links for 2008-02-08

Measuring Online Engagement: What Role Does Web Analytics Play? | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik (tags: analytics engagement) Mobile Opportunity: Nokia, the OS company Good analysis of the Nokia purchase of TrollTech (tags: google nokia mobile trolltech) Texting for Votes – WSJ.com Obama uses SMS messaging as part of its campaign (tags: sms obama politics … Continue reading “links for 2008-02-08”

NetNewsWire for Free

During CES, NewsGator has released its RSS readers for Mac and PC for free. On the Mac, it means that NetNewsWire, my favorite RSS reader and the tool I’ve relied on every day for years, is now free. For PC users, FeedDemon is now free. Go download it. Why a desktop RSS reader? Nick Bradbury … Continue reading “NetNewsWire for Free”

links for 2007-10-29

Repoze Repoze integrates Zope technologies with WSGI and reusable Python middleware. (tags: zope plone python) FriendFeed FriendFeed makes it easy to keep track of the web pages, videos, music, and photos your friends and family interact with around the Internet. (tags: aggregator riverofnews blogs feeds) Finetoothcog: About Wow, bike theft in Portland is a huge … Continue reading “links for 2007-10-29”

5 Months Later: Twitter Rocks. Facebook Bores.

After hearing such a buzz about Twitter and Facebook at Web Visions 2007, I decided to give them both a try. Five months later, the results are completely unexpected to me: Twitter seems indispensable and Facebook completely ignorable. My initial impressions were very different. Facebook had a clear purpose and reason. While I’ve never got … Continue reading “5 Months Later: Twitter Rocks. Facebook Bores.”

Repaying Guy Kawasaki — Truemors Site Optimization Analysis

I owe Guy Kawasaki a lot even though I’ve never met him. A month ago, I watched a video where he talked about starting a business to make meaning versus making money. That video came at just the right time for me and led me on a new path in my life. So I’m very … Continue reading “Repaying Guy Kawasaki — Truemors Site Optimization Analysis”

Congrats to Silicon Florist

Rick Turoczy marks one month of covering the Portland technology community on his blog Silicon Florist. I’ve come to rely on his blog and tend to look at his posts as soon as he notes them on his twitter account. Because of Silicon Florist, I’ve attended interesting local events like last night’s meeting on Implementing … Continue reading “Congrats to Silicon Florist”

links for 2007-09-08

Home Page | Coghead, Inc Platform for building web apps. Includes several business applications like Asset Manager, Company Directory, Lead Manager, Project Manager, PTO Manager, Recruiting Manager (tags: business software) Newly Found Mineral In Russia Absorbs Radiation Like I Absorb Old ‘The King Of Queens’ Episodes (Really Well) (tags: science) Microformats Bookmarklet now for IE … Continue reading “links for 2007-09-08”