Microsoft buys Lookout to boost search
Now isn’t this interesting. I was just looking at this tool a few days ago. Google is making a tool. Apple is working on a tool. X1 is a hot tool. I’ve just...
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Webconferencing…always have a back up plan
Earlier in the week I wrote about trying Macromedia's Breeze and Convoq's ASAP today I had the chance to put ASAP to the test. As it turned out this test not...
Blog as website
Maybe my hopes for avoiding a Blubble have been dashed. Here is an excerpt from the most recent Blogger Knowledge post: > What If? > What if building a web s...
Six Apart Blogs in Europe
Blogging must be picking up steam if companies have started buying each other. My only hope is that a "Blog Bubble" (maybe a "Blubble"?) doesn't form then th...
It's here: Groove Virtual Office v3.0. We also launched this updated web site;…
Here's the official post on the Groove blog about v3.0. As I write this I'm applying the updater to move from v2.5 preview to v3 (preview I assume). Stay tun...
Saving Some Benjamins
I've snipped out most of this post to focus on using blog software to run and intranet (or internet) site. This, I think, a large untapped area that I am per...
TravelMessenger update
A goodly while back (I don't remember when, but when I move my blog I'll have search...) I wrote about TravelMessenger. I seem to remember thinking it was a...
Conferencing on the fly
Last week I was able to catch two webinars on presentations over the web. First I caught the Breeze as eLearning tool. As an eLearing tool I thought it was p...
Groove (VirtualOffice) v3.0 now out
In case you hadn't stopped by Groove's website today, the new version is out and preview downloads are available. I haven't downloaded it yet, but will very...
Trying Open Office 1.1.2
I was thinking over the weekend that I wanted to save a presentation I did in June in Flash to make available online. So I go looking (online of course) for...
Yahoo acquires Oddpost to bolster e-mail
The free e-mail/web-based e-mail wars are definitely heating up. With the purchase of Oddpost I think Yahoo is going to try to woo more people to web-based e...
Custom Keyword Webfeed Tool: Blogdigger
Interesting tool Amy has found called Blogdigger. Feedster is pretty flaky. I've got two feeds I track, but I can't get back into my account to edit, delete,...
RSS to IM for ads?
MessageCast has developed a way to RSS feeds into customers MSN IM boxes. Interesting idea. It does get around spam, it can sense if you're offline and send...
The Secret to KM Success
There is an interesting premise here. Eliminate hierarchy with a flat organization be more efficient and share knowledge. In a Utopian sense I agree with it....
Another blogging project
Because, like many Internet folks, I just seem to need to be invloved in lots of projects I am also writing on another blog. My friend Jon Suk hosts this web...