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The Social Web is Using You

27 April 2010 by brant, Comments
The Social Web is Using You

The term “social web” sounds great.  A lot of people use social websites like facebook, digg, twitter, reddit, etc.  Every year more and more social websites create buttons for websites to allow users to vote, like, digg, tweet, etc for their site.
While that sounds good at first glance, after a closer look all they are [...]

Thank you for DRM free music Scott Ambrose Reilly

11 April 2010 by brant, Comments

I read a post today at c|net saying that Scott Ambrose Reilly is moving on from Amazon.com’s music division. I of course had no idea who he was until I read the article. Now that I know who it is, I have to say thanks for all he has done.
3+ years ago, 98% [...]

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Lost is a Travesty

10 March 2010 by brant, Comments

I was doing my daily rounds of sites that I visit and noticed that The Big Lead had a post about Lost.  My hope was that they were going to make fun of the nonsense and explain how many times they laughed out loud.  Like when Hurley was doing yet another slow-motion scene.  But of course not.
Much [...]

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The Death of iTunes Apps

27 January 2010 by brant, Comments

By now everyone has heard of the iTunes commercials and the phrase “There’s an app for that”, but how much staying power does it really have?  Just yesterday Google released Google Voice as a standalone web application that can be used in the browser.  For some of us, it’s hard to imagine why this might [...]

5 Reasons Why Mashable is a Bad Influence for the Web

19 January 2010 by brant, Comments

Very recently Mashable created a post on their site indicating 5 reason why “Internet Explorer 6 Must Die”. I was so inspired by their post that I decided to create 5 reasons Mashable is bad for the Web

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