Amazon Testing “Plogs”

Microsoft is moving, as I would expect, quickly to take advantage of Yahoo and AOL's departure from the business IM space. If they start offering tools to migrate from Yahoo or AOL to MSN, then that would be really interesting. Picking Up the Im Pieces: “The retreat of Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. from…

This is a very interesting technology and could be a great benefit to home users too if you could just plug in a “system cleaner” Ostensibly it could something people could check out from a store or local computer company to run and return. For telecommuters it would be very handy for trips back into…

Although some say that IM spam (spim) is becoming a problem, I haven't seen it and Dina Mehta makes good points at why the IM model, for example Skype, works. The default setting is to require permission to contact you and you can deny permission at anytime. Sure, this would make e-mail a little more…

I don't think this is a terribly new idea, but one that has been used under the guise of “Typical user”, etc. Regardless, the philosophy behind personas is powerful and important: “Design with your users in mind.” Of course you might have several different personas to manage. A browser, an existing customer, a potential customer,…

I saw this posted on Scobleizer and it is fancinating. Best way to explain it is that it is a kind of Zeitgeist for current news. I've only spent about five minutes looking at it, so I think tracking it over a day or so will really give me an idea of its value. Probably…