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Changes to my Tumblog

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:57:49 +0200

I stopped syndicating my Google reader Shared itmes just now. I will only tumble fro the web now. for my shared items, check out either Greader itself, my twitter-stream or FriendFeed.

Google learns to crawl Flash

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:38:26 +0200

Google learns to crawl Flash: Posted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software Engineers

Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners,…

The new internet traffic spikes

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:05:08 +0200

The new internet traffic spikes:

Theo Schlossnagle, author of Scalable Internet Architectures, gave a great explanation of how internet traffic spikes are shifting:

Lately, I see more sudden eyeballs and what used to be an…

BBC Rejects hCalendar Microformat Because Of Accessibility Concerns

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:07:24 +0200

BBC Rejects hCalendar Microformat Because Of Accessibility Concerns:

The BBC have announced that they’ll be removing hCalendar microformats from their online programme listings, because of the accessibility issues with the ABBR design pattern.

To…

gerade deshalb

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:55:51 +0200

gerade deshalb

Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3 typography showdown

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:07:22 +0200

Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3 typography showdown:

Ralf Herrmann’s typography blog has a great post up comparing the type handling of Safari 3, which doesn’t support kerning or OpenType layout features, with Firefox 3, which does in theory….

FriendFeed and The Future Of Distributed Conversations

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:43:57 +0200

FriendFeed and The Future Of Distributed Conversations: Interview with FriendFeed
Steve Gillmor and I did a video interview with Bret Taylor from FriendFeed. There are some interesting responses and content in here and it expands on a few points that…

Web Culture And The New Ethos Of Work [From Enterprise 2.0 June 2008]

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:12:14 +0200

Web Culture And The New Ethos Of Work [From Enterprise 2.0 June 2008]: I gave a presentation at the recent Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, entitled Web Culture And The New Ethos Of Work. The text below are the slide notes I developed prior to the presentation, but…

The Social Revolution: Why The New Web Matters

Fri, 30 May 2008 18:27:27 +0200

The Social Revolution: Why The New Web Matters:

[I gave this talk at the Next08 conference a few weeks ago, in Hamburg.]

What is the web worth?

How would you go about valuing it, if you had to? Is it worth all the tea in china? If…

Urban Research: Shibuya vs. Marunouchi

Fri, 30 May 2008 13:06:02 +0200

Urban Research: Shibuya vs. Marunouchi:

Shared by Rainer
ah, shibuya.

Last September we compared Sugamo and Harajuku and found so many interesting differences in the urban design for young people and the elderly. Today, PingMag…

Microsoft Bails, Yahoo's Google Threat Appears to Have Worked

Sun, 04 May 2008 11:57:14 +0200

Microsoft Bails, Yahoo's Google Threat Appears to Have Worked:

Posting what I was just sent:

Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!

REDMOND, Wash. — May 3, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal…

With Nile Guide, You Can Whittle Down Your Travel Options

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:45:18 +0200

With Nile Guide, You Can Whittle Down Your Travel Options:

Usually when people decide it’s time for a vacation, they don’t start from absolute scratch. They have ideas as to what types of experiences they’d like to have, even if they have no clue as…

What makes a design "Googley"?

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:05:34 +0200

What makes a design "Googley"?: Posted by Sue Factor, Writer, User Experience Group

Late in 2007, our User Experience (UX) group—which does user interface design, visual design, user research, web development, and user interface…

AlertThingy, The FriendFeed Desktop Application, Launches

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:21:54 +0200

AlertThingy, The FriendFeed Desktop Application, Launches:

AlertThingy, the Adobe AIR desktop application for FriendFeed that we previewed last month, has just launched. It is one of the first applications built on the new FriendFeed API.

The…

Announcing Project Virgle

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:57:33 +0200

Announcing Project Virgle: Posted by Sir Richard Branson, President and Founder of Virgin Group

In my life, I’ve had a lot of exciting adventures and launched a lot of ambitious business ventures. I’m delighted today to…

Sharing My Location Just the Way I Like It

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:57:33 +0200

Sharing My Location Just the Way I Like It: I’ve been waiting eagerly for FireEagle. It launched at ETech (video & Radar post). It’s Yahoo’s service for brokering locations. The app itself is very simple and clear; it’s the way it…

Ohne -ophon und jetzt auch ohne e7.

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:33:13 +0100

Ohne -ophon und jetzt auch ohne e7.:

Und ein Teil Deiner W??rme bleibt auch bei uns.

Ohne -ophon und jetzt auch ohne e7.

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:17:14 +0100

Ohne -ophon und jetzt auch ohne e7.:

Und ein Teil Deiner Wärme bleibt auch bei uns.

Social Graph API: One small step for Google, one giant step for the Internet Operating System

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:45 +0100

Social Graph API: One small step for Google, one giant step for the Internet Operating System:

By Tim O’Reilly

Google’s announcement today of the Social Graph API is a major step in the development of what I’ve called “the Internet Operating System.” In a nutshell, what the Social Graph API does is to lower the barrier to re-use of information that people publish about themselves on the web. It’s the next step towards the vision that Brad Fitzpatrick and David Recordon outlined in Thoughts on the Social Graph.

How many of us feel frustration when we’re asked to recreate the same…

Is OpenSocial Social at All?

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:03:52 +0100

Is OpenSocial Social at All?:

There was a lot of hype surrounding the launch of OpenSocial. Mike Arrington reported about a “select group of fifteen or so industry luminaries [who] attended a highly confidential meeting at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View to discuss the company’s upcoming plans to address the ‘Facebook issue.’” As the post unfolded it began to sound like a Hollywood movie, or at the least a television drama series. Google is planning to take on Facebook!

At the time that post was as…