by Scott on April 27th, 2010 View Comments
If you have wondered why Facebook added the Like feature across the web, this could be it: http://www.likebutton.me/. This site aggregates all the likes on all the sites across the web. By dividing it into categories, viewers can quickly see trends across the web, across categories or individual sites. In essence, the new Like feature is making every site like Digg. Suddenly viewers can vote on the content they enjoy most. While this provides interesting quandaries for journalists (the most important stories might not be popular), it does create enormous power for readers.
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by admin on April 27th, 2010 View Comments
After a bit of a winter hibernation, Cloud Control has returned to greet the abundant clouds of spring. There’s been no shortage of rain, but there’s a major storm (the good kind) brewing on the Nerd Front and in the Personal Forecast for 9 Clouds. That’s enough play on words for now, let’s get to [...]
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by Scott on April 26th, 2010 View Comments
Some technology destroys the very act it is trying to promote. Case in point, the Mingle Stick. This technology is supposed to help us share contact information with having to share cards which can presumably be lost. It sounds good in theory but this technology stinks. Instead of promoting mingling as the name would suggest, people were instead focused on clicking their devices at each other instead of talking and actually meeting one another. Personalities were not shared as they can be with business cards and personal interaction was cut short by people walking around trying to zap one another.
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