What service are you anxiously awaiting FriendFeed to add? Well, let’s see if we can’t find out. Vote on any of the options in this poll or add your own option. Hopefully this poll will give us a better gauge of what users want. For those of you who don’t know about FriendFeed, see the… Continue reading What new service should FriendFeed add next?
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Remember The Milk Synergies – Improving Your Task Management with Jott, Gmail, iPhones, and more
I love synergies in my products. I like it that I can take dates sent to my Gmail and copy them into my Google Calendar. This time, I want to tell you about a few of my favorite synergies with Remember the Milk, perhaps my favorite of all Internet Tools. If you’re unfamiliar with Remember… Continue reading Remember The Milk Synergies – Improving Your Task Management with Jott, Gmail, iPhones, and more
New Section of BenParr.com – Introducing the Internet Tools Wiki
For the last few days, I’ve been working on some design and functionality features of BenParr.com. I’m nowhere near done, but I’m ready to release a new section of BenParr.com: The Internet Tools Wiki The Internet Tools Wiki is a project designed to aggregate the most useful information on the internet regarding internet tools and… Continue reading New Section of BenParr.com – Introducing the Internet Tools Wiki
Does Blogging help make you a better overall Writer?
Hold onto your obvious judgment for a moment while I explain what I’m talking about. So as many of you know, I’m not only a blogger, but also an author. I’m nearing the end of my first novel, The Eternal Sphere, which I hope to be the first of five or six books depicting a… Continue reading Does Blogging help make you a better overall Writer?
7 Things Google should (and probably would) do if it buys Digg
Update: Amazing response. Subscribe if you want more and watch for my new blog, TechThrill. Not even a few months ago, Digg was on the verge of being bought out by Google or Microsoft. While those rumors have largely disappeared, the possibility (and even likelihood) of one of the two giants snatching up Digg is… Continue reading 7 Things Google should (and probably would) do if it buys Digg
FriendFeed Blog Comments – Challenging Disqus and all blog commenting
(update: FriendFeed comments work again. I think there’s a time delay.) So if you scroll down (on individual posts), you’re going to find something new: FriendFeed comments appear on my blog! FriendFeed, the rapidly rising lifestreaming service, allows you to comment on any item that comes through FriendFeed. Some blog posts and twitter comments can… Continue reading FriendFeed Blog Comments – Challenging Disqus and all blog commenting
Finding a Programming Co-Founder/Partner when you are NOT a programmer
Every so often I do some consulting on internet tools, optimization, and early-stage entrepreneurship. Today, I had the pleasure of sitting down with a beautiful woman, a college entrepreneur, trying to start an internet service. The difficulty for her and her partner? Finding a partner with the programming experience they lack. It’s tough to enter… Continue reading Finding a Programming Co-Founder/Partner when you are NOT a programmer
Youniverse.com – How Social and Dating Websites Should Work (or at least a step in the right direction)
I usually talk about internet tools for business, but they also should be made and used for pleasure and personal fun. And by analyzing these types of tools, we can learn more about what works and what doesn’t for online business as well. This time, let’s talk about the most popular of personal pleasure tools:… Continue reading Youniverse.com – How Social and Dating Websites Should Work (or at least a step in the right direction)
FriendFeed – How to use it to track the chatter
A major up-and-comer in the internet startup and social media space has been FriendFeed, the lifestreaming service that allows you to track what your friends are doing on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Digg, and the blogosphere. Unfortunately, most of your friends are probably not using FriendFeed, at least yet. But that doesn’t mean that FriendFeed isn’t… Continue reading FriendFeed – How to use it to track the chatter
18 Key Firefox Extensions That Improve Online Productivity
I’m shocked companies still use Internet Explorer as their standard browser for business. I’m not about to go into a rant about how Firefox is more secure or how it wins in the speed tests, but if those reasons haven’t convinced you to switch your browser or your company’s browser to Firefox, then I have… Continue reading 18 Key Firefox Extensions That Improve Online Productivity