Site of the Day
This new site features realtime image search of twitter type apps. IT pulls together images via search in social media and sharing sites based on words and tags. Pretty cool concept and useful to see images of a certain event.
urbandictionary.com
•February 6, 2010 • Leave a Comment
Site of the Day
Ran across this Web site that has been around for quite awhile. UrbanDictionary is a site for modern language and words of today. Go to the site and input a word and the site will define what that name means in a kind of hip definition way. I put in my name to see how they viewed a “Todd.” Ha. I got a good laugh. The first definition describes a todd as a towel snapper/frat boy type and follows up with a use of the word in a sentence. “Quit being such a Todd.” See what your name means at:
Top Tech Blogs
•December 11, 2009 • Leave a CommentI did some reaearch on tech blogs recently and ran across this line up of the top tech blogs from a compilation of compete.com and a few other top ten lists.
TechCrunch
GigaOm
Engadget
Gizmodo
VentureBeat
Silicon Valley Insider
Meritalk
ReadWriteWeb
LifeHacker
WSJ
New York Times
CNET
BusinessWeek
ZiffDavis
Wired
CIO
eWeek
NetworkWorld
InformationWeek
Highest Ranking Media Sites
•December 11, 2009 • Leave a CommentOriginal Post 03.09.2009
Media search company Technorati is about to release The Technorati Attention Index, which measures the mainstream media websites with the highest number of blogs linking to them in the past 30 days. Right now it has a blog post with the inaugural list. YouTube takes the top spot with the New York Times, BBC News, CNN.com, and MSN rounding out the top five. Compared to the top non-blog sources on Techmeme’s leaderboard, which is a narrower universe of sites which tech blogs link to, the top five mainstream media sites there are CNET News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Computerworld.
technorati - ranking the web
Here’s the top five from Technorati’s index:
1. YouTube
2. New York Times
3. BBC News
4. CNN.com
5. MSN
1. YouTube
2. New York Times
3. BBC News
4. CNN.com
5. MSN
MSN Really? Who goes here? I have not visited this portal since 99…
6. CNET
8. Reuters
The Mobile Browsers…next generation of Web surfing
•December 11, 2009 • Leave a CommentOriginal Post 02.28.2009
foxfire!
I’ve been researching and testing mobile browsers a lot these days. The mobile browser and web surfing through your cell phone is becoming more popular, however it has not taken off as fast as we thought. I believe that we will finally have to address and fix the problem in general with bookmarking and surfing before mobile browsers will take off the way home browsers have. It is just simply to hard to type in long url in a mobile browser for specific site access, especially if you don’t have a full keyboard and smartphone. In order to make mobile browser the first thing a cell user launches we will need to completely re-think the bookmarking/ favorites way of enabling oneclick access to the best web sites and personalized to an individual level. Sure there are tools out there like delicious etc but it is time for a complete overhaul for the browser interface for saving and managing bookmarks.
Competition among mobile browsers gets stronger and stronger. In addition to the preloaded ones, such as Internet Explorer, Symbian, Safari and the already established Opera Mobile, we also have Bolt, Skyfire and Fennec. The last one, as you may know, is Mozilla’s attempt to enter the market. According to Jay Sullivan, Fennec is just a codename and the final product will be called Firefox. No, it’s not Firefox Mobile just Firefox.
This is not the only thing that will be borrowed from the PC version. As we have already informed you, tabs and add-ons will also be at your disposal on the phone. These can be synchronized with the ones from your computer, along with the stored bookmarks and passwords. What’s new here is that you have the opportunity to use the tabs that you have opened on your computer. This is a pleasant feature, especially if you have to leave your comfy chair, while you’re examining an important web site, the address of which you do not remember.
Skyfire Windows Mobile Browser
Firefox Mobile Browser Fennec - not quite ready for prime time
Fennec Beta 1 walkthrough from Madhava Enros on Vimeo.
Top 100 Social Networking Sites
•December 11, 2009 • 1 CommentOriginal Post 11.30.2008
This list was posted by http://www.dulcenegosyante.com/ in 2008 showing the top social networking sites for the year.
Rank Social Networking Sites
1 http://360.yahoo.com/ (1/7)
2 http://www.orkut.com/ (2/9)
3 http://spaces.live.com/ (4/ 
4 http://www.myspace.com/ (6/
5 http://www.facebook.com/ (7/
6 http://www.hi5.com/ (8/6)
7 http://www.friendster.com/ (14/7)
8 http://www.fotolog.com/ (15/7)
9 http://www.livejournal.com/ (60/8)
10 http://www.xanga.com/ (99/7)
11 http://www.bebo.com/ (104/7)
12 http://www.multiply.com/ (108/6)
13 http://www.linkedin.com/ (205/7)
14 http://www.stumbleupon.com/ (298/8)
15 http://www.gaiaonline.com/ (300/6)
16 http://www.last.fm/ (304/7)
17 http://www.piczo.com/ (351/6)
18 http://my.opera.com/community (495/8)
19 http://www.buzznet.com/ (593/6)
20 http://www.imvu.com/ (607/6)
21 http://www.twitter.com/ (639/8)
22 http://www.squidoo.com/ (728/7)
23 http://www.mybloglog.com/ (769/7)
24 http://www.wayn.com/ (816/5)
25 http://www.slashdot.org/ (1,094/9)
26 http://www.blackplanet.com/ (1,136/5)
27 http://www.ning.com/ (1,286/7)
28 http://www.myyearbook.com/ (1,403/5)
29 http://www.meetup.com/ (1,664/8)
30 http://www.classmates.com/ (1,692/7)
31 http://www.unyk.com/ (1,865/4)
32 http://www.vox.com/ (1,897/7)
33 http://www.faceparty.com/ (2,058/5)
34 http://www.yuwie.com/ (2,124/5)
35 http://www.yelp.com/ (2,177/6)
36 http://www.hubpages.com/ (2,632/6)
37 http://www.secondlife.com/ (2,771/8)
38 http://www.nexopia.com/ (3,378/4)
39 http://www.mobango.com/ (4,085/4)
40 http://www.43things.com/ (4,204/7)
41 http://www.tribe.net/ (4,211/6)
42 http://www.fanpop.com/ (4,839/5)
43 http://www.reunion.com/ (4,968/5)
44 http://www.greatestjournal.com/ (5,150/5)
45 http://www.care2.com/ (5,176/6)
46 http://www.migente.com/ (5,272/5)
47 http://uk.tribe.net/ (5,635/1)
48 http://community.adlandpro.com/ (6,207/1)
49 http://www.broadcaster.com/ (6,246/5)
50 http://www.ecademy.com/ (6,710/7)
51 http://www.couchsurfing.com/ (7,058/6)
52 http://www.downelink.com/ (7,490/5)
53 http://www.mog.com/ (10,312/6)
54 http://www.gazzag.com/ (10,458/1)
55 http://www.ryze.com/ (13,792/6)
56 http://www.gather.com/ (14,294/6)
57 http://www.zaadz.com/ (15,909/5)
58 http://www.librarything.com/ (17,191/7)
59 http://www.xuqa.com/ (18,810/5)
60 http://www.directmatches.com/ (19,811/3)
61 http://www.profileheaven.com/ (20,430/5)
62 http://www.dogster.com/ (22,382/6)
63 http://www.eons.com/ (23,951/7)
64 http://start.aimpages.com/ (26,586/6)
65 http://www.passado.com/ (29,966/5)
66 http://www.ruckus.com/ (31,343/6)
67 http://www.travbuddy.com/ (31,852/5)
68 http://www.student.com/ (32,949/5)
69 http://www.sosyalan.com/ (39,410/3)
70 http://www.graduates.com/ (56,012/5)
71 http://www.tagworld.com/ (56,274/6)
72 http://www.takingitglobal.org/ (58,663/6)
73 http://www.blurty.com/ (72,692/5)
74 http://www.bizpreneur.com/ (88,278/3)
75 http://www.deadjournal.com/ (106,356/6)
76 http://www.mygamma.com/ (108,786/1)
77 http://www.trade-pals.com/ (119,086/4)
78 http://www.musicforte.com/ (123,719/6)
79 http://www.consumating.com/ (124,922/7)
80 http://www.meetin.org/ (132,335/4)
81 http://www.wallop.com/ (150,190/6)
82 http://www.mugshot.org/ (181,098/7)
83 http://www.dandelife.com/ (188,889/6)
84 http://www.dodgeball.com/ (189,116/6)
85 http://www.groovenet.ph/ (204,372/3)
86 http://www.itsjustcoffee.com/ (242,134/4)
87 http://www.oyaye.com/ (243,763/3)
88 http://www.socialgrid.com/ (285,886/5)
89 http://www.tripconnect.com/ (327,071/6)
90 http://www.decayenne.com/ (349,546/4)
91 http://www.listography.com/ (436,905/4)
92 http://www.flingr.com/ (458,075/4)
93 http://www.kontakan.com/ (641,254/3)
94 http://www.katropa.com/ (932,484/4)
95 http://www.intellectconnect.com/ (940,414/3)
96 http://www.bizfriendz.com/ (975,651/3)
97 http://www.sitespaces.net/ (1,040,719/3)
98 http://www.refer-online.com/ (1,433,365/3)
99 http://www.yapperz.com/ (1,741,210/3)
100 http://www.babbello.com/ (1,994,389/4)
Top Photo Sharing Sites
•December 11, 2009 • Leave a CommentOriginal Post 11.29.2008
So much has changed with the web and mainstream adoption of sites and tools for the everyday online user. A ton of people are taking advantage of photo sharing and video sharing sites to host and share their pictures and vids. The whole problem with hosting a large amount of space on a personal blog or site to share your memories has quickly shifted away to free solutions that are easy to use and are gaining wide spread adoption.
My boys at Disneyworld in 2008Here is my year end 2008 list of best of photo sharing sites:
Share your pictures through photo messages, online photo albums, custom prints and gifts.
Fully flash built interface with 3D slideshows and an image editor.
Free unlimited photo hosting for blogs, 9 cent prints, and photo contests.
Free unlimited storage, 12 cent prints, as well as calendars and photo books.
One of the oldest and most trusted of these sites, PBase is not free, but has a really nice gallery and excellent community.
Arguably the most popular and widely used photo sharing site these days, a free and unlimited Pro option with geotagging and 15 cent prints. was originally conceived in 2002 as a video game-screenshot sharing web site, but it quickly blossomed into a full-fledged photo sharing site with a bustling community. The now Yahoo-owned site offers free accounts with limitations placed on photo uploads and other features, while the $25/year Pro account promises unlimited uploads, storage, and sets. Flickr, like many of the others, also recently added video sharing to their repertoire.
Unlimited photos, unlimited storage, but no free account if you want to share with others. mugMug is a premium photo sharing web site with an emphasis on professional photography. That’s not to say that the site’s not also perfect for the weekend photographer, as its attractive and user-friendly interface is tempting for any level of photog. The biggest hurdle for new SmugMug users is that the site has no free account (though there is a 14-day free trial), and the minimum price for an account is $40/year. However, SmugMug users—many of whom are former Flickr die-hards (there’s even an import tool called Smugglr)—seem very pleased with their choice
Nice site with a focus on branding and sales. Unlimited storage and uploads, with an FTP option.
Geared toward serious shooters and pros, PrintRoom lets you create a web storefront for your photos.
This one has been catching on, and offers 1GB storage on their free account, and 5GB on their pro with unmetered bandwidth. Once upon a time, Photobucket was a favorite among internet users looking to quickly host an image and share it online at sites like eBay and MySpace or on blogs and message boards. While that’s still true, Photobucket has added several features to keep users coming back to the site for managing photo albums and videos
Picasa
Web Albums are the online counterpart to Google’s popular, Windows- and Linux-only desktop photo organization software, Picasa. Despite its late entry to the photo sharing game in mid-2006, Picasa Web Album’s seamless integration with Picasa and Google accounts quickly gained the service a large following. A free account with Picasa Web Albums gives you 1GB of free storage space, and you can buy extra storage that’s shared with your Gmail account for anywhere between $20/year for 10GB to $500/year for 400GB.
This one is mainly a community site but so many people are using this now and the picture and video sharing is extremely easy to use to it also gets a 2008 year end nod for photo sharing.
Social eCommerce Shopping
•December 9, 2009 • Leave a CommentOriginal Post 08.06.2008
Is this a new trend on the Web? Many think so as number of users and buzz begin to increase around these types of interactions. There are several sites out there that are combining the notion of the social Web with traditional eCommerce sites. There is a good article that I read http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/64059.html?welcome=1218028321 outlining a few of the sites and trends happening in this space…
Read Write Web and Facebook Redesign
•December 8, 2009 • Leave a CommentOriginal Post 07.20.2008
I found a new Web tech-e geek site to add to my list of technology sites to run through on my daily search for knowledge. The site is ReadWriteWeb. It’s kind of a news/blog site and I’ve read a couple of good articles on there recently. The latest article is one I have been following. It seems as though Facebook is coming out with an updated design tomorrow and they are billing it as getting back to what made them so popular, which is a good clean design. Read the latest article “Will facebook profile tabs lead to a better Apps?”
Here is my personal facebook page…lets see if it gets more usable.
The Red Queen of eCommerce
•December 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Original Post 7.16.2008
I read a great article today from ecommerce times concerning the ecommerce world today. Makes me want to buy more stuff online…
There are five must-have features e-tailers should incorporate into their online businesses, according to Joe Chung, cofounder and CEO of Allurent: interactive merchandising, advanced shopping tools, rich media, advanced search and guided navigation, and social commerce. The Red Queen in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass lives in a very curious world where, as she explains to Alice, “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.”
I think that sentence sums up the world of e-commerce with uncanny accuracy: No matter how hard we work to knock items off the priority list, there are always new ones popping right up to take their place.
The current economic recession is distressing, but it is also a perfect opportunity to seize the initiative and address the features and functionality that will define the third generation beyond the basic page-based shopping model that we’ve lived with for so long. As the Red Queen herself said, “If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast!”
There are some interesting sites mentioned leading form and functionality in this space for ecommerce:
