Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Daily Show Goodness – Amazing how Beck’s message changes depending on what’s going to drive ratings. Simply amazing.
- This image explains why Google Reader is the new Friendfeed #greader #ff #svpt – Been seeing a fair amount of chatter about this, esp. since FriendFeed has been acquired by Facebook. Never having used FF, I can’t speak to their similarity, but I can certainly attest to how cool GReader is.
- Mind Mapping Tools: Online Guide To Web-Based MindMap Drawing Services – I’ve played with these a bit before, and I think they could have some good application for both business and home (e.g., gaming prep) — but I’ve not hit that tipping point moment with them, yet, where they become an essential part of my tool belt.
- Google reader “like” and the shared discovery process – I’ve given up on flagging “Like” on posts for two reasons: (1) the effect described here doesn’t seem worth the effort, and (2) the term is ambiguous — do you like the post, what the post is talking about, or what? But mostly the former — I don’t drill down to see who else is liking something, so I don’t imagine a lot of other folks are, either.
- My Simple Wish List for Google Reader – All good wishes. I’d like to see “Share with Note” not spawn new instances of the item.
- Op-Ed Contributor – Why We Need Health Care Reform – NYTimes.com – “But let’s make sure that we talk with one another, and not over one another. We are bound to disagree, but let’s disagree over issues that are real, and not wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that anyone has actually proposed. This is a complicated and critical issue, and it deserves a serious debate.”
- Right-Wing Health Care Group Tricked British Women Into Appearing In Anti-Reform Ad – “But remember, kids, it’s okay to lie and misrepresent and distort in a good cause. The ends always justify the means.”
- Firefox Only: Add a Retweet Button to your Twitter Account Now with Better Twitter – A cool idea, though the need for it seems reduced by the new Twitter announcements.
- Free Tools to Back Up Your Online Accounts [Cloud Computing] – All valuable advice. Just because your critical data is with an online service doesn’t mean you can ignore backup needs.
- Far Foods – An interesting idea. Though I suspect most folks would look at it and say, “Wow, isn’t that just amazing …”
- Tr.im URL Shortener Shuts Down; Short Links to Die? – I only use URL shorteners with Twitter, and that only because the format requires it. It’s sobering to think that, instead of gradual bit rot, the demise of a service like Tr.im (or tinyURL or Bit.ly) could serve as bit ebola.
- Microsoft: IE6 Cannot Die – We finally, in my company, have an initiative evaluating IE8 to replace IE6. But we’re still finding applications we have (or versions thereof that we still use) that don’t work properly in IE8.
- TWITTER ANALYSIS: 40% of Tweets Are Pointless Babble – Which is all very interesting, but begs the question: how much of the stuff that is said in Real Life is “pointless babble” as well? More than that, I’d suspect.
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