I got a preview of the latest thing in ’social network’ sites today, PeopleAggregator (here by ‘PA’). I’m not impressed. Though, as Steve Borsch points out - it is awe-inspiring. Everything and the kitchen sink is in there - blogs, people, groups, audio, video, photos, links, search engines, everything!
Like MySpace, and Friendster before it, [...]
TechCrunch’s DeadPool is starting to feel like everyone’s favorite Web 1.0 schadenfreude site (surprisingly it’s still around).
If you’ve listened to my podcast with Robert Metcalf, you heard that I’d like some TechCrunch-esque profiles of MN-based startups. And, I thought I’d put them here at MNteractive.
As part of that effort, I’ve had a number of conversations with business owners and others interested in making MN-tech entrepreneurs more visible. According to Paul Graham’s [...]
We hear that all the time. Write to your elected officials! Let them know what you think!
Sadly, it seems that most politicians are about as tech-saavy as your average rock. So no matter how many emails you send, odds are that you’ll never hear back from them.
And that seems to be common knowlege in the [...]
Two things stood out listening the latest Om and Niall PodSession (VOIP and Mobile Integration):
Om’s hammer is telecom.
All the companies here are features, not products
This is why mash-up directories are so valuable - they tie a collection features together in a useful way (what applications are supposed to do).
On one hand, perhaps this is good [...]
Ok, you’re getting together a group of strangers for 2 days. These strangers are technically-literate, many of them probably have their own blogs. As the organizer of this get-together, you’d like to provide an online extension. Something for you and everyone else to collaboratively document their brief time together (and yes, shared with the internet). [...]
Yesterday over lunch, we wondered if there were any web design/development shops in Minnesota that ‘got’ Web 2.0. You know - highly-iterative, publish early & often, AJAX, open source, etc.
According to the Web 2.0 Innovation Map, the answer is ‘No’.
Now that Web 2.0 is Dead, Samantha Bailey will be performing the autopsy at the next UPA-MN meeting on Thursday, Feb 9th. doors open at 6pm. $10.00 for non-members.
Location:
REI Bloomington – in their meeting room
(Note: the location has changed from what was originally announced)
Address:
750 W American Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55420
Agenda:
6:00 pm Networking, food and [...]
Web 2.0…Web 2.0…Web 2.0…Web 2.0…I think we’re all getting tired of hearing that.
But, hopefully that means we’re on the verge of Web 2.1
Case in point: Blingo.com (< — my affiliate link ;o)
Blingo is a front-end to Google. You use it to search google, but the difference is that they give away random prizes throughout the [...]
May I rant? Postings have been slow as it is. ;o)
FedEx
They claimed to deliver our Mac Mini this morning at 9:30. Which is odd, as we didn’t hear the doorbell, nor a knocking at the door, nor a FedEx truck out front, nor saw a ‘hey, we missed you’ sticker left on our doorstep. We [...]