By Joe on May 9, 2008
I’ve been checking out Mahalo more frequently lately, and I have to say, it’s pretty darn useful. I’ll share ten reasons why you should Mahalo various search terms to find relevant results, as well as some feedback to make it better.
Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Social Networking, Tips | Tagged News, search engine, social media, Social Networking, social news
By Joe on January 15, 2008
So, I wanted to see what happened today in technology. To my surprise, the only thing that happened was Apple’s MacBook Air release, which subsequently broke Twitter, and Engadget discovered that the battery is not self-replaceable. I’ve chronicled Apple’s Techmeme dominance below:
Personally, I think it’s good that Apple is working on refining their technology, but [...]
Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tech News | Tagged apple, internet, News, social news
By Joe on January 13, 2008
Topix CEO Chris Tolles doesn’t think anonymous (unregistered) users are that much of a risk to a community. He decided to have his engineers pull some data on registered vs. unregistered comments and their resulting kill rate from their online communities.
The data shows that unregistered users accounts for more than 80% of killed messages; however, [...]
Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Safety, Social Networking | Tagged social media, social news, Usability, web 2.0
By Joe on January 13, 2008
It is a shame when I try to read a news article on WaPo or NYTimes, I’m presented with a login curtain forcing me to register. Registering isn’t hard, it just another obstacle to getting the information I want. Many news sites have removed these barriers, but still there are several respected newspapers that believe [...]
Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tips | Tagged social news, web 2.0