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Archive for August, 2006

Skype 2.6 is Out Today

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Skype 2.6 is out in beta but I am not overly impressed with the "new" features.
Have a look at the Blog from Skype they cover the main new features of which they are few. Nothing that is new or ground-breaking in my opinion. Accept the ability to have clickable links in the mood messages. But [...]

What was that Keyboard Shortcut?

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

You know I never used to worry too much about using the keyboard for commands in different programs. But with the increasing time that I spend with these applications I find myself using them more and more. There is no doubt that using the keyboard for commands is much, much quicker than using the mouse.
Today [...]

Bull Shit Generator

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

This is a great laugh. Have you noticed the taglines that lie all over the place, you know the “catch-phrases” of the Web2.0′O’Sphere… (is that a word?).
Well here is a bullshit generator that brings these phrases together to make you laugh. It also advises you how to intergrate the bullshit generator into your business plan!
Also [...]

Web2.0 Logo Mash-up on Flickr

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

A lot of work has gone into this. This is a mash-up of Web2.0 web site logos and applications. Click on the picture for the full sized image.
What it shows is the massive range and variety that is out there to discover, utilize and be a part of. The number of start-up’s is at present; [...]

The Global Geek Podcast Subscribe Issues

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

I was alerted by someone last night that there are issues when subscribing to the podcast in iTunes. If you search for The Global Geek Podcast in iTunes it gives you the wrong details.
If you wish to subscribe to the show using iTunes please use the button on the web site located in the right [...]

Seth’s Web 2.0 Traffic Watch

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Generated by Alexa statistics, Seth Godin has had made by Ron Hornbaker, a list of the top 937 Web 2.0 companies based on Alexa Traffic.
While the statistics that are used to generate the list only come from users that have the Alexa toolbar installed Alexa is used as an indicator by many web sites and [...]

Global Geek Podcast #016

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Had some issues today when I tried to change the tags on the .mp3 file. Please, if anyone knows why Windows Media Player, Advanced Tag Editor refuses to save the changed tags let me know. The usual story with this sort of thing, it worked the last time and not this time - for no [...]

How Popular is YourSpace?

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

I have always thought that one aspect of the social networking scene is that it mimics real life in many respects. In my opinion this is another example of just that.
It is called socialmeter. This site scans the major social "places" on the net such as; del.icio.us, Technorati, Digg, Furl, Google, Jots, Linkroll, Netscape, Reddit, [...]

NASA is Looking for IT

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Just wanted to let anyone know that if they see some footage of the Apollo 11 moon landings and it looks different than anything else you have seen. Or you see a heap of old movie canisters up for sale on eBay… Then NASA is probably looking for it and you should let them know [...]

YouTube to Host Music Videos, Every, Single, One!

Friday, August 18th, 2006

YouTube is planning to host every music video that has ever been made. Not sure if this means only the English versions or foreign as well, there is no clarification.
This is evidenced by this quote:
“What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever [...]