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The Game is Changing in ‘Waves’

The web world has always been quick to call something a “game changer” or a “killer app” at a moment’s notice.  These sorts of declarations come largely from the early adopter crowd; a group of individuals who play a critical role in the advancement of technology.  Often times, making these sorts of statements are either: [...]

Friendfeed Ahead of its Time, Twitter Ahead in the Race

There is somewhat of a war waging between both the Twitter and FriendFeed services as of late.  More specifically, a “battle” between the services’ users.  For the most part, FriendFeed users LOVE FriendFeed and CAN’T STAND Twitter, whereas Twitter users LOVE Twitter and CAN”T STAND FriendFeed.  So, the natural follow-up to this debate is to [...]

The Current State of the ‘Real-Time’ Web

What is the Real-time Web?
If you’re not quite sure what the ‘real-time’ web is, maybe you’ve heard it called life-streaming, micro-blogging, or tweeting.  It really doesn’t matter what you call it.  The ‘real time’ web (RTW) is all about one thing: the fast transfer of knowledge.  It’s really as simple as that.  How fast can [...]

List of 6 Useful Web Sites You May or May Not Know About

I figure I’d compile a list of websites / services that have caught my attention recently.  These are sites that cover a variety of topics and uses.  Hopefully I can introduce you to something of interest…
…and don’t worry…there is nothing in here that starts with the letters “T-W-I-T”

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F*ck Business Plans, Start Blogging

Business plans have long been synonymous with business ventures, more specifically, startup ventures.  There has been much discussion as to whether companies that construct business plans are more likely to succeed compared to those companies who overlook this “holy grail” of documents.  In fact, Guy Kawasaki had posted an interesting study conducted by Babson College [...]

What Twitter has that Facebook Doesn’t

After recently rejecting Facebook’s $500 million buyout proposal, micro-blogging phenomenon, Twitter has moved forth acquiring and hiring former O’Reilly CTO Rael Dornfest. This adds fuel to the debate on whether Facebook and Twitter are rivals competing for the same online attention, or if they are instead, two totally independent online communication / information outlets. [...]

Location, Location, Location!

The web has been, and continues to be, an insanely successful platform for connecting, sharing, and discovering content. There is one tremendous aspect concerning the web that will take this internet-interaction to new heights. I’m talking about the geocentric, location-based web. We are in the early stages of this “location-aware” internet, and [...]

7 / 10 Split: Can Microsoft Pick Up The Spare?

As Microsoft announced their next operating system with the title of “Windows 7”, many question if Microsoft is attempting to revert back to their roots. Utilizing a more traditional numbered naming scheme may mean that Windows is attempting to streamline its offering and get back to basics. The highly anticipated Vista- successor may just be [...]