Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
22Oct
Posted by Jeff as Companies, Enterprise Software, SaaS
Crispynews is a great “create your own Digg” service that I tried to use for the Irregulars a while back. I gave it up because I just didn’t get enough traffic to make it work like I wanted (you need *a lot* of visitors and contributors to make these things work) but I still love [...]
A 50 state diesel automobile… that’s something that hasn’t been seen since the 1980′s. According to Tom Cackette, executive director for the California Air Resources Board (CARB): “The E320 is testimony to demanding nothing but the cleanest vehicles for California. Mercedes-Benz has developed a diesel emission control system that results in a car as clean [...]
"But really, these sites aren’t about connecting and reconnecting. They’re a platform for self-branding." I really don’t agree with, or even understand, the point Stein is trying to make in this article in Time, because even in non-technology enabled social networks there is an element of branding. Stein’s critique of social networks primarily reflects a [...]
I installed SezWho on this blog a few days ago and am really liking it. One of the most significant PITA challenges in the blogosphere is managing comments. You can use services like CoComment, but my experience with their Firefox extension leaves a lot to be desired (it froze my browser frequently) so I’m not [...]
This post on Mashable caught my eye: After the recent acquisition of Gravatar, surely the company is looking for as high of a valuation as possible, which could be anywhere between $150 million to $300 million right now. Automattic has reportedly raised just over $1 million in funding. This is one of my favorite companies [...]
This is a huge win for Oracle and for its customers that are running PeopleSoft. And, if you are running your PeopleSoft application on top of the Oracle Database you’re entire stack will be Oracle’s products, with the exception of the Operating System. Think about it ….. The total cost of ownership will be dramatically [...]
SlashID is a new identity service that promises to solve the problem of having too many credentials for too many websites. I read some of the details and thought it sounded pretty interesting, so I registered: SlashID manages your passwords so that your password never leaves your computer. The SlashID doesn’t know your password, and [...]
I’ve written so many times that Sony’s PS3 is a bomb and they should just call a do-over that I am actually getting tired of the story. There’s only so much validation I can take: Sony Corp. is slashing the starting price for PlayStation 3 consoles in the U.S. by $100, its latest attempt to [...]
One of the more interesting products NewsGator has built is Social Sites, a set of templates, web parts, and profiles for Microsoft Sharepoint that extends that product in some interesting ways. First and foremost, we are layering in a comprehensive RSS feed management capability that provides end users and administrators with the ability to manage [...]
This was the only thing in this article that made me feel good. "Web-based feed aggregators such as NewsGator Online reportedly help regain access to RSS feeds." But as the article points out, China’s censors are highly developed technically and have caught on to RSS. What they will constantly be playing cat-and-mouse with though is [...]