Category Archives: Web2.0

Newshutch.com is Dead, Long Live gReader

By Bish | Published: 03/11/2007 – 01:08 | Posted in Design, Opinion, Web2.0 | Comments (2)

So after trying Sage (the excellent Firefox extension addon) many moons ago but concluding RSS readers should be hosted, I went through Rojo, Newsgator, Bloglines and some terrible ones I can’t even remember the name of, but none were what I was looking for. I also tried an early version of Google Reader and for all the good points about it I couldn’t stand the interface.

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Last.fm on Vista (no longer requires adminstrator rights)

By Bish | Published: 02/11/2007 – 23:56 | Posted in How To, News, Software, Web2.0 | Comments (1)

Since upgrading to Vista, around about the time it was released, I am proud to say that I am one of the few who has been very happy with the experience. I am a sucker for shiny things and like virtually all the features they have introduced – lets face it XP felt like an ancient OS when looking and using a Mac. Further everything that I can’t live without works fine in Vista or there is a Vista compatible version.

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$100 Million Feedburner Acquisition (Google – Again!)

By Bish | Published: 25/05/2007 – 23:42 | Posted in News, Opinion, Personal, Software, Web, Web2.0 | Comments (1)

FeedburnerWell according to a number of sources and specifically Techcrunch it seems Google has acquired the simply excellent Feedburner.

As a quick introduction for those that aren’t aware of it, Feedburner is the stats management package for your RSS feeds, monitoring a great depth of information from subscriber numbers to click through’s to your pages. It re-writes your RSS feed and allows you to add features and customisations adding greater value to both your readers and you as the site marketer or owner.

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Quick Review: Quick RSS Web Stats with Pulse

By Bish | Published: 19/04/2007 – 22:33 | Posted in News, Reviews, Technology, Web, Web2.0 | Comments (1)

Pulse LogoIn a perfect example of, ‘that’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of that’, RedRouble have released a quick and dirty stats package available through RSS.

Pulse is a hosted web app that gives you the basic of statistics for your website available as a RSS feed or through their site. Simply sign up and add the JavaScript to the footer of your site’s (x)html to start tracking visits, incoming links and search keywords. Then log in and subscribe to the RSS feed using your favourite reader and check out the stats while reading the headlines and drinking your morning coffee.

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Quick Review: Virb – Social Evolution?

By Bish | Published: 08/03/2007 – 18:10 | Posted in Design, Quick, Reviews, Web, Web2.0 | Comments (0)

Virb LogoVirb, the latest breed of social network officially launched yesterday. With clean lines and a certain amount of hype could Virb be the future of social networking?

I have been looking at Virb in some more depth through the beta phase recently. I am a sucka for well designed sites, and Virb fits nicely into this criteria. Certainly Virb offers an awful lot for the designer in us all and has been developed from the ground up with this in mind. Complete customization of the front and backend like this, has not been seen before in popular social network and should encourage many people originally put off by the blinding customizations popular in MySpace. Structured ‘Modules’ incorporating content from third partied like YouTube and Odeo can be created and placed in your profile and as a user you have control over the html and CSS – heaven! No more div overlays!

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