Zemanta discovers a content worm-hole via FriendFeed

Yesterday while blogging about how different prosumers consume media I noticed that Zemanta was polling in related article suggestions from FriendFeed. Interestingly enough all the articles were from Steve Rubel, who I was blogging about. So I posted it to FriendFeed. There was some lively speculation about the new feature … Continue reading

Microblogging is about to go Supernova

Two new developments this week are the precursors to potentially huge developments. Laconi.ca and Jaiku are two other microblogging platforms. The big difference is that they are both open source. Laconi.ca has always been open source. Jaiku was an early competitor to Twitter which got bought by Google and then … Continue reading

The 2009 Recession Will Produce the Largest Wave of Entrepreneurship

This isn’t a recession, it’s a Revolution! I am proud to say that my generation; Generation X has been the largest entrepreneurial generation ever. That’s all about to change.  In preparing for my IgniteBoise presentation my friend Steve Nipper sent this great NYT article over to me: Tired of Looking … Continue reading

Your complete guide to following SXSW without having to go to Texas.

So if you’re like me, you’re NOT at SXSW But never fear, here is your complete guide to catching everything at the event without having to be there. Twitter Search will probably be the most popular real time way to keep up on all the sxsw activities. The biggest problem … Continue reading

Has Twitter driven Gmail to the #10 spot in Web visitors?

ReadWriteWeb reports that Hitwise reports that Gmail visits have outpaced YouTube Visits I’m pretty sure it’s because so many early adopters are on Twitter and early adopters tend to use Gmail. And I don’t know about you but I’ve been getting 20-30 new Twitter followers a day. Each time I … Continue reading