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Desktop Twitter Clients Are Pointless
Mar 9th
One of the driving forces behind Twitter’s popularity is access to their API. This openness has allowed users to access Twitter via a variety of third-party clients rather than the standard method of accessing a web-based service solely in a browser. A number of clients and services thrive as a result of this rather unorthodox approach to the service. What I find fascinating, and at the same time quite unappealing, is this focused reliance on using a desktop client to access Twitter.
FriendFeed Launches New Search Features – The Tap Of User Data Flows
Feb 4th
They nailed it. FriendFeed just made available massive amounts of micro-blog information ready for mass consumption and — promiscuous correlation. No stone left unturned.
Recent upgrades on their advanced search now provide Google-istic operators that make sifting through millions of mini-articles a walk in the park — ultimately getting users closer to the data they’re really after.
Web Services I Use Daily – What Do You Use?
Jan 30th
The web is littered with service after service, each only a mere few keystrokes away. There is just about any service to fulfill any need – you name it, it’s been done by someone, somewhere. While there are a host of so-called “mainstream” sites, there are also a plethora of “underground” sites which not too many people are aware exist.
As I see it, the hardest problem with all the web services offered today is attempting to differentiate between what is valuable and invaluable. What is considered useful is obviously dependent upon each individual, but there is still a baseline of sorts. The quality services are spread virally, through word-of-mouth campaigns and user advocates. How else do we find out about new and exiting services?
Are All Your Eggs In One Web Services Basket?
Jan 28th
When HoTMaiL launched in July 1996 it was unheard of to be running a “web services” business. The web-based tools we take for granted today were not available way back in the dark ages. In fact, web services were not even a glimmer in your father’s eye. In 1996 nobody envisioned transforming from operating system-based applications to in-browser-based applications. It was simply unheard of!
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