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Andrew Mager is a web developer at Ning, Inc. in Palo Alto. Previously, he was an associate technical producer at CBS Interactive Business. Before coming to work in San Francisco, he was studying print & electronic journalism at Virginia Tech. With the lack of quality student media in the hills...- more about Andrew Mager »
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- 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
- Let's hope Facebook can integrate FriendFeed's special sauce
- Even since I have been stalking my high school buddies on Facebook in 2004, I can remember the thrill I got inside: "Man, this site is addictive, and I don't see it going away any time soon". As with any growing engine, you...
- Tags: Facebook, FriendFeed, Web Servers, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-18
- Please, someone build a better Wave!
- "Wave" isn't just a Google thing, it's an open protocol that anyone can build upon and implement. Google isn't known for good design they have little kids draw logos for them. The direct result of that fact is an ugly user interaction on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wiki, Team Management, Online Communications, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Twitter launches Lists: categorize the people you follow
- Twitter just added a whole new dimension to their product today. They are rolling out "Lists", which lets you group friends into easy-to-manage categories. Lists are accessible at the following URL pattern: twitter.com/username/list I think this will enable people...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., List, Lists, Team Management, Spam, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Security, Spam And Phishing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Twitter is blending and selling wine to help promote literacy
- San Francisco's Crushpad allows anyone to blend, mix, sell, and market their own recipe of vino — and Twitter is doing just that, but it's all for a good cause. The Fledgling Initiative (@fledgling) "aims to make awesome wine for the benefit of...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Wine, Maya Baratz, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Aardvark's new design: simpler, cleaner, and kinda like Twitter
- If you haven't played with Aardvark yet, you haven't fully experienced the power of the Internet. If you are unfamiliar, Aardvark lets you ask a question and promises an accurate answer from a trusted source in under five minutes. If you use...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Question, Aardvark, Vark, Spam, Web Site Development, CSS, Desktop Publishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Never see a Facebook quiz again
- Finally. Those annoying Facebook quizes and application stories can be expelled from your news feed forever. A post on Facebook's own fan page says: Once you see a quiz or annoying story, you can block it right from the feed. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Fever: A personalized Techmeme
- How can you keep track of all of this news? The information age is defined by too much information. It's overly accessible and hard to manage. It's the topic I'm most interested in researching. So I'm trying Fever°. It's a self-hosted feed reader, and it's not free....
- Tags: Video, Temperature, TechMeme, Fever°, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- We need a new Techmeme
- Or maybe I need a new home page? Gabe and Megan have a great site, but I don't think it's populating with the most relevant news content in real time. Maybe it just needs a redesign? I challenge Friendfeed or...
- Tags: TechMeme, News, Servers, Hardware, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
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