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==31 March 2009==
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Gwyn – Philip announces Open Source model for SL client:
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*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/03/31/philip-linden-announces-new-open-source-model-for-the-second-life-client/
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UgoTrade  Peter Ludlow at MetaPlace (by Fouts):
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*http://eurekadejavu.blogspot.com/2009/03/going-meta.html
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Gwyn on OpenSim:
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*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/03/30/opensimulator-063-the-stability-era/
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TechCrunch – the sounds of twitter:
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*http://www.twittertronic.com/
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TechCrunch – MySpace to use Microsoft Silverlight:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/30/myspace-embraces-microsoft-platforms-for-mobile-and-web-applications/
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*http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
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Tateru – legal pitfalls of virtual worlds:
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*http://www.massively.com/2009/03/30/gdc09-how-to-avoid-new-legal-pitfalls-in-virtual-world-design-a/
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TechCrunch - Kickapps, a white label (?) social networking startup:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/30/kickapps-embraces-facebook-connect-and-openid/
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*Kickapps, social applications on demand: http://www.kickapps.com/
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1938Media posts a tweetvite:
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*http://twtvite.com/2pczj8
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==30 March 2009==
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Pressecitron – start-up Marketing-Etudiant:
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*http://www.presse-citron.net/histoires-de-start-ups-thierry-debarnot-et-marketing-etudiantfr
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Richard (Rfly) Malterre (Tapahonte) participates in SL elearning conference:
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*http://wiki.vwbpe.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Descary – 6zap, une solution webmail open source:
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*http://descary.com/6zap-une-solution-webmail-hebergee-sur-votre-serveur/
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Kronos – Virtual Worlds Gazette:
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*http://www.es.capgemini.com/blogs/virtualworlds/capgemini/
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UgoTrade – Rovio robot webcam:
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*http://www.meetrovio.com/
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Mashable – 20 ways to share a blog post:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/29/sharing-great-posts/
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TechCrunch – Google follows the mobile user:
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*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/29/follow-the-mobile-user/
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TechCrunch – Spiceworks It Networking Software:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/29/spiceworks-adds-social-media-widgets-to-it-networking-software/
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Rheingold – PBS interview:
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*http://www.pbs.org/engage/blog/meet-engage-advisory-board-virtual-community-critic-howard-rheingold
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Rheingold – Stickam, multiple video windows
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*http://www.stickam.com/
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==29 March 2009==
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Rheingold – another Social Media Classroom video, this one about forums:
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*http://blip.tv/file/1123048/
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Sierra – hand-drawn style in site design:
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*http://sixrevisions.com/design-showcase-inspiration/30-creative-examples-of-the-hand-drawn-style-in-web-designs/
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UgoTrade tweets Product RED:
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*http://www.joinred.com/Learn/HowRedWorks.aspx
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Lab rearranges viewer development (the UI is going to be revamped):
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*http://www.massively.com/2009/03/29/lab-rearranges-viewer-development-adults-only-content-trumps-ot/
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TechCrunch – Internet for dummies:
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*http://www.dummies.com/how-to/internet.html
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O'Reilly – James Grimmelmann, internet law:
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*http://james.grimmelmann.net/
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*Virtual World Feudalism: http://yalelawjournal.org/content/view/740/1/
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Mashable – who will monetize social media (the contestants are Facebook, Twitter and Apple/Iphone):
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/28/monetize-social-media/
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Mashable – Six twitter games:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/28/twitter-games/
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UgoTrade – EveryScape launch video:
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANHhw3HNfk
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Sierra – Software Craftsmanship (see the link to the Manifesto):
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*http://parlezuml.com/blog/?postid=794
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Mashable – Google will search tweets better than Twitter:
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*http://www.optimizeandprophesize.com/jonathan_mendezs_blog/2009/03/google-will-own-realtime-search-by-indexing-filtering-and-ranking-tweets-better-than-twitter.html
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Mashable – earth hour game:
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*http://lightsout.earthhour.org/lightsout/
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==28 March 2009==
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Descary – import and export passwords in Firefox:
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*http://descary.com/password-exporter-exportez-et-importez-vos-mots-de-passe-de-firefox/
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Abry – 20 keyword search tools for SEO:
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*http://www.vincentabry.com/20-outils-recherche-de-mots-cles-pour-le-seo-4394
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Descary: Gmail contacts application has its own url:
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*http://descary.com/application-contacts-gmail-possede-propre-adresse-url/
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O'Reilly – Openness in the cloud:
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*http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/03/cloud-varieties-of-openness-worth-wanting.html
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O'Reilly – James Galbraith on the crisis:
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*http://www.alternet.org/workplace/132849/this_crisis_is_way_bigger_than_dead_banks_and_wall_street_bailouts/
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Descary (RT Thierry Roger) – install Twitter in Gmail:
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*http://roget.biz/comment-installer-twitter-dans-gmail-2
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Abry – new adwords interface:
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*http://www.vincentabry.com/nouvelle-interface-pour-google-adwords-4419
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Cloud – Sun cloud computing API:
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*http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/03/SunCloud
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Cloud – Collaboration enhances Business Intelligence:
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http://esj.com/articles/2009/03/25/collaborative-bi-enhances-customer-responsiveness.aspx
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Cloud – Microsoft and the Open Cloud Manifesto:
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*http://www.cloudave.com/link/open-cloud-manifesto-the-fight-begins
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Cloud – platform wars:
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*http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=303
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Orban – Internet for Smart Objects:
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*http://www.ipso-alliance.org/Pages/Front.php
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Hunch, by:
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*TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/27/does-hunch-have-all-the-answers-we-take-flickr-founders-new-startup-for-a-spin/
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*Flickr co-founder Caterina: http://www.caterina.net/archive/001169.html
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*Homepage: http://www.hunch.com/
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Orban – remote with anybots:
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*http://www.anybots.com/
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Kaspersky on fighting conficker:
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*http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208279973
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Rheingold – vernacular video:
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*http://blip.tv/file/1342237
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Kronos testing Wonderland at this URL:
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*http://174.129.86.131:8080/Wonderland/
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Mashable – tumblr extras:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/27/tumblr-extras/
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Mashable – researchers can ID anonymous twitterers:
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*http://www.itworld.com/security/65168/researchers-can-id-anonymous-twitterers
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*Also on IW: http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401210&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL
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Mashable – CoTweet for brand Customer Relations Management:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/27/cotweet/
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Mashable toolboxes:
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*Delicious: http://mashable.com/2009/02/20/delicious-new-tools/
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*Wikis: http://mashable.com/2008/12/31/wiki-resources/
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Mashable – survive the new, new Facebook:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/27/facebook-homepage-tips/
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Rubaiyat – Wired survey of free business models:
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*http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2009/03/terrific-survey-of-free-business-models-online.html
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Sierra – Armano celebrates pioneer bloggers:
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*http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2009/03/pioneers-arrows.html
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Mashable – build a Twitter account step by step:
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*http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/4638/The-Best-Way-to-Build-a-Twitter-Account-Step-by-Step.aspx
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Orban – Conficker wikirank:
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*http://wikirank.com/en/Conficker
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@davidorban reply to @chadack: the number of IPv6 addresses (2^128) is more than atoms in universe - should be ok for internet of things
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TechCrunch – MyID aims to become digital certification standard:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/27/myidis-now-in-public-beta-aims-to-become-the-digital-certification-standard/
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==27 March 2009==
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Berrebi (via @tariqkrim) - 5 countries where google is not dominant: china,russia,japan,korea and tchech republic
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MrBoo – les utipistes chez HelloTipi:
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*http://www.hellotipi.com/blog/un-diner-sous-le-signe-de-la-bonne-humeur/
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*http://utipistes.hellotipi.com/
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Pressecitron – 3D gone wild:
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZW0d3nLyTk
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Cloud – keeping your database fast:
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*http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2009/03/keeping_your_database_simple_and_fast.html
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Abry – 20 tools for SEO:
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*http://www.vincentabry.com/20-outils-recherche-de-mots-cles-pour-le-seo-4394
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Orban – Internet of Things:
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*http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=1&issue=20090325
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*http://www.widetag.com/
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TechCrunch – objects that say SendMeHome:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/27/if-objects-could-talk-theyd-say-sendmehome/
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TechCrunch – YouTube adds a Twitter button:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/26/youtube-adds-a-twitter-button/
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Mashable – Loudcrowd (discover new music while playing games in virtual world):
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http://mashable.com/2009/03/26/loudcrowd/
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TechCrunch – 2009 Games Developers Conference:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/26/game-developers-conference-2009-round-up/
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Mashable - text messages to fan Facebook pages (?):
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/26/facebook-pages-text-messaging/
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Kronos tweeting with Davrobin (who looks like Danton S!):
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*http://twitter.com/Davrobin
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*http://slmascot.blogspot.com/
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TechCrunch – Gilmore's version of the Microsoft "Open Cloud" controversy:
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*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/26/out-of-order-20/
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Rheingold – Shaefer's "Bastard Culture" (again):
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*http://www.mtschaefer.net/entry/defending-my-bastard-culture/
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Rheingold – Institute of the Future bookstore:
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*http://www.iftf.org/catalog/1011/iftf_deliverables
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TechCrunch – risks for the Google company:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/26/what-could-go-wrong-with-google-the-slideshow/
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Mashable on Google's personalized portal iGoogle (see link to the homepage):
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/26/igoogle-gaming-themes/
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Arrington – Java coming on Google AppEngine
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/26/get-ready-for-java-on-appengine/
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Sierra – Kawasaki interviews Chris Anderson at SXSW:
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*http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/mar/17/sxswi-startups
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Rheingold – Log Me In (Scotty):
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*https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp?lang=en
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Rheingold – Gongblog, yourowndemocracy, a submission to the 2008 Buckminster Fuller challenge:
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*http://gongszeto.squarespace.com/yourowndemocracy-explanation/
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==26 March 2009==
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Orban puts me onto Conficker:
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*http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126482
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Mashable - vector drawings in Google Docs:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/26/google-adds-drawing-to-docs/
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Orban - Cloud interoperability:
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*http://blogs.msdn.com/stevemar/archive/2009/03/26/moving-toward-an-open-process-on-cloud-computing-interoperability.aspx
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UgoTrade - Entropia is a bank:
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*http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2009/03/mind-bank-f%C3%A5r-banktillst%C3%A5nd.html
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Cloud – Daniel Druker, Software as a Service blog:
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*http://intacct.blogspot.com/
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Cloud – streaming games service:
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*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7962180.stm
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Descary – Facebook launches redesigned homepage, again:
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*http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/03/facebook-redesign-homepage/
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Abry – Twitter confirms paying premium accounts on the way, plus Twitter sells an ad:
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*http://twitteradar.com/twitter-fera-payer-ses-comptes-premium-payants/news
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*http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-confirms-paid-pro-accounts-on-the-way-2009-3
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*http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-sells-an-ad-2009-3
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Abry – Beebarter, troc en ligne:
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*http://www.vincentabry.com/beebarter-le-site-de-troc-en-periode-de-crise-4381
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Pressecitron – all your social media in one widget with Skimmer:
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*http://www.presse-citron.net/twitter-facebook-et-tous-vos-medias-sociaux-dans-un-seul-widget-avec-skimmer
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Rheingold – Hastac/MacArthur, Digital Media and Learning:
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*http://www.dmlcompetition.net/
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Mashable – Twitter can has business model:
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http://mashable.com/2009/03/25/twitter-business-models-speculation/
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Arrington – top blogs for startups:
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*http://www.evancarmichael.com/Tools/Top-50-Blogs-For-Startups-In-2009.htm
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Pavig – Phun, free 2D physics sandbox:
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*http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home
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Tateru – SL to lose group voting:
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*http://www.massively.com/2009/03/25/second-life-to-lose-group-voting-feature/
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Mashable – integrate Twitter with your website:
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*http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/10-awesome-ways-to-integrate-twitter-with-your-website/
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Mashable – the Facebook Generation:
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*http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/03/24/the-facebook-generation-vs-the-fortune-500/
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Mashable – tips for wordpress plugin developers:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/25/wordpress-plugin-developer-tips/
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==25 March 2009==
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Berrebi – Clippings, a Firefox extension for cut-paste maniacs:
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*http://www.berrebi.org/2009/03/24/clippings-une-extension-indispensable-pour-firefox-pour-les-copieurs-colleurs-fous/
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Mashable and TechCrunch – Facebook responds to criticism:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/facebook-responds-to-criticism-over-latest-redesign/
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/24/facebook-tweaks-redesign-in-response-to-disgruntled-users/
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Arrington – Whiskey Media:
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*http://www.whiskeymedia.com/it-has-been-a-good-year-for-whiskey
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Mashable – best rock star twitters:
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*http://stereogum.com/archives/we-got-the-tweet/50-best-celebrity-twitters_060411.html
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Arrington – please vote:
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*http://march.shoeboxed.com/
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Mashable – Apps to prevent time waste on social media:
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*http://www.cio.com/article/486315/Free_Apps_to_Prevent_Time_Waste_on_Social_Networking_Sites
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Mashable – Social Media Marketing Industry Report:
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*http://www.whitepapersource.com/socialmediamarketing/report/
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Rheta's comments are gathered on backtype:
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*http://www.backtype.com/rhetashan
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Sierra – customers will pay you to restrain them:
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*http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/made-to-stick-sell-handcuffs.html
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Rheingold – "Tools for Thought" and Ada Lovelace:
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*http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/2.html
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Rheingold – newsmap:
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*http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
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Mashable – a control freak's guide to social media:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/brand-influence/
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Mashable – Google goes semantic:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/conferenceio/
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Mashable – quick media-rich chat rooms:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/conferenceio/
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UgoTrade – unofficial history of virtual worlds:
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*http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-unofficial-history-of-virtual-worlds
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Mashable, TechCrunch and others – Skimmer tracks your social stuff:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/skimmer/
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/24/skimmer-a-better-stuff-reader/
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==24 March 2009==
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Descary – 25 great wordpress designs:
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*http://ronation.co.uk/general-business/25-great-site-designs-powered-by-wordpress/
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Pressecitron – identity designs:
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*http://www.touchey.com/blog/2009/3/22/a-selection-of-impressive-identity-designs-part-1.html
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Berreby – Producteev, basecamp, etc:
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*http://fr.readwriteweb.com/2009/03/24/nouveautes/producteev-un-agregateur-de-productivite/
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Cloud (who else) – the well-tuned cloud:
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*http://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/blog/archives/2009/03/five_steps_to_a.html?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL
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O'Reilly – monopoly populism:
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*http://whimsley.typepad.com/whimsley/2009/03/online-monoculture-and-the-end-of-the-niche.html
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Cloud - Infographic Little Red Riding Hood:
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*http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/23/little-red-riding-hood-the-animated-infographic-story/
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Lots of folks using WeFollow for Twitter:
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*http://wefollow.com
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Cloud – Ballmer on Microsoft's cloud future:
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*http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/steve-ballmer-maps-microsofts-cloud-y-future/
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Cloud – instance vs. fabric:
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*http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/03/18/amazon-web-services-an-instance-of-weakness-as-strength/
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Cloud – Ellis on Azure SQL services:
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*http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/03/azure-sds-ellis
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O'Reilly – DIY city:
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*http://diycity.org/diycity-main-group/big-challenge-diycity-operating-system-user-driven-city
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O'Reilly – carnage4 on Facebook redesign:
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*http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2009/03/21/FacebookStreamRedesignDisruptiveCompaniesDontListenToTheirCustomersMarkZuckerburg.aspx
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Cloud (as I'll henceforth call Wearecloud) – Silverlight offers out-of-browser experience:
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*http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/03/Silverlight-Out-of-Browser
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O'Reilly – Steve Blank, king of customer service:
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*http://venturehacks.com/articles/steve-blank-blog
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O'Reilly – Wired on micro-manufacturing:
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*http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-03/st_thompson
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TechCrunch – twitter serving (free) adds for third party apps:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/23/twitter-opens-the-revenue-faucet-starts-serving-ads/
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Mashable – wordpress rss plug-ins:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/23/wordpress-rss-plugins/
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Mashable – exec tweets
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/23/twitter-business-model-2/
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Vysr user-centric browser plug-in:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/23/vysr-launches-the-uber-user-centric-browser-plugin/
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TechCrunch – the Service Cloud adds tweets:
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*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/22/salesforce-puts-tweets-in-the-cloud/
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TechCrunch – Facebook, please stand by:
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*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/22/please-stand-by/
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Tateru – Linden copyright conundrum (with OpenLife):
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*http://www.massively.com/2009/03/22/linden-labs-collective-copyright-conundrum/
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Rheingold – broken filters:
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*http://www.justinbaum.com/2008/09/broken-filters.html
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Rheingold: "still harvest links from my Diigo and del.icio.us networks -- I have RSS feeds from my del.icio.us inboxes, too."
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TechCrunch – advertising is failing on the internet:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/22/why-advertising-is-failing-on-the-internet/
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Mashable – Facebook tips for power users:
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*http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,161688/printable.html
 +
 +
Mashable – tools for web development testing:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/21/tools-web-testing/
 +
 +
UgoTrade – how to build companies that matter:
 +
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/lean-startup.html
 +
 +
Gwyneth - Doing my final tests on the Ping.fm Gateway HUD
 +
*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/03/21/more-social-microblogging-with-pingfm/
 +
 +
 +
==22 March 2009==
 +
Richard "Tapahont" - SL analysé en français:
 +
*http://mondes-virtuels.stonfield-inworld.com/quand-les-experts-en-tout-nous-fatiguent/#comments
 +
 +
Wearecloud - Microsoft SQL Data Services (SDS):
 +
*http://blogs.msdn.com/ssds/archive/2009/03/20/9492744.aspx
 +
 +
Wearecloud - the cloud could be bigger than the web:
 +
*http://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/blog/archives/2009/03/google_report_c.html?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_TWITTER
 +
 +
Wearecloud - business intelligence:
 +
*http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/66385.html
 +
 +
Wearecloud - cloud computing is green:
 +
*http://neotactics.com/blog/technology/cloud-computing-is-green
 +
 +
Tim O'Reilly - PeopleBrowsr, the power twitter client:
 +
*http://riccineer.com/new-media-channels/twitter-new-media-channels/twitter-tools/
 +
 +
Vincent Abry - quand le PPC cannibalise le référencement organique:
 +
*http://www.go-referencement.org/positionnement-payant/quand-le-ppc-cannibalise-le-seo.html#comments
 +
 +
MrBoo - Amazon Fulfillment, logistic and storage on demand:
 +
*http://www.mrboo.fr/mazon-lance-fulfillment-la-logistique-et-le-stockage-a-la-demande/
 +
 +
==21 March 2009==
 +
TechCrunch says Google Ventures is a bad idea:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/20/google-ventures-almost-ready-to-launch-but-it-is-a-bad-idea/
 +
 +
Mashable:
 +
*create twitter group on your website with tweetizen: http://mashable.com/2009/03/20/tweetizen/
 +
*create groups for twitter: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/20/are-we-headed-into-an-era-of-dumb-tech/
 +
 +
CrunchGear on "dumb tech":
 +
*http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/20/are-we-headed-into-an-era-of-dumb-tech/
 +
 +
UgoTrade - Rolling Stone on the economic crisis:
 +
*http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover/print
 +
 +
Rheingold tweets (again) his SocialMediaClassroom website (made with Drupal):
 +
*http://socialmediaclassroom.com/community/
 +
*where I learn about Flock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_(web_browser)
 +
*and to which I sign up, posting a forum question: http://socialmediaclassroom.com/community/forum/external-blog-editors
 +
 +
UgoTrade - Curious Raven on Augmented Vision:
 +
*http://curiousraven.squarespace.com/future-vision/2009/3/20/augmented-vision-and-the-decade-of-ubiquity.html
 +
 +
Putting People First, a User Experience website, reviews UgoTrade:
 +
*http://www.experientia.com/blog/tish-shute-interviews-mike-kuniavsky-on-things-as-services/
 +
 +
Mashable tweets SEO plugins for Wordpress:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/20/wordpress-seo-plugins/
 +
 +
==20 March 2009==
 +
Patrice Cassard - new math:
 +
*http://www.patricecassard.com/2009/02/23/mathematique-nouvelles/
 +
*http://www.morenewmath.com/all/
 +
 +
Pressecitron - Sleep running dog:
 +
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYqMhIYw58
 +
 +
Pressecitron - his gmail address was sold to Aigle by MixCommerce:
 +
*http://www.mixcommerce.com/reference_e-commerce.aspx
 +
 +
Henri Labarre - what you do with a navigator:
 +
*http://users.telenet.be/kixx/
 +
 +
Pressecitron - balldropping on Chrome or Firefox (but not IE):
 +
*http://www.presse-citron.net/chrome-experiments-ball-dropping
 +
 +
Pressecitron - great twitter page designs:
 +
*http://www.presse-citron.net/25-designs-superbes-de-pages-twitter
 +
 +
Maybe Ev meant:
 +
*http://twitter.com/twotw
 +
 +
Ev replies to twoto - wtf is this?
 +
*http://twitter.com/ev/status/1356473993
 +
*http://twitter.com/twoto
 +
 +
Pavig - OpenStreetMap:
 +
*http://www.openstreetmap.org/
 +
 +
The MadPea user guide for SL Kaaos Effect game:
 +
*http://www.madpea.com/KaaosDB.php
 +
 +
Rheingold - social networking and social theory (Goffman):
 +
*http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/03/19/social-networking-sites-and-social-theory/
 +
*http://nortonbooks.typepad.com/everydaysociology/2009/03/publicprivate-selves-and-social-theory.html
 +
 +
Bruce Sterling (Spime) reacts to UgoTrade:
 +
*http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2009/03/spime-watch-dat.html
 +
 +
TechCrunch - IE8 ignores one-third of market:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/19/with-ie8-microsoft-ignores-one-third-of-the-market/
 +
 +
UgoTrade - agentGav on Energy Identity:
 +
*http://www.amee.com/?p=913
 +
 +
Ev - Twitter premium accounts (I thought this was a hoax?):
 +
*http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/03/twitter-unveils-premium-accounts.html
 +
 +
Kronos - Linden to block unsupported viewers:
 +
*http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Supported_Viewers
 +
 +
Mashable - new Facebook good for brands:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/19/new-facebook-brands/
 +
 +
TechCrunch - Kontagent offers analytics using Facebook Connect:
 +
*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/19/kontagent-now-offers-uber-analytics-for-iphone-and-web-applications-using-facebook-connect/
 +
 +
Odio-Paez is also interesting on the banking crisis:
 +
*http://ow.ly/13DK
 +
 +
Shirky - Odio-Paez explains how to get 2000 Twitter followers:
 +
*http://ow.ly/13DK
 +
 +
Orban - physicist d'Espanat wins prize for theory of "hypercosmic god":
 +
*http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16769-concept-of-hypercosmic-god-wins-templeton-prize.html
 +
<br>
 +
 +
==Intermediate Note==
 +
Up until now on this blog, the entries under each date heading were added going down from top to bottom.
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Henceforth the new entries under each date heading will be added at the top of the page, and thus will run from bottom to top (like the date headings themselves).<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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==19 March 2009==
 +
Arrington using Searchme for one-third of his searches:
 +
*http://www.searchme.com/
 +
 +
TechCrunch tweets Twitter experimenting with text advertising:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/twitter-experimenting-with-text-advertising/
 +
 +
TechCrunch tweets Cloudkick for managing Amazon cloud services:
 +
*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/16/y-combinators-cloudkick-offers-simple-cloud-management-system/
 +
 +
TechCrunch - Twitter’s OAuth Support Now In Public Beta:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/twitters-oauth-support-now-in-public-beta/
 +
 +
Arrington at Unhub:
 +
*http://unhub.com/MichaelArrington/
 +
 +
Mashable - where is the old Facebook?
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/17/new-facebook-apps/
 +
 +
Rheingold - digital literacy:
 +
*http://ictlogy.net/20090317-towards-a-comprehensive-definition-of-digital-skills/
 +
 +
Rheingold - MacArthur winners:
 +
*http://www.hastac.org/node/2018
 +
 +
Arrington - building a local news group with apps:
 +
*http://adrianshort.co.uk/2009/03/15/311/
 +
 +
Mashable and TechCrunch tweet and blog MySpaceID:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/17/myspaceid-yahoo/
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/17/myspaceid-gets-an-upgrade-but-did-it-already-miss-the-boat/
 +
 +
TechCrunch - Twouble with Twitters:
 +
*http://current.com/items/89891774/supernews_twouble_with_twitters.htm
 +
 +
TechCruch - Movable Type supports custom micro-blogging:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/15/if-you-cant-beat-em-join-em-movable-types-motion-is-microblogging-in-a-box/
 +
*http://www.movabletype.com/motion/
 +
 +
Kathy Sierra - big ROI from UI:
 +
*http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2009/03/17/uietips-amazonmagic/
 +
 +
Mashable - add-ons for managing Firefox tabs:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/18/manage-firefox-tabs/
 +
 +
Kutiman mixes YouTube:
 +
*http://thru-you.com/#/videos/
 +
 +
TechCrunch - Windows Live Messenger Now Lets You Add Chat To Your Website
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/18/windows-live-messenger-now-lets-you-add-chat-to-your-website/
 +
 +
Rubaiyat - LED sheep:
 +
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw
 +
 +
TechCrunch - Microsoft competes with AdSense:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/18/early-beta-data-from-microsoft-adsense-competitor-encouraging/
 +
 +
UgoTrade blogs etech:
 +
*http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/03/18/dematerializing-the-world-shadows-subscriptions-and-things-as-services-talking-with-mike-kuniavsky-at-etech-2009/
 +
 +
What is Google Sketchup?
 +
 +
Pressecitron tweets free icons:
 +
*http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/22-extremely-detailed-and-beautiful-icon-sets
 +
 +
Pressecitron - monochromatic websites:
 +
*http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/50-monochromatic-website-designs/
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets P2P foundation on Open Source hardware:
 +
*http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets Hacking Congress:
 +
*http://www.hackingcongress.org/
 +
 +
Pressecitron tweets breadcrumbs in web design (and Smashing Magazine in general):
 +
*http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/17/breadcrumbs-in-web-design-examples-and-best-practices-2/
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets data visualization and online storytelling:
 +
*http://adage.com/digitalnext/post.php?article_id=135313
 +
 +
==18 March 2009==
 +
Rubaiyat tweets identi.ca, microblogging using free software Laconica:
 +
*http://identi.ca/djlotu5
 +
 +
TechCrunch tweets Cloudera commercializing Hadoop:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/cloudera-raises-5-million-series-a-round-for-hadoop-commercialization
 +
 +
Mashable tweets twitter visualizations:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/16/twitter-visualizations/
 +
 +
TechCrunch tweets TweetDeck joins Facebook Connect:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/16/tweetdeck-joins-the-facebook-connect-army/
 +
 +
Mashable tweets new Facebook privacy settings:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/16/facebook-privacy-setting-everyone/
 +
 +
Mashable tweets twitter background design practices:
 +
*http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/twitter-background-design-how-to-and-best-practices
 +
 +
Mashable tweets a Twitter design resource:
 +
*http://www.tweeeeet.com/
 +
 +
Mashable tweets 100 web design resources:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/16/design-inspiration/
 +
 +
==16 March 2009==
 +
Shirky retweets trib "Most of the people *anywhere* calling themselves social media experts are about $ and not community. Fail +1":
 +
*http://explore.twitter.com/trib/status/1332908263
 +
 +
Shirky quoting Matthew Stinchomb #sxsw: "One key to getting to communications with users right is to get communication in your company right"
 +
 +
Shirky quoting J. West #sxsw: "Core community rule at Metafilter is "Don't be a jerk" -- everything else flows from that." Shirky adds: compare k.sierra's "be nice"
 +
 +
Rheingold tweets how to use feeds and pipes to find weird stuff:
 +
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_weirdest_stuff_on_the_internet.php
 +
 +
Pressecitron tweets 27 graphics about the financial crisis:
 +
*http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27-visualizations-and-infographics-to-understand-the-financial-crisis/
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets symposium on computing research that changed the world:
 +
*http://www.cra.org/ccc/locsymposium.php
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets can twitter survive:
 +
*http://www.twine.com/item/123c9051b-g8/can-twitter-survive-what-is-about-to-happen-to-it
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets: twitter saturation at sxsw, Foursquare, and SXWX Baby:
 +
*http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10196526-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
 +
 +
And here is SXWX Baby, a filtered best-of the tweets:
 +
*http://twitter.com/sxswbaby
 +
 +
Pressecitron blogue Bien debuter avec Google analytics:
 +
*http://statosphere.fr/website/index.php?post/2009/03/09/tuto-bien-debuter-avec-google-analytics
 +
 +
Pressecitron tweets twitter live in 3d:
 +
*http://twittervision.com/maps/show_3d
 +
 +
Pressecitron tweets an original CV:
 +
*[http://theportfolio.ofmichaelanderson.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/resume-infographic.jpg Michael Anderson's CV]
 +
 +
Pierre Kelman maintains wikio, ranking of French blogs by category, for instance politics:
 +
*http://www.wikio.fr/blogs/top/politique
 +
 +
Pierre Kelman on Google and alternatives:
 +
*http://www.kelblog.com/2008/12/medias-dans-tous-leurs-etats.html
 +
 +
Benoit Chopin blogs a sustainable desktop by core77:
 +
*http://www.core77.com/greenergadgets/entry.php?projectid=32
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets Andrew Chen on Twitter's unique one-way follow:
 +
*http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/03/16/friends-versus-followers-twitters-elegant-design-for-grouping-contacts/
 +
 +
==15 March 2009==
 +
Arrington tweets Scoble's next thing, Building 43:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/14/scobles-new-thing-building-43
 +
 +
Building 43 at Google shows the board with the Google Master Plan:
 +
*http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21470089
 +
 +
Scoble's new site is under construction, but if you click on the "tweet" link you generate an automatic tweet about it:
 +
*http://www.building43.com
 +
 +
Mashable tweets the social nervous system:
 +
*http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/09/internet-innovations-hive-technology-breakthroughs-innovations.html?feed=rss_technology
 +
 +
GissiSim on how to Tweetdeck:
 +
*http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/how-to-tweet-deck-like-a-pro/
 +
 +
Conférence à Paris le 25 mars:
 +
*http://www.fing.org/jsp/fiche_actualite.jsp?CODE=1236966535985&LANGUE=0
 +
 +
O'Reilly tweets Benjamin Black on complexity budget:
 +
*http://blog.layer8.net/2009/01/complexity-budget.html
 +
 +
TechCrunch panel in Paris (see for possible French tweeters):
 +
*http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/03/14/live-from-paris-techcrunchtalk-what-next-for-france-20/
 +
 +
UgoTrade tweets a computer for $12:
 +
*http://playpower.org
 +
 +
Mashable tweets web tools for handling your finances:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/15/reorganize-finances/
 +
 +
Rheingold tweets kosmix as a search engine:
 +
*http://www.kosmix.com
 +
 +
Arrington tweets Blellow, a twitter-like service that lets you show your expertise:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/15/blellow-like-yelp-meets-linkedin-meets-twitter-in-a-way-that-makes-sense/
 +
 +
==14 March 2009==
 +
Arrington tweets Aardvark social search service:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/13/aardvark-social-search-service-arrives/
 +
 +
Rheingold tweets a post about spreadability:
 +
*http://newmedialiteracies.org/blog/2009/03/if-it-doesnt-spread-its-curren-1.php
 +
*http://www.henryjenkins.org/2009/02/if_it_doesnt_spread_its_dead_p.html
 +
 +
Twitter is drowning in SXSW:
 +
*http://www.sxsw.com
 +
*http://www.sxsw.com/interactive
 +
 +
Kronos retweets the SL data vizualization wiki:
 +
*http://sldataviz.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
 +
 +
Shirky to Tim Burden on why he doesn't allow comments on his blog: I use pingback. Say anything anywhere, I'll see it. Burden: but I only have a comment worth, not a whole post. Shirky: comments lead to tragedy of the commons.
 +
 +
Pavig tweets Caustic ray tracing system:
 +
*http://www.caustic.com
 +
 +
==13 March 2009==
 +
O'Reilly's emerging technology conference (now that it's over):
 +
*http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/content/home
 +
 +
Mashable tweets CEOs should facebook:
 +
*http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/11/social-networking-executives-leadership-managing-facebook.html
 +
 +
Kronos tweets an explanation of Yammer:
 +
*http://www.aclearbluesky.nl/pivot/entry.php?id=137
 +
 +
Mashable tweets a free template for twitter:
 +
*http://theclosetentrepreneur.com/create-a-twitter-background-using-powerpoint
 +
 +
==12 March 2009==
 +
Arrington tweets web application directory Go2Web20:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/11/web-app-directory-go2web20-gets-a-major-upgrade
 +
 +
Mashable blogs Zemanta which automatically suggests links for your blog posts:
 +
*http://www.zemanta.com
 +
 +
Mashable tweets 100 twitter tools:
 +
*http://www.onlinebestcolleges.com/blog/2009/100-twitter-tools-to-help-you-achieve-all-your-goals
 +
 +
Pavig tweets update on solipsis, open source p2p metaverse:
 +
*http://www.solipsis.org
 +
 +
Mashable tweets how to twitter like a pro (good description of "twitter clients"):
 +
*http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/how-to-twitter-like-a-pro
 +
 +
TechCrunch blogs Google Friend Connect with api's:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/12/google-friend-connect-now-allows-deeper-integration-with-apis
 +
 +
Mashable tweets top 10 social networks for entrepreneurs:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/12/entrepreneur-networks
 +
 +
==11 March 2009==
 +
Shirky retweets mediacloud (the semantic web is heating up):
 +
*http://www.mediacloud.org
 +
 +
Arrington tweets how to monetize a social network:
 +
*http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/03/09/how-to-monetize-a-social-network-myspace-and-facebook-should-follow-tencent
 +
 +
Mashable plugs their own blippr (notably for submitting new applications):
 +
*http://www.blippr.com
 +
 +
Mashable blogs consumer-powered product support:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/11/tekarma
 +
 +
==10 March 2009==
 +
Arrington tweets Wolfram Alpha, computers answers to factual questions:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-computes-answers-to-factual-questions-this-is-going-to-be-big
 +
 +
Mashable tweets maintained relationships on Facebook:
 +
*http://overstated.net/2009/03/09/maintained-relationships-on-facebook
 +
 +
which links to the monkeysphere:
 +
*http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
 +
 +
UgoTrade tweets a public laboratory for developing ideas:
 +
*http://lab.signtific.org
 +
 +
Old Mashable post on Twitter tools:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2008/05/24/14-more-twitter-tools
 +
 +
which has me googling "twitter api":
 +
*twitter api wiki: http://apiwiki.twitter.com
 +
 +
And leads to curl, a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax:
 +
*http://curl.haxx.se
 +
 +
==8 March 2009==
 +
Arrington tweets backtweets doing top links:
 +
*http://backtweets.com/top-links
 +
 +
and also conversation finder "backtype":
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/06/backtype-gets-more-conversation-tracking-features-seed-funding/
 +
 +
and the Indian social timeline lifeblob:
 +
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/06/lifeblobs-redesign-takes-social-timelines-to-the-next-level-invites/
 +
 +
Rheingold tweets kerpoof, cartoon-making for kids:
 +
http://www.kerpoof.com
 +
 +
==6 March 2009==
 +
TechCrunch tweets useful Microsoft web services:
 +
*http://www.pcworld.com/article/159413/microsoft_web_services.html
 +
 +
Mashable tweets Google Calendar adds offline access:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/google-calendar-offline-access/
 +
 +
Mashable tweets from Google to Likaholix:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/likaholix
 +
 +
Mashable blogs Plinky, yet another social site:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/01/22/plinky-offers-a-new-twist-on-microblogging
 +
 +
Mashable, Disqus and UberVU launch Social Media Comments:
 +
*http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/social-media-comments/
 +
 +
Mashable tweets techrigy to track 1 billion social media conversations:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/techrigy
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John Battelle (indirectly) blogs Kutano (website comment overlay):
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*http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/03/demo-kutano-overlays-any-web-site-with-space-for-comments
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Just in case I wanna try the Disqus comment system:
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*http://disqus.com/
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Tateru blogs Ambrose on the SL grid:
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*http://www.massively.com/2009/03/05/ambrose-updates-on-second-life-grid-initiatives
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Arrington tweets the days of streaming:
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*http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/the-surfeit-of-content-life-in-the-post-optical-world
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Mashable tweets Digg toolbox:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/05/digg-new-tools
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UgoTrade tweets a french blog speaking of Pachube:
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*http://daneel-ariantho.blogspot.com/2009/03/pachube-orb.html
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Steve Gillmore on Facebook, Twitter and FriendFeed:
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*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/05/feeders-digest
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Rheingold tweets Acevedo on Network Capital:
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*http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/267/317
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==05 March 2009==
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Al Kronos testing a professional microblogging service:
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*http://www.communote.com
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Rheingold tweets Fierce Content Management (FCM):
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*http://www.fiercecontentmanagement.com/
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FCM quotes Clay Johnson saying CMS software doesn't work:
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*http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2009/02/23/content-management-systems-just-dont-work
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==04 March 2009==
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Arrington tweets Google Code Lab is like High School for APIs:
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*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/03/google-code-lab-is-like-high-school-for-apis
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Which leads to the Google Code website:
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*http://code.google.com
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Arrington tweets 360Cities:
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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvQhZH5X_U
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Mashable's social media how-to library:
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*http://mashable.com/category/how-to-web/
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Kronos tweets full-sceen GigaPan viewer:
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*http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
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Mashable's tools for freelancers:
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*http://mashable.com/2009/03/03/freelance/
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KathySierra tweets: "The killer apps aren't those that help us solve problems, but those that help us show off"
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==03 March 2009==
 
==03 March 2009==
 
Rubaiyat tweets importing sketchup models into realXtend:
 
Rubaiyat tweets importing sketchup models into realXtend:

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