Sarah Perez recently wrote a solid article reviewing the updates of Alert Thingy, an AIR app for Friendfeed. What made the article so interesting for me were her suggestions of what Alert Thingy should integrate in their future releases. The features she requested are being echoed loudly throughout the Friendfeed community, especially amongst those […]
Read moreReadBurner VS RSSmeme Aggregation Show Down
Well, someone was going to do it eventually, might as well be me. ;) So, with the re-launch of the Google Reader Shared Items Aggregator (someone please shorten this!) ReadBurner I’m sure everyone’s wondering how it might compare to it’s closest competitor RSSmeme. Well, I’d have to say that they each have their strengths and […]
Read moreReadBurner Launches With Google Reader Integration!
The ReadBurner web app and Google Reader Shared Items Aggregator (here’s mine), has launched with a bang! Here’s a run down of what’s new and why it’s awesomesauce approved! New Design ReadBurner has a brand new design that is 10 times better then it’s previous interface. First off, I think the color scheme is stunning! […]
Read moreFeedalizr A Friendfeed AIR App Before Alert Thingy
As it turns out, Alert Thingy was NOT the first Friendfeed Adobe AIR application. Sorry to break your hearts! Feedalizr, another Friendfeed Adobe AIR app, was in the space first! It was released on April 11th, beating Alert Thingy by 2 days! However, it doesn’t fair much better than Alert Thingy. There aren’t any customization […]
Read moreMy Journey To Joining Mixx
For the past week, I’ve been debating whether or not to join Mixx, a social bookmarking and news site similar to Digg. These sites take a lot of work and I don’t like joining sites that I don’t plan to participate in, otherwise, what’s the point? Thanks to Sarah Perez’s article "Why "Add To Mixx" […]
Read moreAlert Thingy Desktop App Wasn’t Worth The Wait
A few days ago, Sobees released their Friendfeed desktop app (bTittleTattle) and there were many complaints and suggestions for the app. However, everyone was still holding their breath for Alert Thingy, a Friendfeed desktop app with an interface similar to Twhirl. When it previewed on TechCrunch, the most obvious reason for the hold out seemed […]
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