Month: November 2006

  • Do startups use Open Source?

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    I was very much of the impression that startups these days, because they want to keep spending to a minimum, would be more likely to use Open Source tools to develop their applications. The likes of MySQL instead of Microsoft SQL Server, for instance. This view was re-inforced by an interview I did with Salim…

  • Plaxo – good idea, poorly executed?

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    I have a Plaxo account. I set it up last year to try it out. It seemed like a good idea, an online address book where I could store all my contacts info and have those data available whereever I had an Internet connection. The reality though is a little different. When I set up…

  • Arguments against business blogging?

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    A couple of commenters on a recent post raised issues I hear time and again when I discuss the advantages of blogs for businesses: Blogging has a poor perception Blogging takes too much time Blogging allows people to make negative comments on your site Let’s deal with each of these points: 1. Blogging has a…

  • Microsoft Vista finished

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    With the two simple words “It’s time“, posted on the Windows Vista blog, Jim Allchin announced to the world yesterday that Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing. Via Rob (well done Rob, you beat Scoble to the post by 48 minutes!). Vista is Microsoft’s new operating system, replacing Windows XP The official Microsoft press…

  • Online presentation software review

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    There is plenty of talk around the online Word processor space and the online Spreadsheet space but you don’t hear as much about the online Presentation space (think online PowerPoint). This is one plank currently missing from Google’s online Office offering. The other CIX guys and I have a need to create a presentation and,…

  • Le Web 3 wiki

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    Loic has put up a wiki for the attendees of Le Web 3. This was a very useful resource last year for finding out about good hotels in Paris (I found a cheap one with free wifi on the wiki) and for organising get togethers. Hopefully it will be as good again this year.

  • It is the WORLD Wide Web – not the US Wide Web

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    I was pitched another website to review again today – this happens regularly – some I review, some I ignore depending on how useful or interesting I think they are. The site I was pitched today was Ugenie.com by someone calling themselves Archana – the fact that this person chose not to use their real…

  • Can Google Reader scale the Great Firewall of China?

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    Jeremiah Owyang is on a trip to China at the moment. He put up a post on his blog the other day saying he couldn’t access Robert Scoble’s blog from inside China – it seems to be blocked by the Great Firewall of China for some reason. I don’t know if this applies to all…