DygiScape

AOL Radio, a popular free streaming music service for AOL users, has discontinued their partnership with XM Radio, effective April 30, 2008 (today). The announcement was communicated to users of AOL Radio throughout the month, but the ISP boasting more than 20M users did not provide details as to reason for the termination of the partnership. [UPDATED 8:19PM MST] Read more…

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Yesterday morning, I received a Tweet from Jason Calacanis, who is current is building Mahalo, asked for suggestions and feedback on a redesign of their site. I quickly saw how many other people were aware of his request when I saw 100+ comments (actual comments, not garbage like “this sucks” or “get a life!”)! Read more…

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I took a rather fair and balanced survey for which 2008 presidential candidate would ideal. (I was initially researching their stances on Net Neutrality, but decided this would be interesting.) Read more…

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Last week, Microsoft announced to MSN Music users that they would be discontinuing their online music service — including not honoring licensed music by means of legitimate paid DRM keys. The decision not only hurts their users, it also serves as a case study for how content distributors should not protect digital media. Read more…

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After tinkering with some Firefox Addons, I decided to install the ScribeFire addon.

ScribeFire is an intuitive add-on which empowers bloggers to blog from their Web browser (locally) instead of using an AJAXed editor, resulting in solid performance and streamlined network activity.

Just from the looks of it, having used it less than five minutes … it appears to have everything that an amateur blogger needs in addition to the tools a professional blogger wants to make their online writing easier. It integrated seamlessly with my WordPress installation (2.51), and that alone makes this worth a try for other bloggers.

Haven’t seen any ads or other distractions. This is just one heck of a useful tool that should be in a serious blogger’s arsenal.

SixApart tried to make something like this, BlogIt Facebook Application, but has failed for me and many others. It would be more successful if it was a browser addon. In my experience, I was unable to get BlogThis to work with my blog, even after several attempts.

ScribeFire’s setup was painless, set my blog up in 15 seconds!

Wow, fully integrated Technorati tags!

Technorati Tags: blogging, tools, tips, free, firefox, scribefire

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The ship hasn’t sunk — yet. AOL claims that Internet traffic to their Web sites increased 35% (page views), along with 11% growth in unique visitors. However, this begs the meme — O RLY? Read more…

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Microblogging service, Twitter, has had its fair share of success and failure. I really love it, and have been tweeting more than I have months ago, only because of the growth of it. No matter whether or not you use Twitter, there are some lessons learned in their growth for everyone to accept.

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Vivek from QuestionPro wrote about censorship and community management from a high level. He raised some great points and I’ll share my perspective. Read more…

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Just wanted to let you know that Texas Instruments will be the new tenants of the buildings previously built for AOL Development and Saves departments in Tucson, AZ. The buildings are located at the Williams Circle (5400 E block of Broadway and Craycroft). Read more…

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In an effort to help people better understand what consumer targeting is and what it could become, I share some useful info for the average consumer. (Consumers in this context are Internet users.) Read more…

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