The more I use Facebook, the more I’m convinced that in 12-18 months Facebook will slay MySpace.
Anyhow, I’ve now switched to bookmarking via Facebook. I love Bluedot but having accounts all over the place seems a bit daft, and the whole Facebook as a Platform thing is going to make this even more so.
For those who want to connect on facebook, username is: duncanriley.
Now I’ve just got to work out the best way off pulling Facebook data into Google Reader.
Why do Pandora keep sending me emails telling me how wonderful they are when I’m blocked from using the site? I wasn’t blocked at first when I first heard the news that Pandora was blocking non-US users, but they’ve since implemented geo-blocking and now I can’t.
Microsoft Surface. It sort of reminds me a little bit of the old look down Pac Man arcade machines circa 1982 but it’s a lot more. The ability to recognise objects is unique and although I can’t see this being in every home (although it would make a cool coffee table) the retail possibilities are endless. How can a company like Microsoft that threatens Linux users over patents one day be so cool the next? Jekyl and Hide mentality maybe? That aside Microsoft really can innovate.
Think Cafepress for blank CDs and DVDs: 5inch. Pretty. No idea why people would want piles of blank CDs’ with pretty prints on them, but it’s still pretty none the less.
For the LOVE OF GOD! Will Twitter ever be stable? it’s not letting me in again. GRRRRRRRRR. As soon as the US East Coast gets up, down goes Twitter.
Vale Technorati. The much loved blog search engine is no more, reborn as…well….something that isn’t a blog search engine any more. Steve Rubel suggests that Google killed Technorati but I’m sure he’s mixing this up with the Ask $100m algorithm campaign. The only one going to get killed there is Crispin, Porter + Bogusky when IAC’s Barry Diller wakes up to the fact that a search engine with next to no brand awareness needs a campaign that builds brand recognition and not some smart-arsed attempt at a viral campaign. The Algorithm might be great but it makes no difference if no one even knows who Ask is.
But back to Technorati, if it isn’t a blog search engine and it isn’t a Google style search engine, what is it? There’s a lot to like in the new layout and functionality even if I’m lost for words in trying to describe it. My only advice: who ever thought of a ticker, take my advice and fall on your sword now! 🙂
Looks like the post I made on TechCrunch March 13 about CBS acquiring Wallstrip is confirmed. Thanks to my “source close to the deal” for giving me a heads up on it, you know who you are but would like to thank you none the less. Dollars aren’t publicly confirmed at this stage but given my source + Jossips I’m confident the $5m was correct.
via Graywolf on Jaiku, very clever 🙂
Enough is enough with Twitter. If you’re on Jaiku let me know http://duncanriley.jaiku.com
Hopefully will see a lot of my Twitter contacts appear shortly, still love the idea and the conversation, but I can’t handle Twitter’s downtime.
I made the switch from Bloglines to Google Reader a while back, but I’m noticing a couple of things that are starting to become annoying.
First is slowness in listing new posts. I notice it most with my own posts on various sites, I’ll post and it won’t appear in Google Reader for 2-3 hours, and yet Google Desktop’s feed reader (I’ll share that in another post) picks them up fairly promptly.
Second is the refresh/ Ajax feature that shows what you’ve read. Sometimes it marks the content off as I read it, other times it doesn’t without clicking the refresh option.
Is it just me? It took me over 4 years to leave Bloglines so I’m not about to change away from Google Reader, but I’ve got wonder, after all I use a feed reader to stay up to date, not get stories 2-3 hours after the fact.