I was getting nostalgic at lunch the other day talking with friends about the “old Internet”. There were a few quality sites that are no longer available, specifically Productopia. Lately I have really been enjoying RSS feeds via Google Reader. The ability to share favorite articles and view your friend’s recommendations has finally made RSS a worthwhile [...]
So, I signed up for Tumblr. Many of the people I follow on FAVRD have a Tumblr and their Tumblr’s are hysterical. I felt like I was missing out on some jokes and, since I have an overpowering need to be accepted by the cool kids to stem my insecurities have accounts on most social [...]
I am coming around to really liking Google Voice. Google Voice is more than just another phone number, it has: -web based SMS -voicemail transcribed to txt. (very slick!) -advanced call routing/handling, including time based clauses -easy to use Gmail like interface -integration with Google Contacts Google Voice centralizes all of my SMS and voice communications [...]
I changed my Twitter name. I decided I no longer want my name plastered on every Twitter update. I’m not a conspiracy theorist or concerned about privacy. I use Twitter to tell silly jokes in an attempt to get stars on FAVRD and stay in touch with a small group of personal friends. My name [...]
In a recent blog post Hulu stated their content providers requested they “turn off access to our content via the Boxee product, and we are respecting their wishes”. Hulu is pulling their support for Boxee effective 02-20-2009. Removing Hulu integration with Boxee is a lose/lose idea for Hulu, Boxee, Content Providers and Users. Let’s break it down. Content Providers: The content [...]
My Dell mini9 arrived. The mini9 is Dell’s entry into the netbook market. I have been quite skeptical of the cloud and the value of a netbook, but I’m at the airport on free WIFI and I’ve been accessing everything I need from my web browser. Webmail, my companies CRM, Facebook, Twitter…all from a 2lb, [...]
Google has released a new browser called Chrome. Unlike Firefox or IE, Chrome is intended to be a full Operating System in the near future. It’s pretty clear Google wants to change the rules of Information Technology and Chrome is just a starting point. Just like Email became Gmail, it appears Google intends to replace the PC [...]
Gmail was down today for about an hour. While this may not seem like a big deal for some, according to this link on CNET the outage also affected business customers who use Gmail. Other web based services have gone up and down (ahem, Twitter), but the fallout from Gmail being offline, especially since it [...]
For those Twitter users out there, this is hysterical:
