Google Implements Social Graph API and hCard in Profiles (30)
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this February, Google released its Social Graph API, which allows developers to give users the option to easily find data on their social connections around the web. Google itself, however, hasn't really implemented any of this technology yet. Starting today, however, it seems Google is starting to surface some of this information from your Social Graph in your Google Profile, which might be a first sign that Google is planning to do more with these ...
10 Android Apps We Will Actually Use (33)
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Yesterday, Google announced the winners of the Android Developer Challenge I, a contest that awarded cash prizes to the most innovative and promising applications designed for the upcoming mobile OS, Android. The ten top teams received $275,000 and 10 other teams received $100,000. The ADC Gallery lists all the winners as well as the finalists. Although Google has already named their winners, we decided to browse through the gallery to find the apps that we're ...
FriendFeed Lets You Tag Users: Now Expertise Finds You (13)
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FriendFeed’s new beta version is out. There are a number of new features there, which are well described by Bret Taylor on the FriendFeed blog. I want to focus on a particularly powerful new feature: The ability to tag the people to whom you subscribe. In an earlier post, On FriendFeed, We’re All TV Channels, I described people as programming. Via our lifestreams, Likes and comments, we send a stream of content downriver to our ...
More Flexible Notifications in Google Calendar (13)
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Last week, I received a message from Guy: "I LOVE Google Calendar! But... I wish I could set a reminder for a month in advance, instead of a measly 2 weeks. That is the only thing holding Calendar back from being truly awesome!"Thankfully for Guy, Google Calendar's event reminders are even more customizable: now you can choose any period of time between 5 minutes and 4 weeks. This works not only for the default notifications ...
博客是具有人性的 (6)
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最近Gseeker的Hong Xiaowan可能会比较头疼，因为Gseeker的留言里充满了不满，这些不满主要的原因是订阅者接受不了GS的转变，从一个只关注Google的、不作评论只作介绍的博客，变成一个似乎什么都说，而且夹杂主观评论的杂谈博客。接手一个博客并不容易。但如果你问我更喜欢哪个Gseeker？我会告诉你，两个都喜欢。 这里有个很重要的问题，博客定位。是将重点定位到资讯还是评论呢？ 为什么我前面说，Gseeker的前后两个版本我都喜欢呢？ 1、资讯，我喜欢幻灭（Ken Wong）给我带来的关于Google的资讯。 2、人性，我感到现在Gseeker更有人性，让我看到这个博客后面活生生有一个人。 所以，就不同的角度来说，两个版本的GS我都喜欢。在“接手一个博客并不那么容易”里提到了很多读者不能接受新blogger的理由，这里不再阐述。 但如果就人性的角度来说，我更喜欢现在的Gseeker，为什么？ 1、博客的灵魂是人。 每个博客后面都是一个或一群blogger。他（们）是博客的灵魂，有了他们，博客才具有生命。 2、当人不是博客的灵魂，这个博客没有生气。 一些纯资讯型博客，没有评论，纯粹是新闻，或仅介绍一些新服务新应用的特性。这样的博客即使消失了，也不会有多大遗憾，也不会有多少人记住和惋惜。因为，这是一个没有灵魂的博客。 3、博客的人性带来信任 正因为博客有了灵魂、有了人性，我们感到一个活生生的人的存在，我们才会信任一个博客。说根本点，我们不是相信这个博客，而是对blogger有一种信任，相信他的价值观，认同他的价值取向。如果你问我更相信blogger还是人民日报，我肯定会告诉你是前者。 4、博客应该是不客观的 总有那么一些人在说可能吧或其它博客不客观，对不起，以前、现在、今后，你都不会看到你认为客观的内容，因为这个博客体现的是我的价值观，说的是我的想法。 5、博客之间的联系是人与人的联系 如果认同了“博客的灵魂是人”这一点，就不难理解为什么博客之间的交流和联系事实上是人与人之间的联系。web2.0强调的是个体，这在博客体现得非常深刻。 6、资讯是死的，人是活的 资讯有时效性，但人的评论体现的价值观是永久存在的。 博客的本质 博客是一种web2.0的产物，既然是web2.0产物，那必然是以分享和声音为基础的。 什么是分享？ 分享你所知，或你想别人知道的东西。 什么是声音？ 发表你的看法，你有权说出的你声音。 因此，如果一个博客只有简单的资讯，而没有声音，这就缺少了其中一个基本元素，那么这就不是博客，而是资讯站了。 我一直将博客与一般的个人网站区分，就是因为博客具有声音这一属性，这也是博客具有生命力的根本原因。 因此，我支持Gseeker现在的博客风格，你呢？ © Jason Ng for 可能吧 | 查看原文 | 22 条评论 --- 相关文章:博客写作的艺术-如何写一篇吸引人的文章？博客赚钱方式与注意事项接手一个Blog并不是那么容易读者阅读趋势分析及提高文章可读性的方法可能吧将在什么时候停止？博客与性爱
[Tips] 使用Groovy处理邮件通知 (1)
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通过Groovy实现邮件通知（其实是转发到ANT）十分容易，先上代码： 1 ant = new AntBuilder() 2 3 def mail(subject, body, attachment = [dir:".",files:[]]) { 4 ant.mail(mailhost:"mail.com", mailport:"1025", user:"mailer", password:"123", subject:"${subject}") { 5 from(address:"nobody@mail.com") 6 to(address:"nobody@mail.com") 7 message("${body}") 8 attachments() { 9 if (attachment.files) {10 fileset(dir:"${attachment.dir}") {11 attachment.files.each {12 include(name:it)13 }14 }15 }16 }17 }18 }19 20 attachment = [dir:"/tmp", files:["some.properties","some.sql"]]21 mail("Test mail message at ${new Date()}", "This is a test message.", attachment)22 这个简单的例子很好的展示了如下Groovy特性：1- Groovy脚本可以不需要定义任何class，方法定义和实际调用也可以混在一起，十分顺手。2- 定义变量不需要指定类型，只要赋值即可，不过运行期依然是强类型。3- 方法参数可以有默认值。4- List和Map的构建直接在语义层面提供支持，如[a:1,b:2]和[1,2]。5- GString使得我们可以方便的在String中引用变量甚至是表达式，如"${a.b.c}"或"${new Date()}"。6- 逻辑判断在true/false基础上有所扩展，[]（0个元素的List）和null均做false处理。7- Closure支持，方便我们在外围代码处“当场”指定处理逻辑，省去了大多数在Java中需要匿名内部类来处理的麻烦，如attachment.files.each { .... }，只有一个传入参数时，可直接用it指代。8- ...
Fix Feedburner Not Updating RSS News Feed (1)
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Okay I spend most of the weekend trying to find out why my RSS news feed was not displaying for many of my readers and why I would get all kinds of errors like 404 not found in the beginning and then a dubious homepage when opening the RSS News Feed url in the browser. I had a lively email conversation with Google support which helped a bit but not much. I figured it out ...
Shallow Reader (66)
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I don't like to read feeds in Google Reader or in any other feed reader. After subscribing to sites that seem interesting, Google Reader makes them boring and uniform. All the subscriptions lose their identity and become random bits. There's also the pressure of having to read the new posts and clean the "inbox" which makes you skip interesting posts or just skim them."Skim = To read or glance through (a book, for example) quickly ...
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Leooon said:
"When you open Google Reader and there are 400 new posts, each article becomes a mission from a hopeless game created by yourself. You want to be free again."Vida lôca.
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DigDoug said:
I'm beginning to feel this way
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János B said:
Sad but true. RSS will die..
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GregEh said:
I can relate to these problems. Reader has become both the best and worst source of information.
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zhangs.jedi said:
言为心声，我感同身受
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Juan Diego said:
Qué gran verdad.
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Jeton said:
Excellent article about how Google Reader makes us robots when reading text.... Sad, but true.”
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chexov said:
totally true...
Startups and the 4 Hour Work Week (3)
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I tend to read a lot of books. Some are typical science fiction and fantasy fare, but I often read business or personal productivity books as well. One book that I had put off long enough was The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris. I do not agree with everything in the book, and I am not looking for a “mini-retirement” either, but there are some very good points in the book. Given that these points ...
Google Reader好友设置界面 (9)
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据Google Reader官方博客报道，Google Reader在共享方面做了一些改进，增加了一些新功能，用户将对自己的Google Reader分享拥有更多的控制权。现在，用户可以在Google Reader中单独管理分享的对象，以及自己的读者，而不必通过Gmail的联系人来管理。 进入英文版本的Google Reader，点击左边的“Sharing settings”链接，就能看到如下图所示的界面，如果用户选择“Share with Friends”，那么可以删除那些不想对其分享的用户，如果用户选择“Share with all of my chat contacts”，那会自动共享给所有的Gtalk好友。在“People sharing with me”中，可以选择屏蔽其他用户分享的信息。整个界面有点类似FriendFeed的好友设置界面。 这项新的功能增加了Google Reader分享的灵活性和可控性，使得Google Reader在社会化网络中又向前迈进了一步。继续阅读《Google Reader好友设置界面》的全文内容...相关文章:Google Reader分享更新增加标注Google Reader更新可显示订阅数我是怎么消灭Google Reader的1000+的Google Reader订户数的扩展Google Reader的好友阅读共享很不错
Pick your friends! (124)
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Today we're excited to announce several improvements in the way sharing works in Reader. You've given us lots of feedback on the way our experimental sharing features work and we heard you loud and clear: you want more control over your sharing. We've been working hard to create a more flexible way to let you choose who to share with; you can now manage a Friends list within Reader, separate from your Gmail chat contacts. ...
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alice said:
Hehe, half of the example.com people were my office mates in New York. Yay!
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Dominik said:
Cool.
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Ishai said:
Let me understand - you share your notes with everyone and than complain? ...
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jfiorato said:
Dare and Scoble should be happy about this one.
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Tyler said:
How dare Google make changes to a product that is no longer in beta! But I like these changes. :D
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Greg said:
This just took way too long to implement. Should have been there out of the box.
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Arvind said:
some more features for the Reader
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patarakin said:
Обмен с друзьями
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antecanis said:
About time.
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Carter said:
Don't worry, Alex, I'm keeping you in my fave-5.
Jisko - The Open Source Micro Blogging Application | Tweet Crunch (11)
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Jisko is the latest (in beta) open-source micro blogging application to hit the streets and it’s looking pretty cool. As you can see from the profile page it looks a tad like Twitter, but from a design aspect looks better than identi.ca, for example one nice feature is that you don’t have to refresh the page to get the latest posts it does it via some Ajax goodness. So lets look at some of the ...
Automation for the people: Hands-free database migration (10)
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Databases are often out of sync with the applications they support, and getting the database and data into a known state is a significant challenge to manage. In this installment of Automation for the people, automation expert Paul Duvall demonstrates how the open source LiquiBase database-migration tool can reduce the pain of managing the constant of change with databases and applications.
浪潮之巅 第十章 短暂的春秋——与机会失之交臂的公司（四） (21)
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发表者：Google（谷歌）研究员 吴军 第一节 太阳公司 1．1 昔日的辉煌1．2 错失良机1．3 历史的回放第二节 Novell 公司今天的年轻人可能很多都没有听说过 Novell 公司，但是它曾经和太阳公司一样，一度有希望在操作系统方面和微软抗衡，但是终因时运不济，败在了微软手下。2．1 局域网的微软要谈 Novell 公司，不可避免地要先介绍 3COM 公司。在微机出现的前几年，用户大多是对立用户——彼此的计算机互不通消息。个人微机只不过是为了满足个人娱乐（比如游戏）、学习、文字处理、日常管理和简单的工业控制等需求。在商业企业中（比如银行）使用的联网的计算机系统几乎无一例外是由中央主机（Main Frame）加外围终端构成——所有计算都是由中央主机完成，而外围终端不过是输入和显示设备。中央主机采用分时的操作系统，同时为众多终端用户服务。在八十年代初期以前，没有人打算用微机取代大型计算机系统。但是，就在 1979 年，发生了一件当时没有引起人们关注，但对今后计算机发展有深远影响的事。那一年，施乐公司举世闻名的帕洛阿图实验室（Xerox PARC）的几个发明了以太网（Ethernet）的科学家创办了 3Com 公司，开发出以太网的适配器（Adaptor），俗称网卡。虽然 3COM 最早是为 IBM 和 DEC 等公司的大小型中央主机设计网络适配器，但是，随着微机的普及，3COM 公司很快就将生意扩展到主机领域。到了八十年代中期，IBM-PC/AT 及其兼容的个人微机在很多任务中已经能取代原有 DEC PDP 和 VAX 等小型机的地位，而且微机的性价比比小型机高一个数量级以上。如果能将微机联网，共享数据和硬件资源，它们就可以取代小型机系统。遗憾的是，微机最初设计时根本没有考虑资源共享，网络功能是零。3COM 公司的以太网服务器和适配器弥补了微机的这个不足，解决了微机的联网问题。以前的 VAX 或者 HP 小型机系统基本上是下图的架构：  资源和数据是集中管理，所有的计算、存储和打印由小型机完成。它的好处是信息是共享的，但是成本非常高，对于一个几十人的小型企业，基本上用不起 VAX 小型机加终端的计算机系统。我记得在八十年代中期，一个 20～40 个用户的 VAX 系统需要花费近二百万人民币。除了硬件的投入，小型机系统还需要专门的机房和管理人员，这些管理人员必须经过硬件公司的培训。虽然小型机速度不慢，但是它的计算速度摊到每个用户上并不快。小型机是整个系统的中心，如果它出现了任何问题，这个系统都无法工作。微机联网后，在很多时候可以代替小型机，它的架构是这样的：  在这样一个被称为微机局域网（PC LAN）的系统中，有一台网络服务器，它通常是一台高性能的微机，当然也可以是小型机和工作站
