phpGedView - Looks pretty cool - social content meets a social activity. Manage your family’s genealogy on-line. I may have to try this on the Axsom genealogy site
OOXML Denied - So Microsfoft has to try again. I’m gald to see that the “on the merits” faction one out over the ballot stuffing/FUD crowd.
Apple - Busy week for the fruit company:
- iPhone Sales - looking good and that was before…
- iPhone Price Drop - gotta love that early adopter tax.. humm.. the IIvx comes to mind here, but better treatment seems to be in the works.
- Touch Pod - Finally - I can “touch” my iPod in ways never imagined!
New Google Items:
- Hosting and Deduping AP - Both hosting and duplicate removal although an actual “product” isn’t currently up is interesting. Coming from a news archive business the duplication problem, especially wire service stories like AP, is a challenging problem and in Google’s best interest to solve given how much news content they are aggregating. It’ll be interesting to see how they start to use AP articles/photos in a Google product. My bets on time-lines and following developing stories. Those “duplicates” have value in that some add regional/area info not in the original AP story.
- Book “clips” - I though “cool” when I first saw this but can’t we do the same with a screen shot?
Burning Man - Never saw this event before but it’s eating up the tech blog-sphere. Perhaps it’s just slow-news August playing out in blog land coupled with the heat.
New Journalism - A side issue as a result of the whole “burning man” thing is the way in which it’s being covered. It’s not on the traditional media outlets (TV/radio/print) but it is all over the blogs. Some interesting thoughts:
New Music - Great article by NYT Magazine on Rick Ruban and the music industry. As an iPod owner I like iTunes, but I could be persuaded to a subscription model based on artist, genre, etc. Worth the read.
Books
- Finished: Justice Denied, Paint it Black, Killing Rain
- Book Rentals- or swim as it were. I’ve been trying Bookins at $4.50/book but I can’t always get the book I want when I want it. Humm…
Fantasy Baseball - Keene Blackflys are still in 1st. Most of my starting pitching staff is gone and I’m almost entirely on relievers. I’m hoping my batters pick up the pace since I’m only out in front by less than 10 points with 3+ weeks to go.
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