My first few days of Christmas break (specifically December 17th) were made that much better when I received my invite to Hulu, the online TV and video on demand service with NBC and FOX shows. Before Hulu, I’ve used a few other services. On March 2nd, I landed an invite to Joost‘s then private beta [...]
Targeted Ads Web2.0 has basically boiled down to one business model: users receive free services in exchange for personal information which then drives targeted ads Google took this almost non-existent targeted ads business model and made it into The Business Model of the decade. Google is trying to acquire the online ad agency Double-Click, Microsoft [...]
There’s a constant cycle people go through online: searching and bookmarking; learning and remembering. But when telling people what I’ve learned, I don’t just give them the final “search results,” I tell them how I got there. Searching and bookmarking should be the same way. I propose a Firefox plugin that not only remembers the [...]
Disqus (pronounced “discuss”) is a unified comment system for blogs (and my tumblelog). I’ve been playing with it on and off for a while now and I think I’ve finally made the decision to use Disqus as my main comment system. Downsides At first glance, it may seem like a no-brainer to go with Disqus, [...]
I’ve finally set up a tumblelog for myself. “If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.” I’m using the standard service Tumblr for my tumblelog to post things that don’t merit a full blown article on this blog but to which I still want to provide a simple link.