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Great interview. Worth reading all three pages. Clearly this blog is “Blogger Powered”, but the ideas presented here are important. I'm not chearleading for Blogger. I like Blogger and all, being free is important, but I would like to try other open-source or GPL blog software in the future. Google's Blogger Boss Focuses on the…

This is cool! Amy is right on the money for the applications of having a webfeed calendar. How about your dentist, if it tied into their booking software could push the reminder for your check up to you. Might be interested for group collaboration and scheduling. Platform agnostic to receive. Webfeeds are certainly taking off…

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…

Bloggers suffer burnout I've only been seriously blogging for a little while now, but I can comiserate with this Wired article. I look at each post I read from my 80+ feeds I read now and wonder “should I post this?” I wonder if it's interesting enough, what value I can add, etc. A lot…

I really like this piece of commentary. I can't live without IM. I IM with my coworkers 40 nautical miles across the Straight of Georgia in Vancouver and my wife maybe 20 feet up in her office in the house. It's fast easy and can be simpler than a phone call or e-mail. But…some folks…

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…