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More on Fresh Buzz

July 29th, 2005 · Comments Off

Mary Hodder posted part II of a six part series this week. Here is part I. Good stuff.
Doc mentioned today that I nailed the issue by saying the alternative search engines deliver quick uptake of fresh buzz. Thanks Doc!
I love fresh buzz. I love reading blogs that deliver fresh buzz. My aggregator is fresh-buzz oriented. [...]

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Shuttle Animation

July 26th, 2005 · Comments Off

Cool animation on the shuttle launch and other views.

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Blog Search Engine Comparison

July 26th, 2005 · Comments Off

Mary Hodder is doing a six part series comparing blog search engines. Since Scoble has been making such a fuss about it for the last few weeks, I have spent some time with these alternative engines, bloglines, technorati, blogpulse, feedster, pubsub, clusty, icerocket, and I really have learned a lot and love to use alternative searchs.
It’s [...]

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Sxip Responds

July 20th, 2005 · Comments Off

Dick Hardt sent me an email in response to my slam:

Hey CraigWe posted a response at:sxip.com/newsitem-Conversation_Sxip_AccessSummary, we are delivery what customers are asking us for. The  solution is much more secure, easier to install, and the hardware  aspect of the cost is negligible. fyi: we have someone that OEMs  appliances provide the appliances.I think identity [...]

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Hierarchies vs. Networks

July 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

Doc posted first on his blog and then over at IT Garage a piece about name spaces and name space organization. Specifically he points out that Hugh Mcleod is calling for “tags and not trees.” In other words organize and search the web using networks not hierarchies of organized data. Doc then throws down the gauntlet and points [...]

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Marc Canter Responds

July 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

The other day I posted how I think it is insane for Sxip to be getting into the hardware business. I also said I was having a hard time getting to Sxip web sites (still a problem). Anyway, Marc Canter–a long time Sxip advocate–responded.
He basically says that Sxip’s support of Salesforce.com is best served [...]

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Sxip the Insanity

July 16th, 2005 · Comments Off

I have been trying to do some research on Sxip’s announcement of an identity (maybe I missed something) appliance this week and I can’t get to any Sxip sites. Anybody else with this problem?
For starters–sorry Dick–I think it is insane to go into the hardware business. Who wants to buy a Sxip-branded rack mount?
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