February 15, 2010
I think Greg Gershman put it best when Google Buzz first launched:
There is a serious issue with taking an app that is not concerned about identity (GMail) and trying to make it one that does (Buzz).
Give credit to Google in that they have been quickly incorporating feedback. But they would have done much better to not have launched with auto-follow, automatically connecting public content from Picasa and Google Reader, and turning Buzz on by default. I turned it off immediately and I know others that did the same.
February 5, 2010
No, no… Facebook is slowly becoming AOL.
Trust me on this one.
Funny yet thought-provoking comment on TechCrunch’s post about Facebook rolling out its webmail product codename “Project Titan.” In some ways, Facebook will introduce e-mail to an entire generation just like AOL did. The question is whether it will be a reinvention of e-mail like Gmail was or something more basic.
duebbert
Jan 14th 2010
I would also love this option. The link provided by “exploded” shows how to do it with the delicious add-on in firefox:
1. Open firefox.
2. Type “about:config” in location bar.
3. Click “I’ll be careful, I promise”.
4. Right click anywhere on the page.
5. Select New->Integer.
6. Enter “extensions.ybookmarks@yahoo.sharemode”.
7. Enter “1″.
Finished. When you add a new link with the add-on, it will have “Mark as Private” on (only when you do it through the add-on!).
I’ve been an anti-social bookmarker since the early days, which is why I initially used BlinkList. A big reason I gave Pinboard a try was that it has an option to make private bookmarking a default setting. This hack brings that feature to the official Delicious Firefox add-on.
February 3, 2010
A visual take on how users discover apps. Ties in with my recommendations for how Apple can improve the App Store this year.
February 2, 2010
An idea I had last summer (2009) but began working on in the late fall / early winter. Launched both for the iPhone and Android platform. Some more details on the Mobomo blog.
