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Has FriendFeed been Giving Handouts to the Big Boys of Blogging?
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/06/friendfeedgaming/
» Show detailsIt seems like, for better or worse, we just can't quite come to a decision about FriendFeed, can we? Perhaps we're resigned to an endless back and forth about the social aggregating platform. But, as many of us know, any controversy converts to traffic, which is something FriendFeed can take solace in. Getting to the point,
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Tech Royalty: When Is Our Independence Day?
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/06/a-list-royalty/
» Show details[ crown photo]Allen Stern has an excellent video up today on Center Networks that highlights one of the most frustrating foundation issues I have with Web 2.0 and social media: for whatever reason, we seem to want to have a monarchy wherever we go. In the U.S., we have a de facto monarchy created out of the entertainment industry
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TheFilter is Peter Gabriel's Solution for Filtering the Social Media Noise
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/05/thefilter/
» Show details[ filter logo]It seems odd for this child of the 80s to type that Peter Gabriel has become a technology investor. All this time I thought he wanted to be my sledgehammer, and it turns out he wanted to be my filter instead. That doesn't sound nearly as exciting, does it? It may not sound exciting, but the concept of directing the stream of
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Google Sold Us Out: The Viacom Decision
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/05/google-sells-out-user-privac...
» Show details[ Google devil horn logo parody image]I have read and re-read Judge Stanton's decision in the Google/Viacom suit more times than I really should have. At first, I was as outraged as everyone else, assuming that Judge Stanton was one more government figure without a clue how the Internet even works. So I called my mother, who works in the courts,
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Things You Can't Say About the Internet Episode 1
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/04/things-you-cant-say-about-th...
» Show detailsFor those of you who missed it, the very first episode of Things You Can't Say About the Internet is here for your listening pleasure. Most of us did a good job keeping our adult language use to a minimum, and discussion topics included Twitter clones, FriendFeed and democratization of meme tracking, why everyone should have a full feed for those
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Google Tutor: Tutorials and Tips for Google Users
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How To Use Firefox to Quickly Search In Google
http://www.googletutor.com/2008/07/05/how-to-use-firefox-to-...
» Show details[ firefox] It’s already pretty simple to use Google to search for a specific term in the provided search box next to the location bar. But did you know there is an even simpler way? If you have poked around a bit you already know that Firefox lets you choose what search engine you want to use by clicking on the (now-classic)
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Facebook Acquires ConnectU...Almost
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/04/facebookconnectu/
» Show details[ Facebook Acquires ConnectU...Almost]Have you ever sat down in a well-cushioned recliner and pondered what it would be like to be Mark Zuckerburg? I can't say that I have, though at times I've been inclined to pretend like I'm one of the richest young people in the world. However, to get where Zuckerburg did (
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6 Myths About Open Source
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/04/6-myths-about-open-source/
» Show detailsWith all the discussion of Twitter clones, the idea that Open Source software is some sort of magic bullet that will achieve scalability and free users from some concept of tyranny that results in application outages. There's obviously a huge misunderstanding about what Open Source really means, so here are six myths about Open Source: 1
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In Honor of America's Independence Day...
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/04/things-you-cant-say-about-in...
» Show detailsTonight Profy will be playing host to a new podcast called Things You Can't Say About the Internet, with me, Steven Hodson of Mashable and WinExtra, and Duncan Riley of The Inquisitr. We'll probably be discussing Twitter clones and FriendFeed zealotry as well as a number of things, so please join us tonight. With the parties involved,
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No Data Portablity? Ok, We’ll Use FriendFeed
http://www.profy.com/2008/07/04/no-data-portability-use-frie...
» Show details[ DataPortability-FriendFeed-mashup]Is not it funny how creators of various web 2.0 tools give us the tools that they intend for one thing and eventually users find unexpected uses that the developers did not even think about? This happened with Twitter - everyone talked about microblogging and we started to use Twitter mostly as a
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