My 24 Hour Twitter Hiatus Begins Now
I’m officially beginning my 24 hour Twitter / Friendfeed hiatus. See: A Day in Life Without Twitter for more information. How am I doing so far? Badly, of course. I think this would be easier if I had only cut out one service instead of two. I feel like I’m missing out on a great deal of […]
Read moreWebKut: Quickly Capture Website Screenshots for Your Next Project
Adobe AIR App WebKut allows you to quickly take a screenshot of websites. I’m not a big fan of website screenshot apps for various reasons. They often only let you take a snapshot of the entire page or they’re really slow. However, WebKut isn’t weighed down by any of those problems. Note: I have a thing […]
Read moreHow You Are A Filter for Information on the Internet
Jarred of Tropophilia has a unique response to a conversation started by Steven Hodson and one that I also supplied my thoughts about (see: Be A Great Human Information Filter). To quote Jarred’s post: But Steve states that bloggers can be “most useful” by essentially filtering information for readers. Our task, he says, is to […]
Read moreMute Twitter Followers For A Limited Time With Twitter Snooze
It’s hard to resist the urge to unfollow people on Twitter that attend conferences. Sometimes these conferences – and content – are so far removed from the reason you initially followed that person and they’re long. That means you’ll be seeing tweets about a conference you’re not attending for days on end in your Twitter […]
Read moreHumans – Not Machines – As Information Filters
Steven Hodson has an awesomesauce post on how bloggers are becoming news anchors in their own way. While he uses the term “gatekeepers”, Frederic of The Last Podcast prefers “filters“. Why the change in terms? Frederic notes: However, our readers can get their information from a million different sources, so I don’t think we are […]
Read moreA Day in Life Without Twitter
Do you remember what you did on the internet before Twitter? I honestly don’t remember much and life before Friendfeed is slowly slipping away too. Why? These tools have become deeply ingrained in my every day online routine and are spilling over into my offline routines at an alarming rate. It’s funny to think about […]
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