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Do social networks have to be viral?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Facebook. But the fact is that in most scenarios, I cant read certain info without adding an application, and I can’t add an application without inviting friends, and I can’t accept an invitation to add an application without adding icons and banners to my [...]

  • January 29, 2008
  • | Category: Web
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Yet another round of tweaks and improvements

In the last week or so, I’ve been slowly tweaking this site, spending allot of time on the subtle, little details. The navigation menu has been streamlined, and I added 2 types of ‘asides’ Reading and Site Update. I may be adding more in the future, and have a feeling that this might emerge into [...]


A Reality Check about Blogging for Money

A Reality Check about Blogging for Money – Although Darren Rowse makes $250k a year blogging, He explains that it’s not all fun and games.

  • January 29, 2008
  • | Category: Reading
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Prologue – Group notification WP Theme

While not the biggest believer in the traditional form of microblogging, such as twitter, (Face it, nobody really cares what you’re doing) I think that the format is excellent for group communication. That’s exactly what Prologue is. While not exactly a blog theme, Prologue stretches WordPress into the right mold in a way only WordPress [...]

  • January 29, 2008
  • | Category: WordPress
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Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8

Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 An interesting article from ALA about web standards, browser support and browser targeting.

  • January 28, 2008
  • | Category: Reading
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Love what you do

In web terms, this in not new, but still really worth watching. Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005, Is one of the most inspiring things I heard. Worth watching.

  • January 28, 2008
  • | Category: General
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Microsoft to force IE7 on businesses

Microsoft has warned corporate administrators that it will push a new version of Internet Explorer 7 their way next month, and it has posted guidelines on how to ward off the automatic update if admins want to keep the older IE6 browser on their companies’ machines.
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While IE7 is still far from being even [...]

  • January 23, 2008
  • | Category: Web
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Office 2008: Still no right-to-left support

I live in Israel. When I tell friends about Macs and how good they are, the first question they ask is: “Can I use MS Office on a mac” And sadly, I have to say, Nope, you can’t.
Microsoft Word for mac does not support right-to-left writing, so it can’t be used for writing in hebrew.
Yes, [...]

  • January 18, 2008
  • | Category: Mac
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Paid Reviews – Am I selling out?

You may have noticed that a ReviewMe paid review appeared on this blog. Am I selling out?
Well, being a work-from-home freelancer, I am exploring new ways of making money online. But I don’t want to compromise the quality of my personal blog. I put too much time and effort into it.
The good thing about ReviewMe.com [...]

  • January 18, 2008
  • | Category: General
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ReviewMe: Thoughts.com

Welcome to web 2.1, the social web. Following MySpace, Facebook, Blogger and others, it’s the new thing. Site owners realized that their real power is their users, and getting them more involved can only do good. Thoughts.com is a social networking site that offers free blogs for the users, as well as the Thoughts.com Forums.
The [...]

  • January 18, 2008
  • | Category: General
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