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Jun29	Update on Collanos Collaboration Software Diane Ensey June 29, 2006 Know More: Applications, Collaboration, Collanos 2.0, Collanos Franco Dal Molin, CEO of Collanos, was kind enough to answer some questions I had about Collanos, the P2P collaboration application I reviewed the other day. What happens when more than one person edits a document at the same time? We do not (currently) provide co-editing. As you wrote correctly in your Blog, it takes a bit of discipline to manage who is working on what. In the future, we will address this problem with potentialla different options/alternatives: Workflow objects, so that a document can be controlled by a pre-defined workflow and edited only by one person at a time. Smart “content merge” function to resolve eventual conflict situations. Basic co-editing text editing feature for online users. Who is your ideal user? Our ideal user is anyone working in small teams over the Internet. We address the professional and semi-professional users. Users can be as different as independent contractors, a class of MBA students, the team of a start-up company working with business angels and lawyers, a biotech research project, an offshore software development team in India, or a business consultancy. The multi-platform advantage is especially appreciated in typical mixed operating system settings, such as in engineering (Linux), Marketing/Schools (Mac), and general business (Windows). If possible, can you give me an idea what yo have planned for a "Pro" upgrade type version? We will improve along two dimensions: The free version itself will further improve. Expect features such as tighter integration with the Desktop (Drag and Drop, Show a shared Space as Drive/Folder, etc.), better notifications of changes, managing contacts across all spaces vs. only per space, support for offline invitations via email etc. The Pro version will mainly address the following: Faster/optimized synchronisation, Customizability of Roles and Permissions, Creation of custom workflows and data forms (or “business objects”) with a Customization Tool, etc. Thanks, Franco! Posted at 8:25 AM \| Permalink
Jun28	World Cup Inspires Compact, Detailed Data View Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 Google has been reporting World Cup news on its homepage with one feature I really like. The results are tabbed, and within each tab is a pulldown box so that different group results can be seen.The entire World Cup reporting... Continue Reading Posted at 4:22 PM \| Permalink
Jun27	Collanos: P2P Collaboration Management Diane Ensey June 27, 2006 Collanos is an interesting take on collaborative workspaces. While most solutions use a servers to store the collaborative files, with members accessing shared information via a web browser or light desktop application, Collanos uses Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology. Each team member... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 PM \| Permalink
Jun26	Digg Adds Categories for Non-Tech Articles Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Digg has introduced its "Digg 3.0" service, which basically means that users can now Digg stories in Science, World & Business, Videos, Entertainment and Gaming. The change mainly gives an insight into Digg demographics and target markets - three categories... Continue Reading Posted at 6:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun23	NetJaxer: Quick, Easy Desktop Linking to Online Apps Diane Ensey June 23, 2006 One problem with using online applications instead of applications installed on your own computer is one of access. I like the fact that I can click on my quick start bar and load any application I need.NetJaxer lets you set... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink
Jun22	Too Much Information: Monitor Your Own Internet Useage Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 The whole MySpace problem is one of too much information and this can apply to adults and adult sites as well.Most (if not all) collaboration applications allow posting of a profile, with personal information. Since this information is shared only... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink
	Ajax vs Flash Doesn't Address User Needs Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 The wrong question is being asked in the "which is better, Flash or Ajax" discussion. 2ni's Blog keeps score during a discussion at an Ajax conference and they come out about even. More enlightening are the notes on the pros... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink
Jun21	Freshbooks: Needs to Work With Real-Life Users Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 Another timecard application that has potential, but a lousy interface, is Freshbooks. I like what it is trying to do, create a total online timesheet and invoicing solution, but their interface is clunky and unintuitive.With all of the nice, Ajax-y... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun20	Real Time Collaboration Make Simple Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Real time collaboration isn't just for corporations. Very small businesses could use it every day, and often do so without realizing they are doing it.For example, today I met on the phone with two ladies that needed some changes to... Continue Reading Posted at 6:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun19	Plinkd: Positiioned as the Host to Web 2.0? Diane Ensey June 19, 2006 Let's say you are a small hosting company, looking to become big. What you need are lots of people to sign up with you to host their websites. How do you attract those people?How about offering 1Gb space with the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:43 AM \| Permalink
Jun17	Faqqly: The Potential Is There Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 I like the idea of Faqqly. You log on and have the ability to post questions to others and answer questions that people ask you. Users create a list of keywords for subjects that people tcan question you about. Your... Continue Reading Posted at 5:36 PM \| Permalink
	American Apparel Opens Second Life Store Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 So now that American Apparel is opening a store in Second Life, which real-life retailer will be next to clothe SL avatars? Benetton? Now it isn't enough that we need to wear the "right" clothes in real life, but... Continue Reading Posted at 10:12 AM \| Permalink
Jun16	With Gates Leaving, Should Ballmer Be Next? Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 I wouldn't be surprised to see an announcement of Steve Ballmer's departure from Microsoft within the next year now that Bill Gates has begun his final goodbye. Between Gates and Ballmer, Microsoft has been late entering the internet application game... Continue Reading Posted at 5:32 PM \| Permalink
Jun15	Netscape.com to ReEmerge as 'Collaborative News Portal' Diane Ensey June 15, 2006 MediaPost reports that AOL will unveil a new Netscape.com site today along the lines of Digg, but with a twist. They have a team of editors and bloggers that will follow some of the popular news stories, report more in... Continue Reading Posted at 7:08 AM \| Permalink
Jun14	Marqui: They've Nailed CMS for Marketing Diane Ensey June 14, 2006 Executives of every sized company would do well to attend an online Marqui seminar just to see what the potential of content management systems (CMS) are. I attended one today and left excited by both the state of CMS technology,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun13	JGraph Introduces MXGraph - A Flowcharting Thin Client Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 JGraph is previewing MXGraph, a flowcharting program that can run entirely in a browser. Eventually users will be able to connect MXGraph to a database, enabling many people to interact and work with the charts interactively.The name seems to be... Continue Reading Posted at 7:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun12	My Prediction of Microsoft's Death Diane Ensey June 12, 2006 Recently I was raving about Google Spreadsheets and Writely to a friend of mine, but they were skeptical, "What if they 'go away'? I'll lose all of my work." She was right - if Google Spreadsheets and Writely are discontinued,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink
	What is Web 2.0? Diane Ensey June 12, 2006 That question gets asked a lot when I talk about DoRealTime. Usually, I attempt to describe what I do in the easiest possible terms, but I use Web 2.0 deliberately, because it is using technology in a different way, and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:04 AM \| Permalink
Jun 9	Zoomblast: Digg for Videos Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 See a video online that you like? Zoomblast it and it'll appear on Zoomblast's website where the rest of the internet can rate it with a thumbs up or thumbs down.So far the videos Zoomblasted are what you'd expect -... Continue Reading Posted at 7:09 PM \| Permalink
	Friday Follies: The Humor in Web 2.0 Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 How about a Web 2.0 BS generator? Press a button and it create catchphrases like: "incentivize peer-to-peer platforms" or "capture viral ecologies". Web Two Point Oh generates a Web 2.0 company name and product for you - my company is... Continue Reading Posted at 4:48 PM \| Permalink
	Tagging and Microformats: Alex Barnett Explains Why They Are Important Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 In an earlier post I talked about microformats, but Alex Barnett explains in a DevSource interview concisely that microformats are simple to use (written in plain language) and make use of technology and methods that are already being used. When... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 PM \| Permalink
	OneNote 2007 Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 I fell in love with OneNote last year, but was on a budget moratorium and didn't purchase it when my 60 day trial finished. Now I'm testing the OneNote 2007 Beta and I love it even more.OneNote is a desktop... Continue Reading Posted at 10:18 AM \| Permalink
Jun 8	Group Collaboration Applications: Need Your Input! Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 I've been testing so much collaboration software in the past 14 days, they are all starting to blend together. I found myself wondering why Groove looked so strange, when I was actually working in Teamwork.Most of the features are pretty... Continue Reading Posted at 9:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Box.Net - 1Gb Online Storage for Free Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 My husband found Box.net while looking for an easy way to keep files online for a construction project he is working on. He is moderately techie and liked Box.net for the utter simplicity of the interface and pricing. Keep in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	On Beta Testing Office 2007 and Vista Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 With all of the Beta Testing going on (MS Office 2007 and Vista particularly) it makes me wish I had an extra computer to install all of these goodies on. Currently I'm testing Office 2007 (including the latest build of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:43 AM \| Permalink
Jun 7	Employees Give Up the Bank; They Knew a Test Was Going On! Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 A very funny and scary article written by Steve Stasiukonis, VP and founder of Secure Network Technologies Inc show just how easy it was to social engineer their way into a credit union network using USB drives that were "seeded"... Continue Reading Posted at 4:55 PM \| Permalink
	Personalized Start Pages - ReadWriteWeb's Analysis Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 I've been working on a post about personalized Start Pages - those pages that appear when your browser starts up. ReadWriteWeb beat me to it, though, and their analysis is much better than what I was coming up with. The... Continue Reading Posted at 10:53 AM \| Permalink
	Vloggercon 2006 Sold Out, But You Can Attend in Second Life Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 Vloggercon 2006, the conference about video blogging to be held in San Francisco this weekend (June 10-11) is sold out. They are running a parallel presence, however, in Second Life where visitors can schmooze and see some of the videos... Continue Reading Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink
	TeamWork Live: An Inexpensive Collaboration Tool Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 Reader Anna suggested I take a look at TeamWork Live, a group collaboration tool.The first thing that strikes me is the nifty Ajax interface - when a link is clicked a portion of the page refreshes without the whole pages... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 6	What Would You Pay for Online MS Office-Like Applications? Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 The dinner discussion tonight centered around the future cost of web based application like Writely, Google Spreadsheets, etc. Considering the cost of upgrading MS products every two or three years, what would you be willing a month for a total... Continue Reading Posted at 7:58 PM \| Permalink
	Google Spreadsheet: I Love It! Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 In playing around with Google Spreadsheet, the newest app from Google labs, I'm liking it very much. It includes the basics for formatting - everything needed on a daily basis, that is for sure. Lots of functions are included: Math... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When It Comes To Word, Most People Just Want Plain Vanilla Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Word is nice, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint form the powerful trinity of my consulting life, but let's face it - 90% of their features aren't necessary.Fred post over on A VC got me thinking about that. What do I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink
	Stowe Boyd and Jason Fried: Where Should Basecamp Focus its Resources? Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Should power users dictate the course of development of applications? That is the basic question that I think Stowe Boyd and Jason Fried of Basecamp are debating.Stowe is a power user of Basecamp - he works with four different companies,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 AM \| Permalink
Jun 5	Etsy: An Ajax Marketplace for Handmade Goods Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Etsy is a Ajax-y, Web 2.0 inspired online marketplace for handmade items, sold by the creators. Each item is displayed with information categorized similarly to Ebay, complete with seller feedback.What I like about it: The Alchemy feature where you can... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 PM \| Permalink
	Odeo Audio Inboxes Now Shareable Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Odeo has added the ability to share your inbox - the podcast feeds that you are subscribed to. Dave over at Scripting News points to Biz Stone's inbox. Notice that you can subscribe to his inbox in iTunes, subscribe to... Continue Reading Posted at 7:22 PM \| Permalink
	Viewing Your Website Visually Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 This little application creates a map of your blog or homepage by analyzing the HTML. To the right is the map of DoRealTime site. The colors represent: blue: for links (the A tag) red: for tables (TABLE, TR and TD... Continue Reading Posted at 7:09 PM \| Permalink
	Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0 for Business Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Business Week has a podcast by Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0 - what it is, how it is different and "what Web 2.0 means for business, as well as what executives should be wary of when they try to use... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 PM \| Permalink
	Death Knell for Social News: Digg, Reddit, Slashdot Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 "Are Social News 2.0 websites dying?" is the question asked over at Chrono Tron. The post outlines the problems with Digg: more Diggs to popular websites like CNet and less to sites with original content. I've noticed as well that... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink
	Bubbleshare: Flickr with Audio Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 This album is powered by BubbleShare - Add to my blog Bubbleshare is yet another Flickr wannabe - a way to store and share photo albums. In one way, however, it has an advantage over Flickr - you can... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 AM \| Permalink
Jun 2	Squidoo Lens - A Way to View the World Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Squidoo allows users to create web pages with modules on the pages that contain information like RSS feeds, pictures, and links.The idea is that each Squidoo page is a magnifying lens into a single topic. If you want to get... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink
	Why Didn't He Microformat This List? Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Riffing off my previous post, what if the recommended reading on this page were marked up so that I could write a small app (or the author could supply a button that runs that app) that returns the list of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink
	Technorati Allows Search on Microformats Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 I've been reading up on microformats, which will make blogs and webpages much more useful as more people start implementing them.A microformat is additional HTML-like code that you add to links and information. For example, imagine having a contact list... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink
	Creating SideNotes or Pull Quotes Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Arc90 labs has create a neat little application called Sidenotes that makes it easier to include pullquotes or boxes within your blog page. Check out some examples.I didn't know it was such a big deal - I've been using CSS... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 PM \| Permalink
	Robert Scoble on Second Life Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Robert Scoble talked about Second Life with Metaverse and came up with some interesting points. I took some notes of the points I found most interesting:What is it about SL that interests Robert so much? The revenue model first of... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink
Jun 1	ClaimID's Creators Respond Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 Earlier today I wrote about ClaimId and co-creator Fred Stutzman was kind enough to respond:Thanks for the mention. I agree that your idea has a lot of value - but we do tend to believe that humans are better sorters... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 PM \| Permalink
	MapBuilder: Google Maps Made Easier Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 I mentioned MapBuilder.net in my last post. It is used quite a bit by Realtors, but can be used for free by anyone. Just create an account, start adding addresses and text for the popup boxes and you have a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink
	Google Maps API: Read the Documentation & Stay Away from Books Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 After much trial and error, and a valuable lesson learned, I finally got the Google Map API figured out to the point that I could create my own map of Yakima Valley wineries. All I wanted to do was create... Continue Reading Posted at 5:47 PM \| Permalink
	ClaimId - OK As C.V., But Could Be Better Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 I'm not sure if ClaimId is a useful business tool or just a brag book. I'm in the process of trying it out (here is my page with a few links) and so far a little puzzled. Sure, you can... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink
	OpenOffice Virus Appears Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 A "proof of concept" virus has appeared in OpenOffice, according to Kaspersky Labs. The virus doesn't attack user's systems, but was created to show that a virus attack is possible on OpenOffice. According to CNet: "The pest is written in... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink

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Jun29	Update on Collanos Collaboration Software Diane Ensey June 29, 2006 Know More: Applications, Collaboration, Collanos 2.0, Collanos Franco Dal Molin, CEO of Collanos, was kind enough to answer some questions I had about Collanos, the P2P collaboration application I reviewed the other day. What happens when more than one person edits a document at the same time? We do not (currently) provide co-editing. As you wrote correctly in your Blog, it takes a bit of discipline to manage who is working on what. In the future, we will address this problem with potentialla different options/alternatives: Workflow objects, so that a document can be controlled by a pre-defined workflow and edited only by one person at a time. Smart “content merge” function to resolve eventual conflict situations. Basic co-editing text editing feature for online users. Who is your ideal user? Our ideal user is anyone working in small teams over the Internet. We address the professional and semi-professional users. Users can be as different as independent contractors, a class of MBA students, the team of a start-up company working with business angels and lawyers, a biotech research project, an offshore software development team in India, or a business consultancy. The multi-platform advantage is especially appreciated in typical mixed operating system settings, such as in engineering (Linux), Marketing/Schools (Mac), and general business (Windows). If possible, can you give me an idea what yo have planned for a "Pro" upgrade type version? We will improve along two dimensions: The free version itself will further improve. Expect features such as tighter integration with the Desktop (Drag and Drop, Show a shared Space as Drive/Folder, etc.), better notifications of changes, managing contacts across all spaces vs. only per space, support for offline invitations via email etc. The Pro version will mainly address the following: Faster/optimized synchronisation, Customizability of Roles and Permissions, Creation of custom workflows and data forms (or “business objects”) with a Customization Tool, etc. Thanks, Franco! Posted at 8:25 AM \| Permalink
Jun28	World Cup Inspires Compact, Detailed Data View Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 Google has been reporting World Cup news on its homepage with one feature I really like. The results are tabbed, and within each tab is a pulldown box so that different group results can be seen.The entire World Cup reporting... Continue Reading Posted at 4:22 PM \| Permalink
Jun27	Collanos: P2P Collaboration Management Diane Ensey June 27, 2006 Collanos is an interesting take on collaborative workspaces. While most solutions use a servers to store the collaborative files, with members accessing shared information via a web browser or light desktop application, Collanos uses Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology. Each team member... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 PM \| Permalink
Jun26	Digg Adds Categories for Non-Tech Articles Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Digg has introduced its "Digg 3.0" service, which basically means that users can now Digg stories in Science, World & Business, Videos, Entertainment and Gaming. The change mainly gives an insight into Digg demographics and target markets - three categories... Continue Reading Posted at 6:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun23	NetJaxer: Quick, Easy Desktop Linking to Online Apps Diane Ensey June 23, 2006 One problem with using online applications instead of applications installed on your own computer is one of access. I like the fact that I can click on my quick start bar and load any application I need.NetJaxer lets you set... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink
Jun22	Too Much Information: Monitor Your Own Internet Useage Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 The whole MySpace problem is one of too much information and this can apply to adults and adult sites as well.Most (if not all) collaboration applications allow posting of a profile, with personal information. Since this information is shared only... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink
	Ajax vs Flash Doesn't Address User Needs Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 The wrong question is being asked in the "which is better, Flash or Ajax" discussion. 2ni's Blog keeps score during a discussion at an Ajax conference and they come out about even. More enlightening are the notes on the pros... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink
Jun21	Freshbooks: Needs to Work With Real-Life Users Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 Another timecard application that has potential, but a lousy interface, is Freshbooks. I like what it is trying to do, create a total online timesheet and invoicing solution, but their interface is clunky and unintuitive.With all of the nice, Ajax-y... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun20	Real Time Collaboration Make Simple Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Real time collaboration isn't just for corporations. Very small businesses could use it every day, and often do so without realizing they are doing it.For example, today I met on the phone with two ladies that needed some changes to... Continue Reading Posted at 6:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun19	Plinkd: Positiioned as the Host to Web 2.0? Diane Ensey June 19, 2006 Let's say you are a small hosting company, looking to become big. What you need are lots of people to sign up with you to host their websites. How do you attract those people?How about offering 1Gb space with the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:43 AM \| Permalink
Jun17	Faqqly: The Potential Is There Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 I like the idea of Faqqly. You log on and have the ability to post questions to others and answer questions that people ask you. Users create a list of keywords for subjects that people tcan question you about. Your... Continue Reading Posted at 5:36 PM \| Permalink
	American Apparel Opens Second Life Store Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 So now that American Apparel is opening a store in Second Life, which real-life retailer will be next to clothe SL avatars? Benetton? Now it isn't enough that we need to wear the "right" clothes in real life, but... Continue Reading Posted at 10:12 AM \| Permalink
Jun16	With Gates Leaving, Should Ballmer Be Next? Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 I wouldn't be surprised to see an announcement of Steve Ballmer's departure from Microsoft within the next year now that Bill Gates has begun his final goodbye. Between Gates and Ballmer, Microsoft has been late entering the internet application game... Continue Reading Posted at 5:32 PM \| Permalink
Jun15	Netscape.com to ReEmerge as 'Collaborative News Portal' Diane Ensey June 15, 2006 MediaPost reports that AOL will unveil a new Netscape.com site today along the lines of Digg, but with a twist. They have a team of editors and bloggers that will follow some of the popular news stories, report more in... Continue Reading Posted at 7:08 AM \| Permalink
Jun14	Marqui: They've Nailed CMS for Marketing Diane Ensey June 14, 2006 Executives of every sized company would do well to attend an online Marqui seminar just to see what the potential of content management systems (CMS) are. I attended one today and left excited by both the state of CMS technology,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun13	JGraph Introduces MXGraph - A Flowcharting Thin Client Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 JGraph is previewing MXGraph, a flowcharting program that can run entirely in a browser. Eventually users will be able to connect MXGraph to a database, enabling many people to interact and work with the charts interactively.The name seems to be... Continue Reading Posted at 7:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun12	My Prediction of Microsoft's Death Diane Ensey June 12, 2006 Recently I was raving about Google Spreadsheets and Writely to a friend of mine, but they were skeptical, "What if they 'go away'? I'll lose all of my work." She was right - if Google Spreadsheets and Writely are discontinued,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink
	What is Web 2.0? Diane Ensey June 12, 2006 That question gets asked a lot when I talk about DoRealTime. Usually, I attempt to describe what I do in the easiest possible terms, but I use Web 2.0 deliberately, because it is using technology in a different way, and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:04 AM \| Permalink
Jun 9	Zoomblast: Digg for Videos Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 See a video online that you like? Zoomblast it and it'll appear on Zoomblast's website where the rest of the internet can rate it with a thumbs up or thumbs down.So far the videos Zoomblasted are what you'd expect -... Continue Reading Posted at 7:09 PM \| Permalink
	Friday Follies: The Humor in Web 2.0 Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 How about a Web 2.0 BS generator? Press a button and it create catchphrases like: "incentivize peer-to-peer platforms" or "capture viral ecologies". Web Two Point Oh generates a Web 2.0 company name and product for you - my company is... Continue Reading Posted at 4:48 PM \| Permalink
	Tagging and Microformats: Alex Barnett Explains Why They Are Important Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 In an earlier post I talked about microformats, but Alex Barnett explains in a DevSource interview concisely that microformats are simple to use (written in plain language) and make use of technology and methods that are already being used. When... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 PM \| Permalink
	OneNote 2007 Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 I fell in love with OneNote last year, but was on a budget moratorium and didn't purchase it when my 60 day trial finished. Now I'm testing the OneNote 2007 Beta and I love it even more.OneNote is a desktop... Continue Reading Posted at 10:18 AM \| Permalink
Jun 8	Group Collaboration Applications: Need Your Input! Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 I've been testing so much collaboration software in the past 14 days, they are all starting to blend together. I found myself wondering why Groove looked so strange, when I was actually working in Teamwork.Most of the features are pretty... Continue Reading Posted at 9:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Box.Net - 1Gb Online Storage for Free Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 My husband found Box.net while looking for an easy way to keep files online for a construction project he is working on. He is moderately techie and liked Box.net for the utter simplicity of the interface and pricing. Keep in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	On Beta Testing Office 2007 and Vista Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 With all of the Beta Testing going on (MS Office 2007 and Vista particularly) it makes me wish I had an extra computer to install all of these goodies on. Currently I'm testing Office 2007 (including the latest build of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:43 AM \| Permalink
Jun 7	Employees Give Up the Bank; They Knew a Test Was Going On! Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 A very funny and scary article written by Steve Stasiukonis, VP and founder of Secure Network Technologies Inc show just how easy it was to social engineer their way into a credit union network using USB drives that were "seeded"... Continue Reading Posted at 4:55 PM \| Permalink
	Personalized Start Pages - ReadWriteWeb's Analysis Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 I've been working on a post about personalized Start Pages - those pages that appear when your browser starts up. ReadWriteWeb beat me to it, though, and their analysis is much better than what I was coming up with. The... Continue Reading Posted at 10:53 AM \| Permalink
	Vloggercon 2006 Sold Out, But You Can Attend in Second Life Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 Vloggercon 2006, the conference about video blogging to be held in San Francisco this weekend (June 10-11) is sold out. They are running a parallel presence, however, in Second Life where visitors can schmooze and see some of the videos... Continue Reading Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink
	TeamWork Live: An Inexpensive Collaboration Tool Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 Reader Anna suggested I take a look at TeamWork Live, a group collaboration tool.The first thing that strikes me is the nifty Ajax interface - when a link is clicked a portion of the page refreshes without the whole pages... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 6	What Would You Pay for Online MS Office-Like Applications? Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 The dinner discussion tonight centered around the future cost of web based application like Writely, Google Spreadsheets, etc. Considering the cost of upgrading MS products every two or three years, what would you be willing a month for a total... Continue Reading Posted at 7:58 PM \| Permalink
	Google Spreadsheet: I Love It! Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 In playing around with Google Spreadsheet, the newest app from Google labs, I'm liking it very much. It includes the basics for formatting - everything needed on a daily basis, that is for sure. Lots of functions are included: Math... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When It Comes To Word, Most People Just Want Plain Vanilla Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Word is nice, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint form the powerful trinity of my consulting life, but let's face it - 90% of their features aren't necessary.Fred post over on A VC got me thinking about that. What do I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink
	Stowe Boyd and Jason Fried: Where Should Basecamp Focus its Resources? Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Should power users dictate the course of development of applications? That is the basic question that I think Stowe Boyd and Jason Fried of Basecamp are debating.Stowe is a power user of Basecamp - he works with four different companies,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:30 AM \| Permalink
Jun 5	Etsy: An Ajax Marketplace for Handmade Goods Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Etsy is a Ajax-y, Web 2.0 inspired online marketplace for handmade items, sold by the creators. Each item is displayed with information categorized similarly to Ebay, complete with seller feedback.What I like about it: The Alchemy feature where you can... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 PM \| Permalink
	Odeo Audio Inboxes Now Shareable Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Odeo has added the ability to share your inbox - the podcast feeds that you are subscribed to. Dave over at Scripting News points to Biz Stone's inbox. Notice that you can subscribe to his inbox in iTunes, subscribe to... Continue Reading Posted at 7:22 PM \| Permalink
	Viewing Your Website Visually Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 This little application creates a map of your blog or homepage by analyzing the HTML. To the right is the map of DoRealTime site. The colors represent: blue: for links (the A tag) red: for tables (TABLE, TR and TD... Continue Reading Posted at 7:09 PM \| Permalink
	Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0 for Business Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Business Week has a podcast by Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0 - what it is, how it is different and "what Web 2.0 means for business, as well as what executives should be wary of when they try to use... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 PM \| Permalink
	Death Knell for Social News: Digg, Reddit, Slashdot Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 "Are Social News 2.0 websites dying?" is the question asked over at Chrono Tron. The post outlines the problems with Digg: more Diggs to popular websites like CNet and less to sites with original content. I've noticed as well that... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink
	Bubbleshare: Flickr with Audio Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 This album is powered by BubbleShare - Add to my blog Bubbleshare is yet another Flickr wannabe - a way to store and share photo albums. In one way, however, it has an advantage over Flickr - you can... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 AM \| Permalink
Jun 2	Squidoo Lens - A Way to View the World Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Squidoo allows users to create web pages with modules on the pages that contain information like RSS feeds, pictures, and links.The idea is that each Squidoo page is a magnifying lens into a single topic. If you want to get... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink
	Why Didn't He Microformat This List? Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Riffing off my previous post, what if the recommended reading on this page were marked up so that I could write a small app (or the author could supply a button that runs that app) that returns the list of... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink
	Technorati Allows Search on Microformats Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 I've been reading up on microformats, which will make blogs and webpages much more useful as more people start implementing them.A microformat is additional HTML-like code that you add to links and information. For example, imagine having a contact list... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink
	Creating SideNotes or Pull Quotes Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Arc90 labs has create a neat little application called Sidenotes that makes it easier to include pullquotes or boxes within your blog page. Check out some examples.I didn't know it was such a big deal - I've been using CSS... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 PM \| Permalink
	Robert Scoble on Second Life Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Robert Scoble talked about Second Life with Metaverse and came up with some interesting points. I took some notes of the points I found most interesting:What is it about SL that interests Robert so much? The revenue model first of... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink
Jun 1	ClaimID's Creators Respond Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 Earlier today I wrote about ClaimId and co-creator Fred Stutzman was kind enough to respond:Thanks for the mention. I agree that your idea has a lot of value - but we do tend to believe that humans are better sorters... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 PM \| Permalink
	MapBuilder: Google Maps Made Easier Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 I mentioned MapBuilder.net in my last post. It is used quite a bit by Realtors, but can be used for free by anyone. Just create an account, start adding addresses and text for the popup boxes and you have a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink
	Google Maps API: Read the Documentation & Stay Away from Books Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 After much trial and error, and a valuable lesson learned, I finally got the Google Map API figured out to the point that I could create my own map of Yakima Valley wineries. All I wanted to do was create... Continue Reading Posted at 5:47 PM \| Permalink
	ClaimId - OK As C.V., But Could Be Better Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 I'm not sure if ClaimId is a useful business tool or just a brag book. I'm in the process of trying it out (here is my page with a few links) and so far a little puzzled. Sure, you can... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink
	OpenOffice Virus Appears Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 A "proof of concept" virus has appeared in OpenOffice, according to Kaspersky Labs. The virus doesn't attack user's systems, but was created to show that a virus attack is possible on OpenOffice. According to CNet: "The pest is written in... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink

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