Showing posts with label Technorati. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technorati. Show all posts

Friday, July 6, 2007

Announcing 1389 Message Blog - Open for Public Access!

For quite a while, I've been keeping a separate "scratch pad" blog, called 1389 Message Blog. Throughout the day, I post various links, along with comments and messages, sometimes through the blog editor, but mostly by cell phone. I use this later on as raw materials for other writing that I do, including articles on 1389 Mobile Blog, the Ft. Hard Knox Wiki, and other places.

Well...I finally realized that I am not going to get around to using all of this material myself, so I've decided to open it up to public viewing.

Please don't expect anything fancy! I treat 1389 Message Blog as a workspace, so it's always "under construction." The posts that come directly from my cell phone might not have titles or tags. If I happen to be testing something new, I might change or delete a blog post. If I've used the material in an article, I may move everything to another blog or to a Wiki page and link to the new article from the post in 1389 Message Blog, so that I don't have to update it in two places.

Thus, if you find a link on 1389 Message Blog to something interesting that you want to do some serious writing about, I suggest that you link directly to the source, not to the post in 1389 Message Blog.

Here's the 1389 Message Blog Atom feed.



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Posted by 1389 at 7/06/2007 07:25:00 PM 0 comments

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Friday, May 25, 2007

Technorati has changed...and some of us have misgivings

DigiDave discusses the changes in Technorati's user interface in Technorati's New Design. Also, please read the comments posted there.

Seems as though Technorati is de-emphasizing the blog search and blog networking features that made it so worthwhile, and instead trying to be a news aggregator for the general public. It's possible that they are afraid of competition from Google's blog search, which is much less powerful and does not have the infrastructure to promote blogger networking. 1389 thinks that they're making a mistake in trying to reach the mass market by downplaying their strong suit and becoming a me-too player in the already crowded news aggregator arena.

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Posted by 1389 at 5/25/2007 07:24:00 PM 0 comments

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

News roundup: Digg users run amok in massive online riot

The Register (UK) reports: Digg buried by users in piracy face-down.

Forbes.com explores Digg's dilemma in all its ramifications, and discusses the online uprising at Digg and what it means for Web 2.0.

Australian news website news.com.au covers the huge revolt at Digg.

Charles Johnson, of the famed antijihadist website littlegreenfootballs, laments the rise of mob rule at Digg.

Gadget and tech news site Gizmodo covers the enormous digital riot at Digg.

Tech industry blog Techcrunch tells why Digg capitulated to the demands of its angry members in what appears to have been a spontaneous online rebellion.

Ryan Block tracks the online revolt that erupted when Digg's admins tried to stop its users from porting the HD-DVD cracking codes.

Wired warned that Digg was melting down.

The story even appeared in the New York Times.

And here are two stories on where it all started, at doom9.

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Posted by 1389 at 5/02/2007 05:32:00 PM 0 comments

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Omgili: Discussion Forum, Search Engine, or Social Networking Site?

I've been using the Omgili search engine to locate online discussions on my favorite topics for some time now, but today I discovered two new beta projects by the Omgili folks: Omgili Thumbs, and Omgili PowWow.
 
First, what is Omgili?  Omgili is to the discussion forum what Technorati is to the blog.  It is a search engine designed specifically to find online discussions using queries.  More info is at the FAQ page and the Recent Queries page.  The process is very simple; users simply enter the topic they are researching, and Omgili provides a list of online discussions on that topic.
 
Omgili PowWow added the feature of allowing users to register, and develop profiles, so that they can find and be found by users with similar interests.   Users are able to exchange messages online, either publicly or privately.  Users can post new discussions, and there is a polling feature in the works which looks interesting but is not yet functional.
 
Omgili Thumbs takes this search engine to the next level, by allowing users to submit existing online discussions (from any forum), comment on, and vote for and promote online discussions they like or give a "thumbs-down," to those they don't like.
 
I still have one question, and have not yet been able to find the answer.  I have posted the question as a discussion on Omgili PowWow, and will post and update on this blog when I receive an answer. The question is this: " Where in the world did the name 'Omgili' come from?!"
 
Jenn Sierra
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