What is APML? (2)
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The Secret Knowledge Hidden in Tag Pairs (13)
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There’s an interesting new research tool available, focusing on tags - or, more precisely, tag pairs. Tagatum’s tag spider searches blog feeds for tags, combines tags into pairs and calculates which pairs are most often used together. Those who are experienced in keyword analysis and the subtleties of SEO will probably know what to do with the tool, but if you’re clueless, the creators of Tagatum already have a couple of ideas for you. For ...
The Secret Knowledge Hidden in Tag Pairs (13)
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There’s an interesting new research tool available, focusing on tags - or, more precisely, tag pairs. Tagatum’s tag spider searches blog feeds for tags, combines tags into pairs and calculates which pairs are most often used together. Those who are experienced in keyword analysis and the subtleties of SEO will probably know what to do with the tool, but if you’re clueless, the creators of Tagatum already have a couple of ideas for you. For ...
Clay Shirky on our cognitive surplus (15)
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There's a great talk from Clay Shirky in the latest issue of Edge -- about all of our surplus, unused brain power, and what we might be able to do with it if we turn off our TVs: How big is that surplus? If you take Wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of Wikipedia, the whole project -- every page, every edit, every line of code, in every language Wikipedia exists in -- that ...
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Allan Haggett said:
I suppose this isn't telling us anything we don't already know, but it's really interesting when put in these terms. It should definitely be thought provoking for those of you who spend many hours a week watching TV (and not multitasking while doing so).
Sexy Widget: The Widget Rush to B2B (2)
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The inflation and pop of the first Internet bubble went something like this:- Excited about the cost savings of an online store versus a traditional “bricks and mortar” store, a bunch of entrepreneurs built ecommerce sites- As venture funding poured into the space, entrepreneurs got more specialized (“your online store for ballpoint pens!”)- As it became apparent that there weren’t enough users or sales to support all these ecommerce sites, those companies who still had ...
Why my dog is like a search engine without a taxonomy (1)
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This morning i asked my Townes if he wanted a biscuit- i forgot that he isn't the smartest dog in the world and that he can not make the automatic association that a biscuit is a cookie. (read: it really isn't that he is dumb just that he wasn't trained).So i told him he was like a search engine without a taxonomy and then he looked even more confused. Then we made this video. he ...
George Orwell, the blogger (1)
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Gearheads don't get it (66)
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Years ago I read a book about guitar effects pedals. Something the author wrote in the intro stuck with me: “Tone is in your fingers.” He went on to explain: You can buy the same guitar, effects pedals, and amplifier that Eddie Van Halen uses. But when you play that rig, it’s still going to sound like you. Likewise, Eddie could plug into a crappy Strat/Pignose setup at a pawn shop and you’d still be ...
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neal said:
It’s not the gear that matters. It’s you and your ideas that matter. Tone is in your fingers.
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Eric said:
Where fingers = execution
Taking the shine off: Why blog publishing failed in the UK (12)
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US entrepreneurs have had notable success with Blog publishing startups, in particular Jason Calacanis (Weblogs Inc sold to AOL for $25m) and more recently Rafat Ali (Paid Content sold to The Guardian for $30m). Ashley Norris, former co-founder of early UK blog network Shiny Media, left the company last week to create another startup - but there is no multi-million sale yet in sight for Shiny. In this guest post for TechCrunch UK he makes ...
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shane said:
Almost the whole thing is quotable. Very interesting post.
Hell’s Grannies 2 (1)
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Some weeks ago I told of my lucky escape from beneath the wheels of a mobility scooter. Imagine my delight then as a tax-paying pedestrian to see The Sunday Telegraph’s story that the highway code is being extended to these geriatric hot-rods. I just read that story on-line and the way the Telegraph have extended it with this video is a terrific example of working across platforms. A nice heavy metal soundtrack, some fancy camera-work ...
Most iPhone Apps Are Failing To Leverage The Network Effect (38)
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I’m seeing a trend as I continue to download and test many of the 1,500+ and growing iPhone applications currently available on iTunes: Few of them are really taking advantage of the network effect to build any kind of competitive barrier to entry. Some apps are safe because they are simply iPhone versions of their normal web service. Google and Yelp are two examples out of hundreds of applications that are simply marking their territory ...
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Rahim said:
Note to self: write an entertaining game that's easy to pick up (maybe some type of lobby system for finding players) and play (no complicated controls) with others (that have iPhones) and doesn't require a lot of time (games should last less than 10 minutes). Perfect for when you're waiting in a line for a movie...
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Dani B. said:
I've got to agree with TC on this one; I've often wondered why there aren't more iPhone apps that can do what Twinkle does. If you haven't heard of Twinkle and you have an iPhone/iPod Touch, it's Twitter with social networking. Once the Twinkle app is loaded to your i-device, you can discover others Twittering near you. Recently, I set my radius to 50 miles and had a great Twitter exchange with someone on a layover in Houston on his way to San Francisco. I still prefer Hobby Airport to Bush International, but at least I now know that some cool people are making use of its jetways.
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CHC said:
I've been waiting for exactly this! Come on iPhone developers!
Most iPhone Apps Are Failing To Leverage The Network Effect (23)
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I’m seeing a trend as I continue to download and test many of the 1,500+ and growing iPhone applications currently available on iTunes: Few of them are really taking advantage of the network effect to build any kind of competitive barrier to entry. Some apps are safe because they are simply iPhone versions of their normal web service. Google and Yelp are two examples out of hundreds of applications that are simply marking their territory ...
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Dani B. said:
I've got to agree with TC on this one; I've often wondered why there aren't more iPhone apps that can do what Twinkle does. If you haven't heard of Twinkle and you have an iPhone/iPod Touch, it's Twitter with social networking. Once the Twinkle app is loaded to your i-device, you can discover others Twittering near you. Recently, I set my radius to 50 miles and had a great Twitter exchange with someone on a layover in Houston on his way to San Francisco. I still prefer Hobby Airport to Bush International, but at least I now know that some cool people are making use of its jetways.
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CHC said:
I've been waiting for exactly this! Come on iPhone developers!
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Rahim said:
Note to self: write an entertaining game that's easy to pick up (maybe some type of lobby system for finding players) and play (no complicated controls) with others (that have iPhones) and doesn't require a lot of time (games should last less than 10 minutes). Perfect for when you're waiting in a line for a movie...
mloovi translates RSS feeds into 24 languages (15)
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Mloovi is a new tool which will translate RSS newsfeeds into 24 languages. It does this via Google Translate but the process is utterly seamless. You just put an RSS feed’s URL into the box and that’s it. The service is going to be of great use to bloggers (who can also download a widget to have their blog automatically translated). The translations are not perfect and images and formatting are removed, but they do ...
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matt said:
omg... I was thinking about doing this like 12 months ago and went over the top in trying to get formatting and images etc... I should stop trying to be such a perfectionist... they never get anything finished lol
mloovi translates RSS feeds into 24 languages (5)
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Mloovi is a new tool which will translate RSS newsfeeds into 24 languages. It does this via Google Translate but the process is utterly seamless. You just put an RSS feed’s URL into the box and that’s it. The service is going to be of great use to bloggers (who can also download a widget to have their blog automatically translated). The translations are not perfect and images and formatting are removed, but they do ...
Creating user centred taxonomies on FUMSI (1)
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Adaptive Path Releases Aurora To “Inspire And Engage” Community (39)
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Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo. Adaptive Path, a product development and consulting service in San Francisco, is releasing a new web interface concept called Aurora this evening. The project, which was developed in collaboration with Mozilla, is being released to the community via the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license and is available on the Mozilla and Adaptive Path websites. Jesse James Garrett, the cofounder of Adaptive Path and the person who ...
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Fred said:
Got to love this stuff.
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Chip R said:
this is interesting
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Cat's out of the bag on that one.
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jessie az egyik nagy peldakepem.
Adaptive Path Releases Aurora To &8220;Inspire And Engage&8221; Community (18)
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Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo. Adaptive Path, a product development and consulting service in San Francisco, is releasing a new web interface concept called Aurora this evening. The project, which was developed in collaboration with Mozilla, is being released to the community via the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license and is available on the Mozilla and Adaptive Path websites. Jesse James Garrett, the cofounder of Adaptive Path and the person who ...
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Fred said:
Got to love this stuff.
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Alex said:
Cat's out of the bag on that one.
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Chip R said:
this is interesting
Cheap Catalyst Could Turn Sunlight and Water Into Fuel (39)
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A new catalyst makes it feasible to split water with solar power. MIT chemists say the catalyst, used in conjunction with cheap photovoltaic solar panels, could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from sunlight. In the process, the scientists may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence: Reducing the on-again, off-again nature of many renewable power sources. The catalyst enables the electrolysis system ...
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