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Month: February 2007

  • Social Networking 4.0 – Meta Social Networks

    Social Networking has gone through three phases so far and I firmly believe that we are at the beginning of the fourth phase. I refer to these first three phrases from Dave Hornik’s seminal blog entry “Social Networks 3.0” written in December 2005. I accept his interpretation of the first three phrases as follows: Social…

  • Blackberry Love

    Thanks to Mark for pointing out Dateberry. Though I’m married and not looking for a “hook up”, it makes me laugh that I can relate to the paradigm.

  • No, I Won't Have Your Baby and Answers to Other Popular Questions

    Several weeks ago, Darren Rowse posted about 103bees which is an interesting service that logs the questions people ask the Googles and Yahoos of the world that result in visitors to your site. Intrigued, I installed the tiny bit of javascript on my blog and have occasionally checked in on it. It’s interesting, though. I…

  • Technosailor Sale: Anybody's Game

    Those of you following the auction over at SitePoint, the private bidder that was interested in purchasing the site backed down off the offer of $23,750. I don’t hold this against him. Essentially, the bid was contingent on some provisions that I was not able to meet. No harm, no foul. This means that the…

  • How to be a Whore the Linkbaiting Way

    Linkbaiting is the term used to describe activity the bloggers use to attract attention to posts. It is a popular trend with an unpopular connotation. Particularly when the linkbaiting is overtly negative. Some people can positively linkbait. Brian Clark of Copyblogger is a master. Other people, like Duncan Riley, link bait in such a negative…

  • Technosailor Buy it Now Price Set

    Anyone sitting on the fence wondering what the reserve price is on the auction of this site at SitePoint, I’ve modified the auction with a Buy it Now price. $30,000. The current bid is $23,750. If you want this site, now’s the time to do it. More details on the specs can be found here.

  • A Significant Winter Precipitation Event

    It’s Sunday and so we can hang a little looser and have a nice laugh. The National Weather Service has issues a Winter Storm Watch for my region stating: A SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT IN PARTICULAR…

  • If You Want to be a Cool Kid

    I notice that as well as this blog does in so many circles, I’m amazed that I only have 6 people who have made Technosailor a favorite blog in Technorati. If you want to be a cool kid, add the blog to your favorites today.

  • Interviewed by the After Mac

    It’s no secret that I am an Apple fanboy now. :-) Juan interviewed me about my switch from Windows to Mac.

  • EMI Preps DRM-Free Library

    In the ongoing flurry of DRM-related posts, it would appear that EMI is prepping to release a significant portion of it’s library as DRM-free music.