There’s been an increase in the number of blogs starting up. It’s like we’ve reached some sort of critical mass where many more people know what a blog is than did even a year ago. I see blog after blog with one post (quite often the WordPress “Hello World”) and maybe a “I’m going to […]
Category Archives: Organizing
An Awesome List of Web 2.0 Apps
Holy schmoly what a list! If you’re looking for a way to tell a story using Web 2.0 tools you’ve got to look at this list of what’s out there at this moment web history: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools The list was compiled by Alan Levine and works best when you’ve already got your story idea or concept […]
Facebook Names and Privacy Concerns
So there’s this new application out there — you may have heard about it — it’s called “The Facebook.” I jumped on briefly when Rob was doing some developing and wanted me to do some testing with him. I know people who are deeply involved with their Facebook accounts but I didn’t really think of […]
Intelligent Gmail
I’m blown away. Something that *should* be, actually *is*. Say for instance you have a gmail address with a “.” (dot) in it, say for example sixteen.punches@gmail.com. If someone sends mail to that address — or the same address but does not include the dot the mail will find you at the right address. Sixteenpunches@gmail.com […]
Other obscure file types
I wrote a while back about my struggles opening .docx files. Though not exactly obscure, they were new at the time and presented an unnecessary headache when all I wanted to do was read the document. Today I was presented with another new-to-me file extension: .hqx Some other people who also received the document complained […]