Archive for April, 2008

Todd Zeigler asks “Is Twittering Sustainable?”

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Todd Zeigler asks Is Twittering Sustainable?. He quotes Seth Godin who says: “If I twit, and do it well, … then what shall I give up? I already don’t sleep or comb my hair…” I’m RonKJeffries on Twitter.

BrowserPlus: Yahoo’s Answer to Google Gears?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Is BrowserPlus Yahoo’s Answer to Google Gears?

Josh Catone: What ~is~ “Lifestreaming?”

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Josh Catone writes “35 ways to stream your life.” Also see Richard McManus: “Lifestreaming Primer.” Another good read is Marshall Kirkpatrick on “What’s Next on the Web: a ReadWriteWeb Toolkit for 2008.”

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats (video)

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

If An Engineer’s Guide to Cats doesn’t make you smile, you are not a cat person. [via Good Friend]

Ed Cotton: What if products could twitter?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Ed Cotton writes “What if products could twitter?” and “every time the elderly person makes a cup of tea a message is sent to their children, letting them know that they are OK.”

Amanda Mooney, a Digital Native

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Amanda Mooney says:I am also a digital native. I grew up with the Web; I started middle school with AIM and college with Facebook. Now I’m getting ready to graduate college in the middle of another huge boom in the digital economy. I can’t imagine not working and socializing with these technologies.” (emphasis added). [via Sarah inTampa]

Jeff Barr Faces His Email Demons

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Jeff Barr writes about The Great Email Burndown of 2008. Interesting reading. I’ll post my unsolicited “email hell” advice to Jeff on his blog.

JD Lasica: Tools Used by Alpha Geeks

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

JD Lasica writes Tools the alpha geeks use. Good list. [via Twitter] Follow Ron K. Jeffries on Twiiter.

Mark Cuban: “There’s no such thing as information overload”

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Mark Cuban writes: Information overload is having to read everything and remember it. Open Book life means knowing where to look to catch up when you are ready to catch up. I will take the Open Book Life anytime.

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Russell Beattie on Mobile Web Death Rattle

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Russell Beattie has stopped developing Mowser, a service to enable mobile web apps. Read Russell’s pessimestic assesment of the future of mobile phone web services. [via Jeremy Zawodny]

Garret Dimon on Improving Interface Design (slides)

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Garret Dimon says “Good design is problem solving.” Watch Garret’s presentation. [via Sarah Allen]

Twitter API Enables VERY Large Number of Twitter Applications

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Twitter Fan Wiki presents an amazingly LONG list of Twitter applications. [via Nevile Hobson] Here’s the Twitter ID for Ron K. Jeffries.