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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008One of the most exciting things about the Internet is the set of tools it provides to allow clever, but lightly funded, individuals to do things better than the big companies that have always controlled traditional media distribution. I’ve written previously about this in the example of video podcasting and the potential it has for […]
Exploring the Uncharted Lands of Plurk
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Sunday morning Leo Laporte started sending out messages on Twitter about a new social media micro-blogging site called Plurk.com. Leo is currently the most-followed person on Twitter, so as many, many people went to check the site out, Plurk got a serious trial by fire, and on the same day that they were […]
Twitter: The First One’s Free…
Saturday, May 24th, 2008It’s Saturday morning and Twitter is down HARD. Not even a “Something is technically wrong” page or other notice of that ilk. Even Down For Everyone or Just Me (great service if you’ve never used it) is unable to even render a decision. It just returns a 502 error. For those of us who’ve become […]
Watching the Skies with FlightAware.com
Friday, May 16th, 2008Ever wanted to have an air traffic controller’s view of your local airport (without the sense of lives riding on your every move)? Then FlightAware.com might be just the thing for you. It’s a flight tracker that goes way beyond the basics of arrivals, departures, and where a single plane is in […]
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