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THE Web 2.0 Directory: eHub

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Thanks to a comment poster at Signal vs. Noise (I think?!), I found out about this tremendously cool directory of links to “Web 2.0″ sites/services. Called eHub, it lists all of the cool nifty Web tools I wish I’d invented. Someday, somehow, perhaps I’ll create a Webapp that will grace the airy anchor tags of […]

Stating the obvious: tagging is the future

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

I’m going to say something so blindingly obvious, so “pointy-haired boss” duh, so incredibly lame, that you’ll wonder why you’re spending precious time reading this post. But it still needs to be said.
Tagging is the future, and will probably eliminate the need for folders in most cases.
By tagging I mean Flickr and Del.icio.us style tagging, […]

RSS…and a virus?

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

Whoa. Read this and then come back and tell me how on earth we’re going to keep ahead of malicious activity on the Internet if something so simple as an RSS feed could be hijacked and manipulated. To be honest, I would normally doubt such a thing could even make sense — but then again, […]

Software as a service

Friday, November 18th, 2005

It’s all in the news these days — especially after Microsoft’s recent Windows & Office Live announcements: software as a service, made possible either via advertising revenue or small scheduled payments. As long as you, or the advertisers, pay, the software is available. Once the money goes bye-bye, the software goes bye-bye.
Purchasing software for a […]

Apple’s switch to Intel

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

This topic has been discussed to death already, and I’m sure that won’t change going into next year. But I do want to comment on something which I think is meaningful not just to this business move but to everything we do in life.
This change of attitude on Apple’s part is a triumph of pragmatism […]