Post archive for ‘Other’
Facebook opens up status searches
Remember a few months ago when I said that Facebook opening up status search would happen and it would be HUGE for consumer marketing. Well yesterday it happened, and now the status updates of anyone who has not changed the default ‘public’ setting are available for all to find.
This is such a big deal for [...]
Vision is about muddling through
As a start-up business, it’s rarely the case that what you set out to do initially is what the company ends up being successful on. The true visionary leaders are the ones who are able to ‘muddle through’, changing their ideas and company focus as necessary to fit the market demands. This post on VatorNews [...]
Dog Owners : Please Use Dog Tooth Guards !
Last week i was bitten by a rather large dog. No, it was not provoked, i was just jogging by the lake where lots of people walk & jog. Yes, it was painful and very scary. But i really only have one thing to say about it, and that is that if you are a [...]
Microsoft NATAL is freaking radical
Every so often a technology comes around, for example the creation of the mouse, that fundamentally changes how we use computers. Well if Microsoft’s demo video of their new NATAL motion sensor control system is anything to go by, they’ve got a huge hit on their hands with the potential to become the new mouse. [...]
Google Wave is very cool
If this blog is about cool new things, then Google’s new WAVE software fits right in. It’s a project they have been working on for over 4 years and it’s now finally seeing the light of day. Its goals are very ambitious - to simultaneously replace both e-mail and instant messaging to become the one [...]
The business case for sustainability
If you ever thought that making a profit and sustainability were not compatible with each other, here is Ray Anderson, founder of Interface and sustainable business pioneer, showing us just how profitable switching to sustainable business practices can be.
OpenID - Interview with Chris Messina
Robin Wauters interviews Chris Messina from OpenID about the progress of the project. Facebook fully adopting the standard is a big deal. If Twitter got on board, it could just be the tipping point in making this a real web standard.
Video Interview With Chris Messina on OpenID at Next09 (Hamburg) from Plugg Conference on Vimeo.
The latest on DataPortability
An interview by Grant Robertson catching up with Elias Bizannes, co-founder of DataPortability.org - working towards standards for internet interoperability.
SXSW 2009 : Catching up with Data Portability from Download Squad on Vimeo.