Random Bits

This article gets the brain cells going. There is a lot to the “Four 'Co's”: Communication: instant messaging, e-mail, Web conferencing, streaming video and voice tools, and other messaging solutions Coordination: calendaring, task and project management, contact management, and related technologies Collaboration: file and application sharing, discussion, wikis, blogs and other shared-space technologies Community: social…

I don't know quite to make of this, but there are some very interesting blogs listed. At least worth a look. Hot Links

Clearly AOL had to do this since both Yahoo and MSN had developed similar agreements. Even free IM is ligitimate within the business world now, so by adding these are a core requirement. Of course only fairly larger American companies could afford to take advantage of these services. Small businesses and consultants will need to…

This is a very interesting commentary on the whole will webfeeds replace e-mail debate. I agree that webfeeds are maturing and have a lot of hype right now, but I also think webfeeds will allow e-mail to mature and return to it's original use as a person to person medium. Ed Brill

This has far reaching implications. I think the major telcos of the world will be watching BT and seeing how successful the endeavour is. I hope that Canada could soon take that kind of leadership. But with our multi-company system, this kind of wholesale network rebuild is sadly unlikely. BT will be one of the…

And the discussion continues…There are some good ideas presented, but most of them are way too complicated for most bloggers or those of us who use a service like Blogger. I was thinking about the little graphic/webbug idea, but I think it would get booted from my feed. Maybe it's time for a test. How…

Well, after the terrible scandal of the reviews (some of which were written by the authors themselves, posing as other people), I wonder how this plog experiment is going to go. Amazon Testing “Plogs”

This is a definate ouch. And when you think about how people have said they are going to be using Gmail, well maybe they'll burn a little more of that data onto CD or DVD. I've explored online, automated bvbackup services. I guess they are better than a sharp stick in the eye, but I…

Sometimes a great web metrics comes around that I know most people can wrap their heads around. This is one of those articles. Here's the skinny. Develop meaningful Key Performance Indicators (they could've actually spelled out the acronym a little sooner) that help you gauge your site's success. Downloads to sales, whitepapers, page views/session, etc….

I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes Gmail. I really think it is a great technology. The fact that it is currently being offered for free with ads is part of the process. I'm sure Google, post-IPO, will have plans to license it just like their search engine for intranets. PCWorld.com – Gmail:…