Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Nathan Burke
If you’re a frequent reader here at good ole blogstring.com, you’ll know that I’m very, very interested in recommendation technology. So I was excited to check out kiobo, a browser plugin, that launched their public beta yesterday. Their idea is to offer recommendations based on a user’s browsing history and the browsing history of their [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Nathan Burke
Some of you may remember the Twitter Teddy Bear from a few weeks ago. Well, the folks that put that video together have a new one: A DIY Wall Harp. What I like about the How 2.0 videos is that they show you something cool and then show you exactly how to do it. How [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Nathan Burke
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Well, it’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another blogstring live podcast. We’ll be doing the live podcast over at BlogTalkRadio at 3:00 EST(and you can listen right here via the embedded player below). The listener call in number is: (718) 506-1372 This week we’ll be talking about [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Nathan Burke
The object:location live podcast Episode 9 will be broadcast today at 3:00 PM EST. You can listen via the embedded player below, or you can visit BlogTalkRadio to listen there and join the conversation. The call in number is: (347) 539-5920 Today we’re talking about one of my favorite topics: Finding great stuff on the [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Nathan Burke
The object:location live podcast Episode 9 will be broadcast today at 3:00 PM EST. You can listen via the embedded player below, or you can visit BlogTalkRadio to listen there and join the conversation. The call in number is: (347) 539-5920 Whoa. Cuil, a brand new search engine launched today, and bloggers noticed. Look at [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Nathan
And this is after they fixed it. (Via Twitter Counter) So, like so many of you, last night I noticed that I’d lost somewhere around 500 followers, and about 300 “friends” (that is, people I follow back). Twitter explained the problem, announced they were working on it, and got it about 90% corrected before I [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Nathan Burke
Today at 2:00 PM EST, I’ll be doing Episode 8 of the object:location live podcast with J. Trent Adams. The call-in number is (347) 539-5920 Today we’ll be talking about: Facebook Connect- Is it going to kill OpenID? OMMA Behavioral- Trent attended the OMMA Behavioral Conference and will tell us how it was. podcamp Boston [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Nathan Burke
We’re finally doing our first live podcast, hosted on BlogTalkRadio today at 2:00 PM EST. You can listen here, and you can call in at (718) 506-1372. Today we’ll be talking about: Podcamp Boston 3 Slydial Our Pop Culture Report on Estelle Getty Our plugs for our employers, including Sarah on CustomScoop’s Free Personal Accounts [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Nathan
Not since I saw an article about a service that prevents you from dialing certain numbers after you’ve been drinking have I seen something that could so revolutionize the often painfully awkward world of modern dating. I’m an avid screener. Whether it’s my mother and sister (who seem to call on a daily basis, particularly [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Nathan Burke
Yesterday I gave a presentation entitled “Discovery- How People Find Blogs, Video and Podcasts They Love & What That Means To You” at podcamp Boston 3. The powerpoint is available here, and the audio here. After the presentation, I started to think of different techniques I use to produce and promote my blog posts and [...]
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