http://poorbuthappy.com/ease Peter Van Dijck's weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wonder what happened to the innovation in tagging. The stuff I did with Mefeedia was somewhat innovative I think. Here are some screenshots (it’s no longer live): We organized tags into facets (see above, this just took a few hours of organizing the top 1000 tags), ... http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/03/12/4721/facets-and-tagging-whatever-happened-to-innovation "The real culprit, the real cause of their economic problems isn't the Internet, it isn't the wires that connect computers. It's the under-$100 terabyte hard drive." http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/03/03/4718/4718 Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days and ever-so-slightly shifted the earth's axis :) http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/03/02/4717/4717 I don’t really have time to analyze this today, but it’s always interesting to see how companies that measure change stuff. I noticed Google’s new filters (a crucial feature) changed today, now it looks like this: As you might expect, I like the “Everything” label, although ... http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/02/24/4716/the-evolution-of-googles-left-hand-filters Hey, it turns out that every Buzz gets a permalink, just like a tweet. Nice. With an SEO-optimized URL too ;) http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/02/15/4712/every-buzz-gets-a-permalink Here’s an easy way to post from Google Buzz to Twitter and Facebook. They should really build this in, but until they do, here are the steps. First, find your Google profile. In Google Buzz, you can click here to get there: Once you’re on ... http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/02/15/4710/how-to-post-from-google-buzz-to-twitter-and-facebook Lightweight advocacy. Interesting. http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/02/06/4706/4706 Google has, on the edit profile page, a wonderfully simple UI convention I don’t remember seeing before. Click on a textbox, and you can start typing. From the moment you start typing, it will add another textbox below it, so you can keep adding items. It ... http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/02/03/4705/automatically-adding-textfields-upon-type Another example of the more-even more pattern: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/02/02/4703/more-even-more-pattern-more-storage I noticed the “more – even more” pattern again today, on the BBC this time: Awesome, although I like Google’s wording better – less words :) http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/01/15/4701/more-more-even-more Photo sharing innovation has slowed down again. Flickr is still good, but isn't innovating aggressively, and it's starting to show its age. Picassa kinda sucks. iPhoto is very nice but doesn't have a strong online component. Facebook has a great photo app but it's still Facebook - too closed. I ... http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/01/14/4699/4699 "You’ll be able to connect your choice of storage devices directly to the Box using USB" - awesome. That's exactly what I've been wanting. http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/01/07/4698/4698 Via Anne Galloway: “Control is not discipline. You do not confine people with a highway. But by making highways, you multiply the means of control. I am not saying this is the only aim of highways, but people can travel infinitely and 'freely' without being confined while being perfectly controlled. ... http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2009/12/26/4697/control-is-not-discipline Heavy stuff, that bible! http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2009/12/26/4696/heavy-stuff Tastespotting is pretty awesome. http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2009/12/24/4694/4694