Google Reader Gets More Social
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 15. Jul, 2009 | View Comments
Google Reader has long been my RSS feed reader of choice, but using it was never much of a social experience. The earlier attempts at community, from shared feeds to comments, just fell flat. Good thing the solo experience (not to mention the iPhone version) was so solid or I would have given up a [...]
Google Is Heading For A Cliff; What Will They Do?
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Personal on 22. May, 2009 | View Comments
Google is the most important company to the Internet. Hyberbole? I think not! Without Google, the Internet that we all know and love would be a very different place, as would the business of IT. Along with Microsoft and the supporting community around LAMP, Google is the very foundation of modern computing. But the foundation of Google itself, its ability to rank Internet content and present relevant information to its users, is at risk. What will they do to fix it?
BackType Is Closing The Blog Comment Hole
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 13. Nov, 2008 | View Comments
I am an avid reader of RSS feeds, relying on Google Reader to keep me up to date with the latest industry news. But there is a hole in the world of blogs – comments are a dead end. I literally read hundreds of blogs and occasionally leave a comment, but I rarely go back [...]
I Want a Real Blog Aggregator
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 19. Feb, 2008 | View Comments
I love Google Reader. I love Friendfeed. I even like Plaxo Pulse. But here’s what I want: A one-stop blog aggregator that lets me do everything for everywhere in one place. I want integrated socialization, and especially threading and integrated commenting. And I think we can do it! [...]
