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BlogHer: Who Are Your Favorite Women Bloggers? - ReadWriteWeb (11)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkThe Blogher conference for and about women bloggers kicks off today in San Francisco and in honor of this important event, we decided to share some links to some of our favorite women bloggers here at RWW. Gender is an important lens through which people communicate and that's still the case online. Below are links to some of our favorite women bloggers and some favorites from some web celebs you may or may not know. ...Shared by atul (508) Cathryn Hrudicka (291) dreig (15) ehu4ever (502) James (276) louisgray (678) Parker (48) Rick Turoczy (127) sarahintampa (386) Svetlana Gladkova (99) tobias (24)Contribute comment
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Friday Cartoon: Wikipedia Editors (9)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkHere is a new cartoon from Rob Cottingham of Social Signal. Rob runs a regular cartoon blog called Noise to Signal, in which he puts in graphical form some of the big questions of the social web.Shared by Aranittara (19) Gene Locklin (287) Hisham (115) Konstantin (22) Michael (74) Mike F (2080) Nathan Reale (169) Sandaruwan (35) Soulhuntre (319)Contribute comment
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JS-Kit Brings Comments and Polls to Evite (3)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkEvite, the social planning service which has been around since 1998, announced a partnership with JS-Kit today. Evite will use JS-Kit's commenting and polling features to allow organizers and guests to communicate with each other. Evite is also expanding the social networking features of its site, including the ability to share photos and stories after the event has taken place. While a number of more Web 2.0 oriented invitation companies like Socializr, Renkoo, or Goovite ...Contribute comment
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Blackberry is Not Microsoft (Sorry Apple) (9)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkI did it! I resisted the cravings all week. I did NOT buy an iPhone. It took a lot of deep Buddhist meditation to deal with my cravings. The iPhone is just gorgeous - this is user interface design at the highest level of art. Plus, the developer platform makes developers who dream in design patterns go all weak at the knees. The last time a UI and API induced equal cravings was in NeXt. ...Shared by handir (174) Ian Betteridge (64) Jawad Shuaib (40) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) louisgray (678) Mike F (2080) Rob (70) sarahintampa (386) Tac (55)Contribute comment
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Better Live Blogging: CoverItLive Adds Support for Qik, Mogulus and Ustream (7)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkThe Canada-based live-blogging tool CoverItLive added support for live video streaming to its application this week. Users covering live events can now add streaming video from Qik, Mogulus, and Ustream.tv to their live blogs. Bloggers can simply copy and paste the embed code from one of these services into CoverItLive. Adding video to live blogging takes it to a completely different level and will allow those who are covering these events to focus more on ...Shared by ehu4ever (502) Johan (12) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) Kerry (132) Mathieu Plourde (66) sarahintampa (386) Tim (170)Contribute comment
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Identi.ca Implements Twitter API - ReadWriteWeb (30)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkWhen we first reported about the new microblogging service Identi.ca earlier this month, it looked like an interesting experiment. Since then, its community has grown rapidly and today, it implemented an API that is compatible with the Twitter API. Thanks to this, any application that connects to Twitter can now also work with Identi.ca by simply pointing to identi.ca/api instead of twitter.com. Dave Winer tested the new API yesterday and reports that everything worked perfectly ...Shared by Aaron (31) AJ (1159) BillDeys (63) Bob Goyetche (29) bounder (33) Brit (167) Bwana (234) Chris Fizik (33) Corvida (481) cvander (47) dd (52) ehu4ever (502) handir (174) Henk-Jan van der Klis (21) hurstel (8) kenmat (65) Kenneth (62) louisgray (678) Mao Yu (79) Mudiam (7) Pittaya (14) Rex (819) Sanns (45) sarahintampa (386) tig (147) walkah (13) wAsh (37) William Spaetzel (75) YuSuPh (152) Zaki (207)Contribute comment
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Host Your Own Lifestream With Sweetcron (42)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkNot everyone loves FriendFeed - its social media firehouse qualities can lead to a lot of noise which can certainly be overwhelming to newcomers. However, even those who don't participate on the service may see the value of a lifestream. By hosting your own lifestream, you can easily share your current activities from across the social web with your web site's visitors. Once set up, it's somewhat like a passive form of a Tumblr blog. ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (302) AJ (1159) Alberto (1457) atul (508) Azeem (94) Brooke Adcox (24) Charles (186) chris (1916) Chris Locke (117) Corvida (481) David (65) Devindra (24) DHP (12) Drew Olanoff (535) ehu4ever (502) Eric Rice (161) everfly (5) handir (174) Hisham (115) J.D. Rucker (1788) Jamin (154) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) Joseph Rodgers (90) Kerry (132) Kim (121) leekelleher (16) LJ (6) marcell (96) metaeuphoria (146) Mike F (2080) mikeosmith (2) Mladen (139) Netbuster (13) Rex (819) st even (17) Stefan (20) StevieB (159) tig (147) Will (35) Yung-Hui Lim (116) YuSuPh (152) 小草莓 (57)
- Will said: Lifestream apps. This is really where its going on our buddy Yongfook here has a great jump on it. Open source and extensible, this app holds a lot of promise.
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Mesh, Deep Zoom, Netflix on Xbox: Is Microsoft Becoming "Cool"? (17)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkMicrosoft. Depending on who you are, their name alone elicits some pretty strong feelings. Some people love them, others love to hate them. Few people are neutral. However, everyone can pretty much agree that Microsoft has been fighting an image problem lately and one that has started to make them look less like a towering giant and more like the underdog. Those "I'm a Mac" ads didn't help, either. However, some recent innovations make us ...Shared by Carbonlord (838) Corvida (481) ehu4ever (502) handir (174) hybridite (87) Jeremy (377) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) LJ (6) MichaelMJ (19) noel (33) Parker (48) rzklkng (944) Sonny Cloward (41) Soulhuntre (319) Vishal (13) xxdesmus (131) Yung-Hui Lim (116)Contribute comment
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DEMOfall 08 Sessions Announced (4)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkAs mentioned earlier this week, ReadWriteWeb is partnering with a couple of conferences this year and one of them is DEMOfall 08, the long-running launchpad for startups. DEMOfall 08 is on September 7-9 in San Diego. They're just announced the sessions, including a "head-to-head" between tech reporters Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher of All Things Digital. The premise of their debate will be: what lies ahead for the Digital Age? Another interesting panel is 'Where ...Contribute comment
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Twinkle: Location Aware Twitter Client (31)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkTapulous, the developers of the highly popular Tap Tap Revenge game for the iPhone and iPod touch, released a native, location aware Twitter client for the iPhone tonight. Twinkle (iTunes link) already existed as a native application on jail broken iPhones before, but Apple only added it to the official iTunes store tonight. While there are some oddities in the way Twinkle works, the location awareness makes it a worthwhile addition to the ever growing ...Shared by Adrian (22) AJ (1159) Alex (105) Brit (167) Ch (186) Coolbox (81) dobata (1552) Edwin Khodabakchian (30) ehu4ever (502) Glenn (140) Hisham (115) Jan (164) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) Josh (26) Julius (36) Justin Baum (24) Kin (30) Masayoshi Sekimura (49) plu (32) ramyon (130) Rex (819) Rutger Blom (92) Satya (66) Sergey Petrenko (6) Stuart Maxwell (48) tig (147) ultraviolet (155) Uno (86) Vulpes (90) Will (35) zapnap (98)Contribute comment
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Corporate Social Networks Are A Waste of Money, Study Finds - ReadWriteWeb (72)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkHow would you feel if you spent more than $1 million throwing a party and less than 100 or even 1,000 people showed up? That sinking feeling is spreading over corporate boardrooms around the nation, according to study performed by Ed Moran, a director at consulting mega-firm Deloitte. It may be all the rage, but are company-built social networks for customers to socialize in really smart? According to Wall St. Journal coverage of Moran's study, ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (400) AJ (1159) Ansgar (58) arturo.servin (141) b2ix (39) Barbara K. Baker (131) Benjamin (3289) bhc3 (76) Brad Garland (21) Carbonlord (838) Ch (186) charleshudson (34) Chris Fizik (33) Christopher W. Bown (14) Dan Kaplan (28) Doug McIsaac (81) ehu4ever (502) ericholter (64) Gareth Murran (27) Gianluca (8) Gil (1701) Glenn (140) GP (172) Howard (22) iAlja (250) idhorat (63) Ivan Pope (17) Javed (404) JDevL (73) JMac of Earth (16) k1v1n (47) kidakaka (19) Kin (30) linuxchic (41) louisgray (678) M-Lo (6) marcel weiß (92) marcell (96) Marshall Kirkpatrick (40) Mathieu Plourde (66) Matthew Bookspan (29) Mickey (10) Mike F (2080) Muhammad Saleem (2308) Nate (203) Nicholas Chhan (4) Patrick (135) Phreak 2.0 (200) possible248 (71) Rex (819) Richard (35) Rick Turoczy (127) Ritu (960) Rob (355) Robert Birming (284) sarahintampa (386) Shailesh Ghimire (24) Sham (443) Shane (45) Shaun (65) ShuTian (1853) Steaprok (83) Steve Toub (12) Sun Tzu (2897) Tad Chef (596) thePOSTMAN (12) Tracy Ruggles (4) tweez (313) Walter (26) webtime (1027) Will Sullivan (28) Yung-Hui Lim (116)Explore read five notes
- marcell said: "According to Wall St. Journal coverage of Moran's study, "Thirty-five percent of the [corporate] online communities studied have less than 100 members; less than 25% have more than 1,000 members - despite the fact that close to 60% of these businesses have spent over $1 million on their community projects." That means some of those $1 million parties probably had less than 100 attendees. Somebody got fired for that, right?"
- linuxchic said: "Social networks where a brand name product is what everyone rallies around are a dumb idea. They are stupid. No one should submit themselves to the indignity of creating a user profile and friend connections based on cola or cat litter." Indeed.
- k1v1n said: A community around cat litter. Makes total sense to me. Loved this post.
- Shaun said: I love the social network built around kitty litter, genius.
- Nate said: This might be a cutting argument against Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's Groundswell. Then again, it made the fundamental assumption that you had a social technographics profile for your users BEFORE launching into a community strategy. Such research underscored the idea that a community solution is not for everyone and that there exists different solutions for each user.
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Last.fm Re-Design Goes Live, With New Lick of Paint (Literally) (27)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkToday online music service last.fm released the new design they've been working on since May. At first glance it looks quite different to the Facebook-like UI that we saw in the beta in June. However as we noted in our review of the beta last month, the beta UI was much criticized - so the fresh lick of paint is probably due to that user feedback (and, as you can see in the screenshot below, ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (302) AJ (1159) Andrei (154) Corvida (481) dmkinteractive (102) Dominik (151) Eoin (38) Hisham (115) Jan (164) Jeremy (377) Joe (224) Kebert Xela (27) kidakaka (19) krispijn (115) linuxchic (41) lizunlong (104) Niklas (54) Rex (819) Riaz (28) rmg7344 (124) sarahintampa (386) Satya (66) sryo (77) thelastminute (9) Tim (170) ultraviolet (155) westher (44)Contribute comment
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Twitter Testing a New Design - Getting Ready to Integrate Summize? (49)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkThere have been various sightings of a new design for Twitter this afternoon, though by now, Twitter has reverted back to its old design. Possibly, Twitter is testing this new design as it prepares to integrate Summize's search into its current look. The new design moves the navigation bar away from the top and to the right side of the screen, making the overall look of the site more coherent and modern. From what we ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (302) Aaron (31) Adam (496) AJ (1159) Andrei (154) atul (508) Brian (41) Buzzworkers (172) Carlos (25) Ch (186) Chris Fizik (33) Chris Gilmore (11) Corvida (481) Digg Boss (2794) dmkinteractive (102) Eoin (38) Gabriela (21) Hisham (115) iAlja (250) Igor Poltavskiy (231) Jan (164) Jase (78) John (61) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) kenmat (65) kukoo (84) Mark Nassal (25) Michael Ramm (14) Niklas (54) noel (33) Phreak 2.0 (200) plu (32) Program Witch (133) ramyon (130) Rex (819) Riaz (28) Rob (355) romano (141) sarahintampa (386) Satya (66) ShuTian (1853) Thomas Reimer S (179) Tim (170) tim (333) ultraviolet (155) Will (35) Xiaoxing (25) yonggoghi (12) YuSuPh (152)
- ramyon said: twitter 새 디자인
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The Story of the Fail Whale (107)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkHow An Unknown Artist's Work Became a Social Media Brand Thanks To the Power of Community Twitter users are very familiar with the iconic image of the Fail Whale. This social object has been latched onto by Twitter fans not just as a representation of Twitter's downtime, but also as a representation of the community's love for the service and their hope for its triumph over their many struggles. Despite Twitter's troubles, most of its ...Shared by !&# (254) (jeff)isageek (302) Abdul Jaleel (29) Adam (33) Adrian L (42) Annie (13) arjo (74) atul (508) Azeem (94) Ben Parr (183) brennan moore (98) Brian (41) Bruce (53) Chris Gurney (66) Chrissie (3) Chronicole (13) corvin (4) Damien (20) Darren Barefoot (67) Dave (21) David (65) davidex (48) Del (102) Didi (6) dmkinteractive (102) dobata (1552) DOCBook Howto (392) Fish (15) Geoff K (53) George (14) Gerard (381) GP (172) HejGustav (137) Hil (9) iAlja (250) iBspoof (58) J. Glenn (10) Jan (164) Jason Gilman (55) Jenn Lowther (25) John (61) Jonathan Sullivan (9) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) Josh (104) Julius (36) Justin Simonsen (173) Kin (30) Kyle James (64) Lachlan (58) Laughing Squid (284) LouCypher (384) louisgray (678) Marcel (85) Marcelo (10) Marcus (19) Marshall Kirkpatrick (40) Matthew Bischoff (64) matthooper (27) matto (45) metaeuphoria (146) Michelle Darnell (11) Mike F (2080) MiramarMike (61) mr94 (37) Nate (203) Nick (15) Nico (102) Nihar (82) Niklas (54) OnkelSchark (150) parkylondon (40) phusick (2) pixites (43) Program Witch (133) psvensson (61) Ralph (9) Richard (35) Rick Klau (320) Rob (355) Ruben (118) Ryan (38) rzklkng (944) sarahintampa (386) Scott (26) Seb (9) SFSlim (221) Shannon Prickett (83) Socrates (6) Soulhuntre (319) sour.patch (177) Steve M. (86) stevenvanwel (13) sumidiot (38) Tamara Gruber (7) tig (147) Todd (18) Tom (25) Tony Bacigalupo (1) tonyleachsf (29) ultraviolet (155) Vahid (494) Walt Ribeiro (19) Warner (80) Will Sullivan (28) yoshy (1225) YuSuPh (152) zapnap (98)Explore read seven notes
- MiramarMike said: Nice article - less techie than normal and more "about us humans"
- tonyleachsf said: wow, what a cool story. only twitter...
- brennan moore said: wow! i kinda want a fail whale t-shirt now. nice little story
- Brian said: A cool story
- Steve M. said: i really want one of these fail whale shirts. and the coffee mug! oh me and my insatiable urge to buy anything computer geeky and retarded!
- Scott said: Fail whale is now a legend.
- Marcus said: Twitters Fail Whale... I didn't know it had fans.
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No More Downloads, Amazon Moves Its Online Video Store to the Cloud (11)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkAmazon's original video store, Amazon Unbox, is a lot like iTunes - you shop online and the files must be downloaded to your computer in order to view them. For many people, the service wasn't worth the effort. After downloading the large files, they could only be watched in Amazon's proprietary media player which restricted their use. It wasn't until a partnership with Tivo was announced that the service gained popularity, but even still, it ...Shared by Chris J Guerra (36) eelco (4) Elroy (41) jccamus (115) Jeremy (377) Midh (17) Rotkäpchen (12) Rudy De Waele (21) ultraviolet (155) Wayne (245) zapnap (98)Contribute comment
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Will The World End if Mainstream Users Ever Learn About The Browsers Address Bar? - ReadWriteWeb (51)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkTraffic analytics company Hitwise released search market share numbers for dating websites in June today and two things were striking about the data. Ad supported free site PlentyOfFish is trouncing everyone in the dating game and huge numbers of mainstream users are still afraid to navigate there directly using their browser's address bar. The economics of user ignorance are serious and could have big implications for online innovation. More than 10% of the searches for ...Shared by Aaron (37) Andrei (154) Andrew Louis (50) atul (508) Bharath Balasubramanian (6) BIGODE (92) Boris (36) Brad Davis Seal (153) Brit (167) Chuck Reynolds (59) Colin (15) Corvida (481) costa (2) dobata (1552) Dzey (35) Eric (51) fmanjoo (54) Gene Locklin (287) Gordo (22) guynameddave (11) iAlja (250) James (4) Jamie R (48) Jason (23) John Tantalo (4) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) LouCypher (384) Ludwig (18) Matt (29) metaeuphoria (146) Michael Hills (14) Midh (17) Mike F (2080) Neil (25) Netviber (62) Nico (102) patrickj (113) Rajiv Doshi (36) Ricardo M. (223) Rob (355) Rob Knight (5) rzklkng (944) sarahintampa (386) Simone (40) sour.patch (177) sumidiot (38) Tommy (30) ultraviolet (155) Wayne (245) westher (44) WindPower (70)
- John Tantalo said: Isn't it more likely that these users don't even have a search bar? They are most likely IE users regardless, so it make sense that they don't have an embedded search bar.
- WindPower said: Criss de fuken caves
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Google Gears Coming to Gmail and Google Calendar Soon - ReadWriteWeb (76)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkAccording to Andrew Fogg from kusiri, Google will start rolling out offline support for both Gmail and Google Calendar through Google Gears within the next six weeks. Google enabled offline access to Google Docs earlier this year, after they had already been using if for Google Reader for over a year. Fogg also found out that Google will start supporting SyncML for synchronizing contacts in Gmail around the same time. As Google is trying to ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (302) Aaron (31) aemkei (52) akbar (106) Alan McCluskey (8) Alex (100) alireza (140) Anders (8) arjo (74) atul (508) Brad Davis Seal (153) Buzzworkers (172) charris1980 (141) chris (1916) Chris Fizik (33) Dan (88) danutz (101) doransky (185) Dzey (35) Elroy (41) embee (579) etng (295) Frederic (197) Go (155) Henk-Jan van der Klis (21) Hervé (112) Hisham (115) James (17) Jan (164) Javed (404) JDevL (73) joco (67) jon bradford (36) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) jtuchscherer (11) Ken Kennedy (111) kukoo (84) lghuffman (82) linuxchic (41) LouCypher (384) Majnoon (272) Mao Yu (79) Marcus (19) Marin Purgar (385) matthooper (27) MG (195) Michael Nolan (44) Midh (17) Mike F (2080) Murali (10) Nathan Reale (169) Niklas (54) Oscar J. Baeza (14) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (164) psvensson (61) Qian (261) Rachel Strate (60) reechard (47) Ricardo M. (223) Richard (35) Richard (35) Rudy (290) Rutger Blom (92) sarahintampa (386) Saurier Duval (15) Steven M. Cohen (103) Thomas Reimer S (179) tig (147) turutosiya (27) ultraviolet (155) Vahid (494) walkah (13) whatevernevermind (128) Wismark (55) yojibee (67) yoshy (1225)Explore read four notes
- walkah said: I'm *such* a fan of gears. Although, IMAP and Spanning Sync kind of take care of these for me...
- jtuchscherer said: YEAH
- joco said: Végre! Mondom ezt annak
