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Testing… testing…

Heavily hit with Bus Lag (which is like Jet lug but ten times slower) and with only a couple of hors sleep, I'm now reporting from Junin. After a Churbuckean trip (you know, answering emails while on...

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Game meets web (Finally!?)

The unveiling of metaplace has had quite a reception all around. It's been on Boing Boing, and also on Slashdot, just to name a couple. Man, they got hit so hard they had some downtime on their webpage...

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Nice little tools – Issue #1

Every once in a while there is a discovery. You install a tool so nice and simple that you keep wondering how you did things before you ever found it. That was the case with Launchy and me. I've gotten...

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Nice little tools – Issue #2

There's no need to actually write something when someone else has already made a great review of the tools. Check out Tim's review on Word 2007 vs. Windows Live Writer here. A little postdata. I'm...

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A Week in the Tweet

I've ben using twitter for about a week now. This makes me nowhere near an expert, but gives me the insight that only brand new toys can provide, after all: first impressions count. Here's the list of...

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Aggregating – Part 1

It is finally live so I can talk about it. Some time ago David asked how to aggregate 100+ feeds in a single site. He got some very interesting answers, most notably one pingback from Mark Cahill. What...

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Aggregating – Part 2

So, the challenge was to build an aggregator that could display the life lessons I mentioned on part 1. When faced with the white canvas I could of done anything. Search for a CMS, build something from...

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And then I got pipped

Here was I, ranting against Yahoo's lack of innovation. Then I came across Yahoo Pipes. I had only looked at it very briefly and, most certainly, not deeply enough. I'm sorry yahoo! Pipe's tag line...

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We Media Buenos Aires – Day 2 (Part 7)

Final part is just John Bell's keynote on Perpetual Beta. Stating that John is one smart guy is like saying rain will soak people wet.It was quite an adequate close to the sessions, I just wish some of...

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My Birthday Gift to Bill

I'm no Microsoft fan. That is a well known fact to the loyal readers of this blog. But I must admit I'm intrigued by Windows 7. I want a pre-beta. Badly. Really. I think it is the first time that...

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