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Online Task Management Systems Compared
Over the past month, I have been using and testing various online task management systems. My goal was to use a system that:
Was easy to use
Had decent iPhone integration
Gave me the most features for free
With those three objectives in mind, I set out about my task. The contenders ended up being
Remember the Milk
reQall
ToodleDo
Lets look at [...]
Twitter Goes Mainstream, Now What?
It finally happened. Last week, Twitter, the social networking site where people share bits of their life 140 characters at a time hit the mainstream. The reason? Ashton Kutcher. You know Ashton Kutcher as that guy from “That 70’s Show”, “Punk’d”, and more recently as the husband to Demi Moore (also on Twitter). It’s not [...]
Twitter vs. FriendFeed vs. Jaiku
Lets start with the basics, because many people might now know what Jaiku is. Jaiku is a combination microblog and life streaming service that was purchased by Google and is currently invite only. The thing is, Jaiku’s lifestreaming feature was similar to FriendFeed but was around before FriendFeed. I will say that FriendFeed definitely implemented the lifestreaming idea better than Jaiku.
Comcast buys Plaxo
Yesterday Plaxo announced that they were in a deal to be bought by Comcast. This resulted in a couple of more prominant online folks (Leo Laporte for example) looking for ways to cancel their Plaxo account.
I have to say, that this does give Comcast a nice collection of personal information on several of their customers [...]
Why Giving Away Free (or Cheap) Music Works
You see, I don’t really like Nine Inch Nails musically. Why? I’ve never really been the “mad at the world” type. Stuff happens, I deal, and move on as best as possible. I’m not saying that Trent Reznor is not talented, in fact I think quite the contrary and find him to be an incredibly talented musician. I just don’t like his music. And a person does not have to like everything.
The Scoble Approach to Social Media
This is a new approach to social media. Everyone is a friend (both onine and offline), and everyone has something interesting to say. This is a far cry from the tech/bloging elite that used to be in the game (and which many consider Scoble to be a part of). It is interesting that someone on Scoble’s level would take such a drastic step away from that blogging elite in search of the smaller voice. But he might be onto something.