Archive for the “Asides” category
Pimp Your Blog With Whitelabeled Video
by Tony Hung on August 9, 2007
VideoCafe is rolling out an invitation only beta which will allow bloggers to seed their blogs with raw video footage. Its almost like VideoCafe is whitelabelling the service, the usefulness of which will be determined by the actual footage they (…)
Google Turns To Crowdsourcing With Google Maps
by Tony Hung on August 8, 2007
And in even more Google-ish kind of news (which is kind of stale – but, still interesting to me), did you know that Google Maps is crowdsourcing its dirty work? That is, to get pictures of stores listed on Google Maps, and some basic (…)
How Tables Died Thanks To Jeffrey Zeldman
by Tony Hung on August 7, 2007
Back in 1995, I remember how websites were designed — and that was using a whole lot of tables. Things have changed tremendously since then, and I remember just before going to medical school (around 1999) or so, this thing (…)
Loren Feldman’s Ok! (And Subsequently Played Me — And I Think, Only Me — For A Monkey)
by Tony Hung on August 7, 2007
Well, I guess all of this was a ruse. Have a gander at his latest movie. Guess he played me [and perhaps, only me] like a monkey! :) Nuff ‘said.
Putting The “Social” Back Into Social Networks: Its a Good Thing.
by Tony Hung on August 6, 2007
CNet claims that Plaxo’s new social networking initiative called Pulse is more like Pownce with its micro-blogging / tumbing / twittering features. I’m not so sure. The fact you can leave notes behind is hardly the providence of Pownce (although (…)
Madkast Korrection: Analytics To Kome!
by Tony Hung on August 6, 2007
In response to my initial post on Madkast, the widget that is enabling me to “share” posts, Doug Ludlow the co-founder of Madkast says that they will in fact have their analytics package together soon. Apparently they are brushing up (…)
The Drama Behind The Sale of The Wall Street Journal
by Tony Hung on August 5, 2007
After the news earlier in the week of the sale of the WSJ, it turns out there’s actually quite a bit of drama behind the sale. Family in-fighting, the question of impartiality in the advice given to the Bancroft family, (…)