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Parse.ly: better feeds with less garnish

I haven't figured out a way to manage Google Reader. I tried using Fever, but it doesn't find news that matters to me... and it cost $30. Techmeme is my home page, but I think it needs an upgrade. I would like a feed...

Tags: E-mail Providers, Engineering, Cloud Computing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Video alpha app released on the Palm Pre

The guys at Precentral have a post on the new Precorder video app being unleashed into the wild today. A friend of mine got the app working on his Pre this morning while riding the train. Check out the video: Not bad, huh?...

Tags: Palm Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-24

What's Happening Twitter? Slight languages changes have meaning

For eons, people described Twitter as an application that asked, "What are you doing?" When you first hear that, you might think it's invasive. I've always wanted to tweet, "None of your business," or "What's it to you?" When a...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Productivity, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Twitter adds "follow" buttons for your site

This isn't big news, but I thought it was useful information. Twitter just added a new page with buttons that you can use on your site. These icons were designed by the wonderfully talented Vitor Lourenço. by Andrew Mager

Tags: Twitter Inc., Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Forget touch screen, just breathe into it

Imagine being able to switch songs on your iPod by just blowing on your zipper jacket. Or moving a mouse on a computer screen with your telephone headset microphone. These are just a few examples of a new project called SensaWaft that lets you control a...

Tags: Touch Screen, Contest, Productivity, Keyboards, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Beware: Spam on Facebook and Twitter has reached epidemic

They say you're really made it in the web industry once you are a target for spam, but it's gone too far on Facebook and Twitter. Besides nasty wall and mini-feed spam, Facebook's group application has been the easiest place to phish users....

Tags: Facebook, Twitter Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Channel Management, Construction, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Photos: Mozilla celebrates Firefox's 5th birthday in San Francisco

Last night at Terra, Mozilla hosted a birthday party to celebrate 5 years of Firefox. Besides having the Creme Brulee Cart and The Pie Truck, they had some amazing cakes see above. Are you a Firefox user? I'm in love...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Photograph, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Make Facebook Lite your default experience

I discovered a new setting in Facebook that allows you always use the lighter, faster version of the website. Just login here and check the Facebook Lite box: http://lite.facebook.com/settings/defaultsite/ If you use Facebook a lot, you know it's kinda sluggish....

Tags: Facebook, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-10

5 quick Microsoft Entourage keyboard shortcuts

Mac users: If you're used to managing your schedule and contacts with Outlook, switching to Microsoft Entourage isn't familiar. Your mail and calendar software should be quick and simple to use. Here are some quick tips that should save you some time and frustration: ...

Tags: Message, Microsoft Corp., Keyboard Shortcut, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Web Browsers, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Internet, Hardware, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-02

CNET launches social news river

When I worked at ZDNet as a tech producer, the term "river" meant "flood of new content". I guess CNET uses the same terminology. CNET River is a new perspective on their content. It includes blog posts, videos, photo galleries, and Twitter updates from the staff: ...

Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., Blog, CNET River, Blogging, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Twitter now explains trending topics

Twitter recently integrated real-time trending topics into your home page, but they never really explained them, until now. Who writes these explanations? Do they come from Brizzly or WhatTheTrend? by Andrew Mager

Tags: Twitter Inc., Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-28

How to revert your Facebook home page back to show live status updates

Facebook recently screwed up their home page. Here's how to fix it: Click here to view this video at a higher resolution. Log in to your Facebook home page and then click the More link at the bottom of the...

Tags: Facebook, Home Page, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Fake Google Chrome OS looks a lot like Ubuntu

Earlier today, there was a lot of buzz about the new Google Chrome OS beta. I downloaded it, and installed it... and then found out it was a hoax. The fake is actually based on OpenSuSE, which looks a lot like Ubuntu. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Operating System, Google Chrome, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Operating Systems, Quality, Business Operations, Software, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Threadsy: personal and social media convergence [invites]

Messages are ingested in so many formats on the web today: email, Facebook Inbox, Twitter DM—even Twitter @reply. Threadsy is bringing it all together better than anyone I've seen to date. They've done such a good job that I don't even need to login to my GMail,...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter Inc., Social Media, Convergence, Threadsy, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-26

CNN.com launches cleaner, more personalized design

The new homepage of CNN looks great. I love the grid layout and clear headlines. The colors are bold, but they don't interfere with the content. CNN added the "News Pulse" tab to their main navigation. It's different view...

Tags: CNN, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Facebook launches confusing, counterintuitive, broken UI

When you login to Facebook today, you might notice a slightly different news feed. There is a link that says "View Live Feed"... but wait. What makes something "news" and what makes something "live"? Okay, I'll click the new button. ...

Tags: Facebook, Newsfeed, AJAX, Team Management, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Foursquare partners with Bay Area Rapid Transit

Today, BART announced a partnership with location-based social network Foursquare. BART will award $25 promotional tickets each month for the next three months to riders chosen at random from all the riders who have logged Foursquare check-ins at BART stations, starting in November. Foursquare...

Tags: Station, Bay Area, Foursquare, BART, Business Structures, Social Networking, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Twitter search results on Google are... distracting in a good way

When we are hunting for information, recency is relevant. For the past few days, I have been using a Greasemonkey script that displays Twitter search results alongside Google queries. It shows the latest 3 updates from search.twitter.com. by Andrew Mager

Tags: Google Inc., Twitter Inc., Search Result, Search, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Magic Mouse: Apple tries to reinvent something that already works fine

Has Apple made its first good mouse? I can't tell if it looks like a spacecraft, or a waffle maker... The whole thing is a button, and you can use gestures to scroll and pan around, just like the touchpad on Apple laptops....

Tags: Mouse, Apple Inc., Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-20