Category: Technology

  • Newest Twitter Pipe: URL catchall

    There are an awful lot of URLs from friends that go by in Twitter. I’d like to not have to go through all my archives just to find them. This, then, is a Yahoo pipe that does a content analysis, permits only items with the https:// URL handler, and exports as RSS, which I then…

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  • Clicktracker code from PodCamp Toronto

    Someone reminded me recently that I haven’t posted the click tracking software I mentioned during PodCamp Toronto. This is it – to use it, edit the URL at the top of the code, then copy and paste it into its own directory on your server, naming the file index.php. Next, link to that directory –…

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  • Tools I use on my Mac

    Whitney just got a new MacBook Pro and is wondering what cool stuff I recommend. Being an avid Mac user, I offer the following list. Items marked with a ($) are not free. AdiumX – nice multi-protocol chat (update: with iChat’s support for Jabber, I use iChat now) Audacity – great editor for audio when…

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  • What is Twitter?

    C.C. Chapman talks on his blog about Twittering beyond the box – uses of Twitter beyond your personal community, and suggests applications like politics, storytelling, celebrities, erotica, news, and sports, and wants to know our thoughts on what else Twitter can be used for. What is Twitter? Ultimately, Twitter is length limited asynchronous multicast IM.…

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  • PodCamp NYC Needs Your BRAIN

    Chris Brogan has a thing he calls Friend-Sourcing; others have called it collaboration, the wisdom of the crowd, etc. Regardless of what you call it, here’s the situation at PodCamp NYC. The event is moving along smoothly except for one thing. Due to liability and regulations which they have little control over, the New School…

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