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Entries from October 26th, 2006

Top Sites in the US, 10/26/06

October 26th, 2006 No Comments

Some of the most popular sites are the most fugly. It makes me feel good about my dorky-looking blog. :) http://www.ebay.com/http://amazon.com/http://www.facebook.com/http://www.comcast.nethttp://imdb.com/http://www.weather.comhttp://sportsline.com/

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Links of the Day 10/26/06

October 26th, 2006 No Comments

JPG Mag – Social photo-sharring (a la Flickr), meets an artsy magazine; some really beautiful photos here. RIP Odeo – Mega Blogger Om Malik reports on cannibalistic buy-out of Podcast start-up Odeo, which suggests what seems to have been a DUH! thing all-the-while — podcasting is very niche and has little future next to richer [...]

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Forrester Research’s Consumer Forum ’06

October 25th, 2006 No Comments

While I migh be slighly biased, I must say Forrester’s Consumer Forum seems to be kicking all kinds of ass. For those of you, like me, who can’t be there this year, check out the Consumer Forum blog where you’ll find a summary of many of the panels and talks, and some really great ideas. [...]

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I never thought Celine Dion and I would agree on anything…

October 8th, 2006 No Comments

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Here’s some Puccini for you, Aretha Franklin style.

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Read-er the fine print

October 4th, 2006 1 Comment

The new Google Reader interface is driving me nutso! Yes, there are more features, like other ways to mark articles as read vs. unread. But, really, the basic experience of a reader is simple. Aggregate content, show it to me, repeat. That’s it! Any time a design team says they’ve improved something by adding “more [...]

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