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June 2006 Archives

Real Social
Every day connections don’t require social networking software. But perhaps the software could reduce the friction in making those connections.
June 28, 2006 - 536 words,

Sacramento: Tech Hub?
Sacramento is the fastest-growing city in the state when it comes to technology careers.
June 27, 2006 - 70 words,

Are text link ads spam?
TechCrunch takes sponsorship from Text Link Ads. Some say they’re spamming search rankings.
June 22, 2006 - 440 words, 8 comments

Management by Crowds
Wisdom of the Crowds is great and all, but can the crowd run a baseball...
June 20, 2006 - 16 words,

Be a sponsor and TechCrunch changes their tune
TechCrunch says they don’t sell reviews. But sponsor the site and they’ll change their tune about you.
June 20, 2006 - 175 words, 7 comments

Stop updating OSX?
OSX wants me to update and restart just to get some fixes I don’t need. Help!
June 16, 2006 - 167 words, 2 comments

SimplePie
SimplePie is a RSS/Atom parser for PHP. Designed to be more robust and easier to...
June 16, 2006 - 18 words,

Autotagging photos
Yahoo’s ZoneTag automatically tags Flickr photos with location information from cell towers. Works with some...
June 16, 2006 - 20 words,

SimpleComments and MT 3.3
SimpleComments won’t work with MT 3.3. A fix is forthcoming.
June 15, 2006 - 97 words, 3 comments

Intuitive
An intuitive interface is natural only because of previously-learned behaviors.
June 13, 2006 - 668 words, 1 comment

Skype at 25,000 feet
The plane’s got Wi-Fi. So of course we had to try Skype.
June 8, 2006 - 39 words, 1 comment

Productized consulting
Consulting doesn’t scale. The only way to make more money is to work more hours...
June 7, 2006 - 47 words, 2 comments

Presentation blog
If you’re going to blog one thing, then blog it well. Presentation Zen does just...
June 7, 2006 - 33 words, 1 comment

Two types of entrepreneurs
Matt Blumberg describes two types of entreprenuers: the start-it-and-leave-it and the keep-it-running types. The former...
June 7, 2006 - 40 words, 1 comment

Mentos and Coke
Mix 202 liters of Diet Coke, 523 Mentos, and two wacky guys and you end...
June 7, 2006 - 23 words,

Related tags with Tags.app and Movable type
How to add related tags to your tag pages with Movable Type.
June 6, 2006 - 196 words, 1 comment

Tags in RSS2
Niall shows how to properly implement tags in RSS 2.0....
June 6, 2006 - 10 words,

Fletcher leaves Bloglines
Mark Fletcher is leaving Bloglines because he’s “a startup guy” and Bloglines is now corporate....
June 6, 2006 - 15 words, 1 comment