Imbee - A Safe Place for Kids

Imbee - a project of Industrious Kid - is the “first secure social networking and blogging destination for kids.”
Unlike most social networking sites today, it has features that ensure it is a safe environment for kids. Users can’t just connect with each other by browsing profiles. They need to know the e-mail addresses and/or [...]

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Enterprise Digg Application

Digg allows its members to vote or “digg” interesting stories, with the top “dug” stories rising to the top. It’s a very geeky site right now, with most home page articles being tech focused.
There are many Digg-clones - and they mainly aim to do the same thing.
But the technology behind Digg could be used in [...]

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New Media Becomes Old Media All Over Again

I was chatting on Skype with Pete Cashmore last week and I was glad that he came to the same conclusion I have about the current state of the blogosphere. If you haven’t noticed, the rich are getting richer - big blogs are getting bigger. They are getting more eyeballs, pageviews, and advertising dollars. The [...]

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DatingAnyone.com and SingleStat.us

Two interesting “MySpace Services” that have popped up in the last week are called SingleStat.us and DatingAnyone.com.
The goal of each is to inform users when other MySpacers become single. Each have some interesting features. SingleStat.us, for example, allows you to see who others have been checking. DatingAnyone.com allows you to import your entire friends list [...]

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One Year Ago…

One year ago, I left my comfy cozy corporate confines to pursue my own business. Boy, was I naïve - and yet, it has been a wonderful journey that still continues today.
Looking back over this past year, it really has been an amazing ride. And I’ve met some amazingly smart and influential people. Believe it [...]

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Net Neutrality is More than Meets the Eye

If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that I’ve been tracking the whole Net Neutrality discussion (here and here). Well, after some considerable thought and research, I’ve finally come to my conclusion on the subject.
Unlike those on both sides of the issue, I don’t see it as cut-and-dry, ‘for’ or ‘against’ network neutrality. And [...]

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Goodbye Area 775, Hello Skype

If you recall, I cancelled Vonage back in April due to dissatisfaction with my service. I was ecstatic about the prospective of the features offered by Gizmo Project Area 775.
After some initial issues (mentioned in the original post), I received an e-mail from Eric Johnson, who works for CallWave. CallWave teams with Gizmo Project to [...]

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