Nov 28, 2007: Communicator
A coworker purchased a Nokia 770 Internet tablet some moons ago, and I thought it was a pretty clever little device when he let me play with it. For him, it was a good option for reasonably mobile email access, since a Blackberry or Palm Treo was too small and too complicated and too expensive to use. He could take the 770 with him to and from work, and access email, the web, and internet radio from anywhere he could get a WiFi signal....
Sep 7, 2007: Google Reader Trends
I just noticed that Google Reader has a "trends" link. I don't recall seeing that before; though I admit that I don't often look at the interface for Google Reader, as I'm too focused on the news content it is displaying to me....
Apr 12, 2007: Collateral Damage
One popular technique to counter spam email from filling one's inbox is to require would-be correspondents to "authenticate" themselves prior to the delivery of an email message. For example, the first time yo send email to a particular recipient, that recipient's system sends back an email to you saying "Please click this link within 24 hours." If you click the link, then the system reasonably assumes you're a human being who read the message and followed the directions. The email you sent is now delivered to the recipient, and all future emails from you to that recipient will be sent ...
Feb 7, 2007: Google Poisoning
I have long railed against the notion of "Search Engine Optimization". I consider it to be nothing more than scam artistry. To try to make one's living by luring legitimate search traffic to your shady business operation is a very slimy thing to do....
Dec 21, 2006: Reading the News
I've been using Gregarius as my feed reader for many moons now. Prior to that, I used FeedOnFeeds. Both present the "river of news" style, whereby new posts are displayed in chronological order regardless of source. This is something to which I've grown accustomed. Many other aggregators I've looked at display new items only with other items from the same source; so to read all of the new items in all of the sites in my aggregator may require a fair number of mouse clicks. River of news is my preference, by far....