaces, beta

MSN's Dare Obasanjo is inviting beta testers to the implementation of the MetaWeblog API for MSN Spaces : "Yesterday I sent out mail to a few dozen beta testers to let them know that we had started the beta of our implementation of the MetaWeblog API Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:12 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Attention.xml, OPML, why not? ** Update

Nick Bradbury and Steve Gillmore have both picked up on my earlier call to restart the conversation around Attention.xml and OPML . In fact they've gone a step further and proposed RSS could do the job if OPML can't: "Really, the bottom line here is that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:21 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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'new thing on the eBay platform: RSS Feeds'

Alan Lewis , works eBay as a technical evangelist in the eBay Developers Program. He's got some good news for the lovers of RSS: "the coolest new thing on the eBay platform: RSS Feeds. With eBay Stores that enable RSS, you can now subscribe to a feed Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 2:56 PM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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Attention.xml and OPML, why not?

Dave Wilkinson : "More thoughts on OPML - I have been thinking about one of the uses of OPML. OPML can be used to store and share structured data. With self-referenced links to additional information, and then further reference to that referenced. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:09 AM by alexbarn | 6 Comments
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mysterious problem relating to an OPML file...can you help?

Carlos Domingo describes a mysterious problem relating to an OPML file . I met Carlos at Mind Camp - he's just started his blog, love the name: " Un poco de todo ", he's mui simpatico . We thought the problem related to the Japanse version of his OS. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 11:34 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Hacking Memeorandum 101 - the screencast

It worked . I've now created screencast- Hacking Memeorandum 101 trying to explain what is going on with this Hacking Memerorendum business . Btw, two new posts out there since Tara's and mine. (more updates at the bottom of this post) The first is from Read More...
Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 10:07 PM by alexbarn | 12 Comments
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Distributed Web Bits, or Dweebs

Robert, ICC is the International Cricket Council . Distributed Web Bits, or Dweebs ( DWBs?) . Search results: Distributed Web Bits ( Google : 0, MSN : 0) Dweebs ( Google : 288,00, MSN : 78,314) DWBs ( Google : 10,800, MSN : 4,197) Read More...
Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 6:31 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Hacking Memeorandum 101

Tara has some advice for the Memeorandum 'star' wannabees, a 5 point plan: Get quoted saying something quite controversial Squawk about the quote Get a whole bunch of attention for squawking about that quote Watch your Memeorandum star rise Wish you had Read More...
Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 6:09 PM by alexbarn | 9 Comments
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Blogs and news are now on equal footing on Topix.net.

Blogs and news are now on equal footing on Topix.net . Quite right too. Explains why I've been seing the referrers in the last day or so. Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:11 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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the API police

Looks like these Speed Camera Map guys have been nabbed by the API police: John Musser has a pic of what it should look like . Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:54 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Amazon: Web 2.0 and business as usual

Om Malik got talking with some peeps from Pandora (I love what they do ) and Akimbo : "The whole conversation did get me thinking about the role of Amazon.com in what the kids are calling Web 2.0. If you look at what they have done over past five years, Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:40 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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The information on the fish shop has been removed by Yahoo

The information on the fish shop has been removed by Yahoo. Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:57 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Sunday morning, some place in south Seattle

Sunday morning, some place in south Seattle. The nearest open Starbucks was around 10 miles away last night, but I made the trip anyway with another coffee die-hard Tara Hunt . Venti Latte was good after a dense day of discussion, debate and discovery Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 10:31 AM by alexbarn | 5 Comments
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Robots and hip PCs

Two members of the Titan Robotics Club showed off their stuff at Seattle Mind Camp yesterday. One was Tyr , a remote controlled robot. The other thing was wearable PC with Nomad display headset. Watch them in action - video (.wmv, 13mb) . Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:56 AM by alexbarn | 3 Comments
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a session with Jeff Barr re: Amazon's Mechanical Turk. wow.

Just come out of Seattle Mind Camp session with Amazon's Jeff Barr re: Amazon's Mechanical Turk . wow. APIs / web service provided : "Today, humans still significantly outperform the most powerful computers at completing such simple tasks as identifying Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:07 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Chris Pirillo on OPML

Had a chance to speak to Chris Pirillo on the subject of OPML . Here's the video (.wmv). Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 4:56 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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I'm geeked up

I'm off to the Seattle Mind Camp 'geek event' now. I have no idea if I'll be able to get online for the next 24 hours...but I'm geeked up: I'll have my laptop, two sets of batteries + power lead + LAN cable (in case), headset + mic, my new Sony Cybershot Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:25 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Xbox 360 TV ad

Xbox 360 TV ad . via Inside Microsoft . Read More...
Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 7:33 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Windows and Office Live: opportunities for third parties

Forrester's Charlene Li provides some food for thought regarding the Windows and Office Live and the opportunities for third parties: "Q: Microsoft talked about having an open platform for developers. Is Microsoft really going to be open about this, or Read More...
Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 6:09 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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IE7, Vista and RSS: 'We will only support feeds that are well-formed XML'

In the context of discussing IE7 and Window Vista, the Microsoft RSS team declares : "We will only support feeds that are well-formed XML." Technorati's Nial Kennedy likes the move : "I think it is a good move and saves a lot of development headaches. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 2:29 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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uber OPML

Cristian Vidmar : "Having all my content as a big OPML file I can query, transform and render, either on my powerbook or on a server or both is something I miss today." Nice. Then I could subscribe to you...all of you. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:26 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Microsoft acquires FolderShare (for Windows Live)

I love FolderShare . I loved it before Microsoft acquired the company (I had no idea we were in talks), and love it today. How does this fit with the Windows Live news? BetaNews : "A company spokesperson did offer BetaNews one example of how it envisions Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:56 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Steveb live (no, *that* Live) Nov 7, 5pm GMT.

Steveb, live (no, *that* Live) Nov 7, 5pm GMT . (9:00 am Pacific Time, 6 :00 pm CET (Paris, Amsterdam , Rome , Madrid )) " Watch Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduce SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 in the worldwide launch Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:13 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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10 problems with Web 2.0

Don Hinchliffe: "Now that industry leaders like Microsoft are not only taking Web 2.0 concepts very seriously , they are apparently intent on banking on them as well, we're certainly living in a slightly different world this week compared to last." Don Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:59 AM by alexbarn | 4 Comments
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Total Recall, MyLifeBits and my API

Richard MacManus has few a suggestions on how Microsoft and Google can improve their 'Personalized Start pages'. But how far can all this 'my info' go? An IEEE Spectrum Online article gives a taste of a possible future detailing the Microsoft Research Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:25 AM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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He who dares, wins.

He who dares , wins. I say go for it . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:23 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Customer interface

I've been wading through a lot of stuff tonight relating to Windows Live... The most original take I've read this evening is provided by Robin Good :. Here it is: "...web-based applications and services will need to be supported by marketing communications Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:29 PM by alexbarn | 2 Comments
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Finding the Signal in the Noise: An Attention Gap Analysis

Jon Burke at Technology Review has written a short article that reminded me of something I've been meaning to write about for some time now: "While most of these services claim they'll simplify your life by imposing some kind of order on your news consumption Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 12:17 PM by alexbarn | 10 Comments
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more Windows Live stuff (pics)

Mike Torres is linking to a bunch of cool pics relating to Windows Live stuff. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:59 AM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Higgins tells short tale of the Higgins long tail

Bill Higgins tells his short tale of the Higgins long tail . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:57 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments

the day the great Microsoft mash-up began?

Phil Wainewright at ZDNet sees the potential in the API / Live platform : "Most intriguing of all, though, is the mention of open APIs for the Live platforms. Perhaps I misheard this. Can Microsoft be seriously suggesting that partners and customers will Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:45 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Windows Live Safety Center (beta) now, er, live!

BetaNews : "As one of the new Windows Live services, Microsoft has brought online a beta version of its "Safety Center" that does Web based scans of a PC. The Safety Center utilizes an Active X control to check for and removes viruses, clean up the hard Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:35 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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'web as a platform' and Windows Live

What a day! Had a bunch of the usual meetings but managed to get away in the morning to catch Dare Obasajo's internal presentation at Microsoft, the 'web as a platform' (he's works in MSN platform team). Interesting timing....as he did so, things of direct Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:37 PM by alexbarn | 0 Comments
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Write a Gadget for Live.com and you might win an Xbox 360!

Jeff Sandquist and team have been hard at work getting microsoftgadgets.com ready for today's ' Live ' date: " Write a Gadget for Live.com and you might win an Xbox 360! We need your help building our Live.com Gadget Gallery , it is easy to get started Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 7:53 PM by alexbarn | 1 Comments
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Using OPML 101 - Screencast

As you might have noticed, I'm getting all excited about OPML , so I've created this OPML 101 screencast (Flash movie). The screencast is meant to be an introduction to OPML (what it is) and then goes into a number of different uses and applications (what Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:00 AM by alexbarn | 13 Comments
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