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First post on the new View from the Isle location!

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

Updates from SharedSpaces… News in the shared spaces world: Version 3.0 of Oracle Collaboration Suite (due 4Q2004) will add instant messaging services and collaborative work spaces (accessible from other messaging and collaboration applications via a Web services API). eWeek Scalix released Version 9.0 of its namesake Linux-based email and calendaring platform. New features: expanded desktop…

An interesting move, given MoveableType's recent licensing changes. I haven't tried Radio Userland. I did try using Frontier in my by-gone Mac days and met Dave Winer at a MacWorld in 1995. Even though some think that blogging is now passé, I think it is actually starting a renaissance. With the explosion of RSS and…

There is huge potential in this. TV signals, as we all know, can travel tremendous distances and aren't limited by line of sight. And, of course, can go through walls. Consumer applications of this might be interesting. First go to your TV and see what channels you don't get, set the hardware…That probably would be…

This service sounds good, but at $300/month/location, it sounds steep for most small businesses. Maybe a larger business could afford this, but when I look at systems like ASAP, even Yahoo and MSN's IM clients, I don't really see the benefit. Sure you would get higher video and sound quality, but I think only organizations…