digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Social_Networks_Study_Released'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; faberNovel Consulting has released a research paper on social networks. The paper is an excellent theoretical overview of social networks Continue reading »

When Definr calls itself an "incredibly fast dictionary," they're not kidding. Definr is a single page, simple-as-possible dictionary lookup tool that delivers results to queries almost instantly (without reloading the Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/Amazon_to_Give_Away_1_Billion_Free_MP3s_in_Superbowl_Promotion'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Billboard magazine has done some fine sleuthing and turned up a number of developments in the works that may push

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Troubles_With_OpenID_2_0'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Portland, Oregon's JanRain, leaders in the OpenID movement, put on a PR push this week to promote what they say Continue reading »

Perhaps in response to the campaign by MoveOn, perhaps just because they have always tweaked new features in the weeks following their launch, Facebook announced last night changes to its Continue reading »

Google announced tonight that the new Blogger (nicknamed 'Blogger in Draft') will support OpenID-based commenting. Essentially it means that users of OpenID-enabled services - such as LiveJournal, WordPress and TypeKey

The Google Reader team announced tonight that the wildly popular online feed reader now recommends additional feeds to users based on our subscription lists, web browsing history and "more." It's Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Economics_of_Blogging_for_Attention'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Earlier this week Alex Iskold wrote that there is no money for bloggers in the long tail, even if there Continue reading »

Each night this week while making dinner, I've listened to a different podcast interview with a semantic technology professional. It's been a fascinating experience and the man I have to Continue reading »

Recently launched Ask500People is an interesting new polling experiment that endeavors to ask questions of 500 people around the world and report the results in real-time. Ask500People is not a Continue reading »