January 2009
Recently, I've been in the market for an online backup solution that will automatically backup all the files on my computer. One thing I neglected to think about backing up, though, was the bits and... Read More
Tomorrow, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. One of the major reasons he got to that point was the network of supporters he built on the web -- but are those... Read More
Google is reportedly testing a new search personalization feature called "Preferred Sites" that will allow users to boost the rankings on results pages of their favorite sites. But is that a good... Read More
Where do you go to find independently grown and produced food products from artisan food makers? Generally, you go to a local farmer's market, if your city has one. If not, you're out of luck.... Read More
A new project from Yahoo! developer Vik Singh called TweetNews mashes up Twitter and Yahoo! News. Twitter is a great platform for exposing breaking news, so the idea is sound, but the implementation... Read More
Through photos, video, blogging and social interaction, thisMoment creates a user experience unlike any I know of. Imagine Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, Delicious, Facebook, MySpace and more, all... Read More
Wikipedia turns eight years old today, and Yahoo! gave the crowd sourced encyclopedia project a big birthday present: Yahoo!'s Wikipedia search application is now turned on by default for US users.Read More
Twitter can affect positively your Alexa rankings by sending visitors to your pages. Usage data is a sign of quality for Google and all the other search engines. If you can make people come to your... Read More
Do you develop Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)? Or want to? Check this out… Finally! How it all fits together – The Adobe Flash Platform explained! You’ve heard the buzz words, right?... Read More
Cloud-based web hosting provider Joyent announced the acquisition of Reasonably Smart today, a scaling platform as a service technology described by the company as a direct competitor to Google App... Read More
If you're an avid RSS user, then you've probably felt the effects of information overload. Filtering your feeds might be the solution to that problem, and we've got 500 beta invites to a brand new... Read More
Though most of the videos are YouTube would not be appropriate for children, there are a number of videos that are great for them to watch. Weeding out the bad from the good is the issue. That's... Read More
Digital art is cool, but there's still something about analog. Here are five in a unique class of web sites that marry digital distribution with analog creation -- and specifically, with artistic... Read More
In July, Joss Whedon put a low-budget, 42-minute film on the Internet for free. Within hours, the flood of fans had crashed the distribution site's servers, and six months later Whedon has a... Read More
