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PlanHQ Wants to Make Achieving Business Plans Easier (24)
on ReadWriteWeb (14748) permalinkPlanHQ is a web based business plan tool that wants to help small and medium businesses to more effectively manage their teams, financials, and, most importantly, their projects. While it has obvious similarities to the popular project management tool Basecamp, PlanHQ's approach is quite distinct from Basecamp's and invites its users to keep an eye on the bigger picture goals. One aspect of PlanHQ we noticed throughout the application is that the design is minimalist, ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (59) AJ (1003) aroyer (42) Brian (93) brokekid (438) Bruce (72) Cem (28) Dan (19) elsterama (266) GP (161) Jason David Pelker (110) Jbud1 (35) Jeff Poetker (32) Josh (17) Kyle (122) Marque (99) Meghan A (13) MiramarMike (104) noahp (24) Patrick Altman (16) pepitogrilho (17) ramyon (72) smdahlen (25) Steve (25)
- MiramarMike said: Nice work Tim and gang - have signed up!
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Ma.gnolia Goes Open Source - Will it Matter? (53)
on ReadWriteWeb (14748) permalinkSocial bookmarking: the awkward genius hopes you'll take its ideas to parties for it. Ma.gnolia, one of the most popular second tier social bookmarking services on the web, announced today at the Gnomedex conference in Seattle that the company has thrown itself to the mercy of the development community and is going to make its code available in open source. Ma.gnolia is tiny compared to Yahoo's Delicious, but in every way other than network effects, ...Shared by _original (267) (jeff)isageek (332) Adam (304) AJ (1003) Andrew Terry (154) bhc3 (225) Bjoern (100) Brianna Laugher (46) Chronicole (11) Dennis Laumen (62) dobata (973) Drew Olanoff (582) Edo (122) Forrest (47) godlaugh (39) Gregory Go (133) harryzou (21) iAlja (183) infonomada (56) janequigley (103) Jeremy (375) Jonas Bolinder (42) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (531) Josh (97) jussi haverinen (66) Keef (52) Kevin B (23) kleinmatic (20) lkratz (63) magica (57) Marque (99) matias dutto (41) Matthew Bookspan (8) Mladen (176) Morton Fox (313) netklon (12) Niklas (65) p0ps (85) Paulo (45) pepitogrilho (17) Peter (60) Ricardo M. (106) Roger (84) Roland Tanglao (316) shawnmor (134) smdahlen (25) Sonny Cloward (30) StevieB (151) Tim (34) Tina K.J (66) Todd Mundt (92) TomK (49) zapnap (109)
- Forrest said: Short answer: no. Open Source matters to developers and to a comparatively small number of users. Services like FriendFeed makes innately providing networking capabilities less essential than they would otherwise be. It will take something far more powerful than social tools and nice interface to overcome Delicious' large user base - something like Iterasi, which provides whole page capture and historical archiving.
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Microsoft Set to Launch Social Bookmarking Service Next Month (28)
on Mashable! (11697) permalinkMicrosoft is ready to dive into the social bookmarking arena. After previewing a version of its own Delicious competitor back in May, the company is now set to launch Microsoft Social Bookmarks next month, an effort that will initially focus on techies by offering versions of the site on MSDN, TechNet, and Expression. The site has been in testing with what evangelist John Martin calls “thousands of technical professionals,” and the results so far speak ...Shared by Alexandru Popescu (101) Aranyx (58) arturo.servin (111) Atakan (33) Atilano (41) Atilano (110) Augmented Web (122) c202 (32) Daniel (28) Elizabeth (111) GeniusBoyWonder (134) Gommit (63) kenmat (38) Kourosh (151) Mark (65) Mark Dykeman (143) Matthew (50) Niklas (65) Patrick (169) Richard (47) rss (59) Seth G (166) shark (133) smdahlen (25) svartling (173) tobias (30) Vipul (159) Whiz (133)
- Mark Dykeman said: huh, first I've heard about this
- Matthew said: oh all the microsoft zealots can rejoice! whether this sucks or not they will use it... they have probably felt so bad for bookmarking somewhere else all this time. give me a fucking break.
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Fwix Gives Your City Its Own News Feed (22)
on TechCrunch (25356) permalinkIn the last year, we’ve covered well over a dozen activity aggregators, nearly all of which share a single goal: helping you keep track of your friends’ exploits across the web. Today, we see the launch of Fwix, an aggregator that is taking a (thankfully) different approach. Fwix isn’t concerned with your friends - instead, it keeps track of what’s going on in your physical region. The site pulls data from over 30 APIs including ...Shared by !!blue (34) Alec Peden (187) Aymeric (31) b-rad (144) cs (26) Danielle (17) Ethan (66) fundament (125) hallie (79) Jared (106) Jeff (41) Jeffrey (93) Jonathan (41) Justin (20) Lin Shan (36) Noyda (22) OrchardKeeper (39) smdahlen (25) Toby (62) Vincenzo (183) Wayne (185) zeb (61)Explore read five notes
- Danielle said: This could be cool, unfortunately they aren't including Seattle yet.
- Justin said: It looks like Facebook and I may like it
- Lin Shan said: 各式各样的聚合，都出来了，真热闹～
- Jeff said: I am always interested in stuff that is going on locally, so this could be useful. Unfortunately the local stuff is limited to about 5 US cities at the moment
- Jonathan said: Pretty cool site doing a location based newsfeed mashup.
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How a Business Could Use Friendfeed For Collaboration (46)
on Mashable! (11697) permalinkI was squinting at Friendfeed today, and I realized that it could really work nicely as a business collaboration tool in a few different ways. Between all the various aggregation points, and the “rooms” function, I think the platform has everyone one would need to cook up a collaboration environment. Here’s what I mean. Information Inputs You could configure the following inputs of data to Friendfeed for your team’s account: * RSS feeds for blogs ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (332) Alberto (71) Andrei (40) Andy (44) Asankhaya (59) baardoa (114) Bhavesh (91) Bill Shakes (49) CHRISTIAN (43) Daisuke Tanaka (49) Dieter Schwarz (23) dobata (973) elsterama (266) elstudio (19) ericholter (94) Franklin P (139) fundament (125) Gaurav (48) Gordon (75) ignace / micronauta (36) Jase (61) Jeff (41) Joseph Rodgers (160) Josh Chandler (144) jqueryboy (46) Julius (41) kenmat (38) Kyle (122) Le prof. (41) lezionidistile (33) Matthew (50) matthooper (43) Mattias (32) metaeuphoria (49) Patrick (37) Paul Dunay (64) Sanns (32) shark (133) smdahlen (25) Stefano Mainardi (43) Syed Akram (95) Tino (40) Tiziano Tassi (6) Troed Sångberg (35) Wismark (36) Zack (18)Explore read four notes
- Bill Shakes said: FF Work Angles
- Jeff said: Pretty interesting idea. The issues that friendfeed helps to address in the Internet world are equally valid in the Intranet space.
- Gordon said: This is important!
- Matthew said: this is brilliant.
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The State of WordPress 2008: Awesome Growth (51)
on TechCrunch (25356) permalinkToday at WordCamp, a User and Developer 1-day conference for the WordPress blogging platform, Founder Matt Mullenweg announced impressive growth figures and reaffirmed Automattic’s focus on fixing some of WordPress’s biggest weaknesses. The theme for the “State of the Word”, Mullenweg’s yearly keynote, was “Strong,” and growth from both WordPress.com and WordPress.org (their hosted and self-hosted platforms, respectively) sure show it. Here are the stats for WordPress.com over the last year: Page views grew from ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (332) abhi (25) AdiR1 (44) Adrian Bacon (164) Alex (126) Alex Leonard (21) alireza (212) andré.friedrichs (150) Archit T (126) Bjoern (100) BostonDave2005 (37) Brad Garland (57) Brent the Closet Geek (210) Busterwolf (34) C.K. (307) CogDog (83) dedrick (37) Dimitrio (32) Don (57) DrBaher (74) dwk (50) Eoin (71) GP (161) Hisham (326) hunikal (56) James Forbes Keir (71) Jan (251) Javed (560) Jennifer (50) John (58) Kourosh (151) Lee (15) Marcel (91) Mike (78) Mike F (2144) ModernBizzle (24) Mushin (172) Navid (286) Patrick (37) Rafael (70) ReducedHackers (52) Remarkablogger (41) Rob Clark (21) rzklkng (642) Simone Villas Boas (32) smdahlen (25) Stefan (52) stephdau (56) whatevernevermind (175) Woosung (166) 猫影 (77)
- Rafael said: Se liga no poder dos gatinhos:Page views grew from 1.5 billion to 6.5 billion/month1/3 of the page views come from VIPs like CNN and LOLCats
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Closed Doors and Casualties in the "Coup d'attention" (54)
on 43 Folders (1947) permalinkLast night, I got home from a lovely one-day trip to do some speaking, and I was catching up on a couple emails before I went to bed. One of the messages was a thoughtful note from someone who works in the US Government (and whose name, job, and identifying elements I’m changing to protect his or her privacy). “Sally,” I’ll call her, likes the 43 Folders stuff, but has legitimate concerns about how all ...Shared by Adam (36) Alan (88) Andreas (32) Anthony (42) Barry Ferg (43) Ben V (42) Darkwookiee (39) Donnie Berkholz (100) Doug (120) Eric (21) Eric Sinclair (8) Eugene (147) evhead (55) Gauravonomics (261) GregEh (39) James (114) James and Tom (83) James Naylor (5) Jens (12) Joe Erickson (34) Johannes (31) Jon (54) Jonathan (97) jproffitt (81) JR Boyens (25) Kevin (117) Kevin (67) Kevin Fox (67) Marina Martin (34) Mark (18) mattw (31) Michael (55) Mike (41) msanders (56) Nathaniel Dean (112) Nick (306) Noah (34) Noah J (31) pedstrom (38) Phlame (58) Ray Metzen (14) Roland Tanglao (316) sean h (86) Sean O (36) Shane (117) Shawn (27) smackaysmith (47) smdahlen (25) Sterling Anderson (13) steven (33) Village Idiot (87) voidfiles (143) Windy (59) Zoram (116)
- Barry Ferg said: Merlin Mann knows what to pay attention to, and when to do it. Maybe we all need to learn that too.
- mattw said: Merlin has a great post on how to manage expectations of other peoples' interruption of your attention. Lot of gems in here.I still struggle with the discipline to not check my email.
- JR Boyens said: Merlin is my hero
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Closed Doors and Casualties in the "Coup d'attention" (27)
on 43 Folders (1947) permalinkLast night, I got home from a lovely one-day trip to do some speaking, and I was catching up on a couple emails before I went to bed. One of the messages was a thoughtful note from someone who works in the US Government (and whose name, job, and identifying elements I’m changing to protect his or her privacy). “Sally,” I’ll call her, likes the 43 Folders stuff, but has legitimate concerns about how all ...Shared by Adam (36) Andreas (32) Anthony (42) Ben V (42) Darkwookiee (39) Eric (33) Eric (21) evhead (55) James (114) Jens (12) Johannes (31) John (68) Kevin (67) Marina Martin (34) Mark (18) Mike (41) Noah (34) pedstrom (38) Phlame (58) powlow (41) Ray Metzen (14) sean h (86) Sean O (36) Shawn (27) smdahlen (25) steven (33) Windy (59)Contribute comment
- Now Sun has a social network server, too (3)
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Innovation: It's all in how you see it (3)
on CNET News.com (1990) permalinkCorporate cultures can be a curse to fresh ideas. So what's a big tech company like eBay, HP, or Microsoft to do?Contribute comment
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Study: Fastest Growing US Companies Rapidly Adopting Social Media (82)
on ReadWriteWeb (14748) permalinkA one year follow up on a study of social media adoption at 500 of the fastest growing companies in the US has found that familiarity with and use of blogs, podcasting, wikis, online video and social networking has skyrocketed in 2008 to nearly double what it was in 2007. 77% of respondents now report at least some use of a social media tool in their business. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (332) Aaron (352) Abdul Jaleel (59) Adam (304) adamkcarson (25) Adrian (89) al (39) Alex (31) Anonimowy (38) ariel gajardo (36) Ben Shoemate (230) Bradford (14) Brian Carter (101) Caleb (47) CannonGod (768) carterfsmith (31) clacey2 (16) Coop (86) Daan (89) Desaraev (80) Edwin Khodabakchian (45) ehu4ever (376) Elroy (70) Eric (25) Firethorn (54) GP (161) guanling (43) Heather Cee (60) iAlja (183) Jan (251) Jason (76) Jay (30) JayCrossler (49) Jayx (17) joamag (28) Joseph Rodgers (160) jqueryboy (46) Kevin (15) Leezl (36) macaia (33) Maddie (31) mark (37) Marque (99) Marshall (24) Matt (22) Matt Dickman (34) MichaelMJ (41) Midh (15) Mike F (2144) Mudiam (23) Nitin Badjatia (66) noel (76) Peet (85) pepitogrilho (17) Pete Barry (21) Phil (25) plasmaegg (46) ps1160 (99) Raanan Avidor (60) rachna (72) Radu (78) Rex (593) Rick Mahn (51) Rob (498) Robert Scoble (292) sarahintampa (458) Schade (29) Shailesh Ghimire (42) smdahlen (25) Steven Correy (117) StudentMfri (35) Svitlana (53) Tac (90) Tim (279) tjd1 (36) Todd (56) Uno (54) Vivian (32) Wismark (36) Yaroslav Azhnyuk (16) zsafwan (249) 安步当车 (50)Contribute comment
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Rapid transformation of a sales force (9)
on The McKinsey Quarterly (10) permalinkEight emerging trends are transforming many markets and businesses. Executives should learn to shape the outcome rather than just react to it. Read more on the McKinsey Quarterly > Listen to the podcast (duration: 26:10) > Topics: High Tech Information Technology Media & Entertainment Podcast Update your Quarterly feed preferencesShared by christophe (39) Emrecan (68) jwysocki (25) Matt (65) Richard (20) Sandra (56) smdahlen (25) Tech Pulse (60) Ullash (136)Contribute comment
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Innovation: Historic Intellectual Property Ruling Could Validate Open Licenses (21)
on ReadWriteWeb (14748) permalinkIf I apply some wacky new type of license to my creative work, is it going to hold up in court if a conflict comes down to that? According to some participants, a key US court yesterday made a decision in favor of free, open intellectual property licenses like Creative Commons, though the details of the decision are complicated. We're not big fans of intellectual property law, but some innovations in the field are facilitating ...Shared by AJ (1003) Andrea (27) Art (273) Brad Cooper (33) Bruce (72) Hrafn Th. {hthth, raven} (15) jccamus (106) Jennifer Van Grove (32) Jill (162) John Magnus (211) Jonas Bolinder (42) Keith Teare (48) kenmat (38) Kerry (117) lkratz (63) Michelynn (29) Niklas (65) Rex (593) smdahlen (25) Tim (279) ultraviolet (174)Contribute comment
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The future of IT: No big bangs, information everywhere (1)
on CNET News.com (1990) permalinkDon't wait for blockbuster technologies like the Internet to stir up corporate IT in the coming years. Instead, existing trends will continue to evolve and expand, says Forrester Research.Shared by smdahlen (25)Contribute comment
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The Next Social Networks Will Be Powered By WordPress and Movable Type (82)
on ReadWriteWeb (14748) permalinkPlatforms like WordPress and Movable Type democratized the process of self-publishing. With these tools, everyone could be a publisher and it didn't require advanced technical expertise to do so. Now, the next revolution for publishing is to bring that same ease of creation to the process of building social networks. With Six Apart's recent release of Movable Type 4.2, that revolution has begun. The new release provides DIY tools for building your own social networking ...Shared by _original (267) Alex Cheng (43) b2ix (25) bhc3 (225) Brian (15) Bruce (72) Charles (50) Chris Gurney (79) clickstone (15) Coop (28) Daniel Brandell (31) dasmart (142) Dave (59) David Finch (55) DHP (29) dobata (973) dreig (50) Eban_C (115) Eric (25) gastaoss (142) Geoff K (49) Goktug (63) GP (161) Greg (29) Greg (47) iAlja (183) james young (37) Jan (251) Janyne (36) Jay (41) Jens Christian Freund (61) jeroendemiranda (74) joco (72) Joe (239) John (58) jonas (46) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (531) jqueryboy (46) kcearns (57) Keith Teare (48) Kevin B (23) krispijn (21) macaia (33) maeseele (42) Makenai (36) marcell (166) mathewbutler (33) Matt (34) Matt (33) Melissa Attree, GetOn eMarketing (73) mfavez (130) Michael (72) Michelle Jones (51) Mike F (2144) Mladen (176) nikhil (156) Niva (54) oliver gassner (150) Pat (136) Peter (60) Phreak 2.0 (206) PT (9) reisfeldt (40) Richard Olsen (32) Sai (16) sarahintampa (458) Sean (38) Sébastien (15) shawnmor (134) smdahlen (25) Tcritic (28) Todd Mundt (92) Tom Steel (37) Tommaso (26) Trace Windham (23) ultraviolet (174) Vivian (32) Will (27) Wismark (36) Woolf (71) 猫影 (77) 祥志 (38)Explore read four notes
- Tcritic said: it would be great if something like openID or some kind of common identity component could be used to tie together disparate networks.
- Jay said: 其实，我很想一些插件，把我用 WP 搭建的 Jaylee.cn 与校内、Facebook 上的朋友互动起来。
- Greg said: Annand, Facebook connect takes care of the 'more profiles to Maintain" section...right?! Wooo!
- Tommaso said: La transizione da blog a comunità attraverso gli stessi strumenti che hanno reso popolare il blogging
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12 Unit Testing Tips for Software Engineers (60)
on ReadWriteWeb (14748) permalinkUnit Testing is one of the pillars of Agile Software Development. First introduced by Kent Beck, unit testing has found its way into the hearts and systems of many organizations. Unit tests help engineers reduce the number of bugs, hours spent on debugging, and contribute to healthier, more stable software. In this post we look at a dozen unit testing tips that software engineers can apply, regardless of their programming language or environment. 1. Unit ...Shared by _dot_ (118) [Curtis W] (129) 100rabh™ (100) Alex C (119) Andrew Boardman (212) Anol (32) atul (550) b-rad (144) Benno (17) Bruce (72) bussiere (221) Cale (34) CannonGod (768) Cem (28) D. Lambert (13) Derivadow (15) dgdeschenes (36) dobata (973) Drew Olanoff (582) Eduardo (34) Edwin Khodabakchian (8) Edwin Khodabakchian (45) gms8994 (36) Haidong (43) Ignacio (32) Ike (23) james young (37) Janyne (36) jccamus (106) Jeff Poetker (32) Jimmah (57) Josh (24) Ken (26) ManiacD (61) Markos (22) mathewbutler (33) ming (23) Paul (53) pepitogrilho (17) pflix (29) Rahim (20) Rakesh (48) Richard Olsen (32) Rob (17) Rob (498) Robert Scoble (292) Scott (14) Shrike (27) smdahlen (25) Stoneford (39) Thai Son (20) Themba (7) Tim (212) Tony Duckles (68) Varun Mahajan (97) William Cui (34) Yanting (24) zoby (35) Zsombor (32) zuzur (38)
