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Superfeedr : Real-time feed parsing in the cloud for web-developers - http://superfeedr.com/
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Why build a complex feed fetching and parsing infrastructure when you could just use ours? Superfeedr is Real-time Feed Parsing in the Cloud.
- Albert Willis
New cut and paste features in Office 2010 rock - http://www.viddler.com/explore...
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Nice!
- Travis Koger
Can't wait to try it out
- Ashur Lazar
damn, the problem is when I copy and paste work from websites on my papers to cheat, I want it to drop the formatting not preserve it! hehe
- Mark
I thought you could do this in older versions of Word as well. By going to Edit> Paste Special. The improvement is only in the UI (as I see it)
- | Balu |
are they still grabbing in bmp or using a smaller file format now such as jpeg or png? Since one annoyance has been the sheer size of word files after you add an image.
- alphaxion
cool feature on capturing the screen shots on word docs- as you pointed- it would be awesome to have it on livewriter too.
- esaarem
agreed with Balu - what's new with cut/paste special (outside of UI)?
- esaarem
Balu: if no one can figure out a feature is there, and this makes it usable, then it's greatly appreciated. Edit/Paste didn't let you try quickly a bunch of different imports and see their effect very quickly.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: but.. but I thought you hated the powerpoint presentation nap time assistant?
- Mark Essel
Will any of you guys buy a 9" oversized Apple Ipod Touch like device?
- Mark
I would buy (9 inch Apple ipod touch) ,if it has something that laptop and Iphone does not provide.
- ashish
@esaarem. Agreed, I hope they port that live screenshot feature to Live Writer or Wordpad.
- Adi
Why isn't stuff like this built into Windows?
- Paul Grav
Very nice! Will lessen my dependence on apps like ClipMate and Snagit.
- Herb Hernandez
Paul, Vista and 7 have the "Snipping Tool," so it *is* built into Windows, though the Snipping Tool is pretty basic and requires more steps than the screenshot feature of Word 2010.
- Karim
Karim. I was referring to the cut and paste. Anyway, the 'Snipping Tool' may be wonderful, but why isn't there a one consistent tool across all apps? Why do users have to learn 2 different ways to manage screenshots?
- Paul Grav
Paul, oh, i thought you were talking about screenshots, sorry. the Snipping Tool isn't particularly wonderful -- it's fairly basic -- but it's a separate utility, so it does work across all apps. it doesn't obviate the need for all other screen capture utilities. for example Snag-It will create a screen capture of a browser window, *including* any part you can't see without scrolling...
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- Karim
@Scoble Hmm may be I am one of the few, who go through every item on the menu trying to figure out what each means! =/ And yes quick preview is a great addition, it's just that it's one of those features which make you go "why didn't I think of that" and not "wow, how did they do that." That said, I like the way Windows is working now as a company, all of sudden it's springing a lot of surprises. They are more open than before (Win7 RC?)
- | Balu |
That is the first good thing I have heard about Office 2010 - thank you, makes it interesting though when cut and paste is the first good thing I would hear.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
Is it about new features or about going online finally? http://technbiz.blogspot.com/2009...
- Paramendra Bhagat
Paramendra: both.
- Robert Scoble
Do you feel vindicated that they have called it Office 2010? Do you feel like your term 2010 web just gained some more currency? http://technbiz.blogspot.com
- Paramendra Bhagat
Paramendra: nah, just coincidence. But sure makes more sense than calling it "Office 14." :-)
- Robert Scoble
I have an alternate classification system that I am pushing. It is like the Periodic Chart of Elements. http://technbiz.blogspot.com/2009...
- Paramendra Bhagat
The coolest thing I have seen so far in London? Music service Spotify. But you can't use it in USA yet. It is getting 50,000 new users a day
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Glad you are enjoying my home town!!
- Jim Connolly
I love using Spotify, it really is simple and has nearly every track on there that I'd want! Not sure how much bandwidth it uses, as that might be a problem on Mobile Broadband. Are writing up/putting individual videos up from your time in London?
- Steve Farnworth
The norwegian Music service - @wimp from @aspiromusic is far better! http://wimp.aspiro.com/site...
- robert sørensen
Steve: yes, I put a bunch up at http://www.kyte.tv/scobleizer (including one with Spotify) and a few more at http://scobleizer.blip.tv
- Robert Scoble
robert: why? Can I use Wimp in USA?
- Robert Scoble
Mobile version coming soon. Adverts still not annoying enough to pay for it....yet.
- Andrew Cresswell
we are loving Spotify in London, it's so popular it's setting off it's own memes http://jonathanfromspotifyruin...
- Ian Crocombe
hmm
- Rajeev Prabhakaran Nair
Spotify is awesome but I've had quite a few buffering issues when I've used it. It's probably down to my Internet connection but they really should try to work around that somehow. I mainly use it to previews albums in full before downloading them, so it's bearable.
- Tony Ruscoe
The speed and quality of Spotify are amazing. I've been a subscriber for a while now - best 9€/month I've ever spent :)
- Jan Ignatius
Robert: thanks for the link, will give that a watch! Shame I missed you guys, couldn't get to the Tweetup!
- Steve Farnworth
Is the lack of US presence a US copyright issue? Or careful rollout?
- Andrew Cresswell
Spotify also lets you send your listening history to http://last.fm, so you can keep your music profile updated. its a great service; search is really fast, streaming starts almost instantaneously, xml based playlists you can share, adverts are not that often and iphone app on the way. they dont seem to be catering for developers much at the moment with just the libspotify API for linux clients. If they nail that then i foresee see good things happening...
- hearn
Andrew: careful rollout. Doing live streaming costs a lot of money and they need to have advertising salespeople and way to monetize.
- Robert Scoble
I dont think so, you still have to be invited to use it and Aspiro/Wimp is not overflowing us with inivtes either. Wimps GUI and specially the option to buy song/albums without creditcard (charging your mobile instead) is good. Spotify is better when it comes to sound quality, but Wimp has promised to fix this soon.
- robert sørensen
Americans got Hulu, (some) Europeans get Spotify. Of course there's always proxies. Spotify now has higher quality option for subscribers \0/
- Petteri
Spotify is truly a phenomenon over here, Robert.
- Iain Baker
Spotify has been so successful over here (esp. UK) that it is no longer novel, and considered normal internet use by many! I love it.
- By_tor
Yeah I've been using Spotify for a while now, its great! Still has a few gaps in its music service and recently seems to have removed one album I liked, but in general has most bands/genres covered and apparently constantly adds new stuff.
- Roy Herrod
I love Spotify, it makes me seriously wonder why I have so many gigs of music in my iTunes library. I can't wait till the Android version comes out; for me at least it's then game over for my ipod.
- Christian Cable
Spotify saved my life, i have been going 3 years without listening to anything new, simply because i don't have time to look for new music. Now i use spotify every day (and pay 10€/month for no ads). Using the playlists its so simple to discover new artists. And a shameless plug... me and a friend made a little site for sharing spotify playlists: http://listopify.com :)
- Lasse Johnsen
Rumors say they are hoping to open in the US and release several mobile apps towards the end of the year.
- Lasse Johnsen
I loooove Spotify :) There's another service too, called Voddler (it hasn't opened to the public yet). Which is also a swedish service, like Spotify but for movies and tv.
- Patrik Johansson
Spotify hasn't made it yet? Wow - at least you still have Pandora - we got that then it was cruelly taken from our grasp
- NMInet
Sportify is cool, but have been addicted to Last.fm for a long time. I know they are not exactly the same, but similar enough for me not to change. On top of that you have to listen to commercials if you want the free version, which I am not a big fan of
- Asgeir
spotify is great. blip.fm is superb, with very nice social network features.
- Liviu Barbat
Here in Canada (and most places outside the US) we are blocked from Hulu, Pandora and many others. Is it wrong to feel a little glee about a service that's not available in the US?
- Kevin Fair
Spotify has major drawbacks in that the content is limited when compared to others (check out http://www.we7.com) and you have to download a client to use it. There are much better options. The interface is also unimaginative - a darker less functional version of iTunes.
- Angus Neil
from iPhone
Roland, I agree its relatively simple to use but it doesn't give you the visual experience or easy to use but advanced features (such as queueing up a playlist, creating a personal playlist, one click purchase, sharing/embedding etc) that We7 does. Also, having a number of computers (home mac, work pc, netbook ubuntu), flexibility for me is key - when I can stream any music I want in...
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- Angus Neil
it'd be 50k plus one a day if they'd make it available to us yanks.
- motownmutt
Can't get spotify in Italy- even with an invite - but what about http://grooveshark.com ? their catalogue is unbelievable !!
- Nicholas Paul Gordon
from iPhone
I started using Spotify a few weeks ago and I'm getting hooked -- furthermore, with Firefox and Adblock I can see no ads at all! (What is "Ads by Google"?) :P
- Mats Halldin
Alfresco, enterprise content mgment http://m.kyte.tv/ch...
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got a link to them Robert?
- Mark Essel
Here ya go, Mark ;-) http://tr.im/rxWi
- Marlin Forbes
Hey Scoble- :-)
- Rocky Barbanica
Robert thank you sir, after a quick browse i'm still not 100% clear on what they do. Buy I'm intellectually lazy this morning. Something support wise for a big company, doc database?
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
From the looks of it it's an enterprise level content server. It aggregates, stores, indexes, etc all the data that is fed into it or it can retrieve, provides a CMS frontend, and also endpoints for applications to get to the data easily.
- Marlin Forbes
Why did Google announce Chrome OS this week? Well, of course, Microsoft has a big announcement coming on Monday (I'm embargoed).
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It'll be interesting to discuss both announcements too, and what they mean for each other.
- Robert Scoble
Is this that internet clipboard that Ray Ozzie demoed a few years ago? Maybe they've completed it!
- Diego Barros
I hope to see something good come out of this. Are they saying free or paid for the Chrome OS?
- Anthony Timberlake
That's my Scoble - seeing things behind the things!
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
*raises eyebrow* Interesting. I applaud more competition
- Mo Kargas
I'm intrigued!
- Daynah
Diego, no, it's one of Microsoft's primary businesses. Did you know Microsoft has 14 billion dollar businesses?
- Robert Scoble
Related to Microsoft's Gazelle browser? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
- Kiran Patchigolla
Windows 7 GPL 3.0 ?? Brouahahaa:-)
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Microsoft isn't doing too bad lately.
- Eric Florenzano
cool, im thinking its a special version of windows 7 for netbooks?
- sean percival
Anthony: I'm sure it will be free.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I'm sure they do. As I'm sure IBM does. But I don't care about IBM. :)
- Diego Barros
BingOS?
- imabonehead
imabonehead :D
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
imabonehead: no. :-) Microsoft isn't that disruptive.
- Robert Scoble
And that means Google Is doing well once again, doesn't it?
- Markingegno - Donato
from Android
The Chrome OS will be for netbooks and such for now. And is Microsoft announcing the Free One Care?
- Dylan Richardson
haha BingOS! I like it
- Diego Barros
Bingo yes :)
- Kiran Patchigolla
*chuckles at imabonehead*
- Daynah
LOL BingOS! The startup sound will be Ballmer saying "BING!" like he did at AllThingsD conference.
- Paul Salzman
Bing-OS was his name-o!
- Daynah
Bingos <--- that was his name-o
- Micah Wittman
GoogleOS is already out - "It's the browser" - the GNU/Linux/Ubuntu skin is just marketing...
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
*high fives Daynah*
- Micah Wittman
An open source OS - how much stable will it be??
- Palak Mathur
Question is Robert, if you are not allowed to say, how on earth did Google find out?
- Sandra Large
Bingo-sssss
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Micah, we're on the same google brain wave tonight. :)
- Daynah
Palak - you troll
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Ride the wave :D
- Micah Wittman
Sandra: it might just be coincidence. Or maybe they have great spies. Depends on your view of the world, huh?
- Robert Scoble
Microsoft is open-sourcing their code too??? Yeah, didn't think so. :)
- Josh Fraser
Josh: part of the Microsoft announcement on Monday runs on Google Chrome (and Firefox for that matter).
- Robert Scoble
Not all "open-sourcing" is created equal.
- Micah Wittman
Maybe Microsoft is making it's secret announcement this week cause they knew Google was about to announce?
- Alan W Silberberg
Robert - say no more, don't get into trouble, Duder.
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Thats real funny Josh .. Its like pulling teeth to get them to give a discount on anything.
- Dylan Richardson
Alan: maybe! It all depends on how you look at the world, doesn't it?
- Robert Scoble
Nice Cant Wait!
- James Hunter
It just seems to coincidental. Like President of Iran making big speech during MJ's funeral!
- Alan W Silberberg
Scoble the only MS announcement they could make that would blow me away is Windows 7 Early release.
- Dylan Richardson
Dylan: Microsoft has a few other impressive things up its sleeve.
- Robert Scoble
So the question is now that Google's making an OS, will Eric Schmidt resign from Apple's Board?
- Paul Salzman
It's all just ones and zeros. ;)
- Victor Panlilio
So, do we give Calacanis credit for calling a Google OS back in 2006? http://calacanis.com/2006...
- Mike Doeff
Sanat: insightful. Paul: Google makes a smart phone OS, and he hasn't resigned, so why would he now?
- Robert Scoble
Zune HD. Looks nice for the first time ever I'm thinking about it.
- Dylan Richardson
Google is talking about it's goals at this point. Isn't Intel trying a netbook OS too that boots fast? It'll be interesting to see which OS features win out here with different implementations. Is instant on to the browser the key or will some other feature shine? Fun times ahead, though really need to see things in action.
- Loren Heiny
from iPhone
Dylan: sorry, that is dead on arrival. They should have combined Zune with a cell phone.
- Robert Scoble
I got a screen photo here: http://ff.im/4WoVE, I don't have much comments yet due 2 that I am using it now, its not much of an announcement.
- polou/indigo_bow
Robert, Zune with a phone hmmm??? I hope ur rite as u said ur embargoed!
- polou/indigo_bow
Gazelle?
- carrotmadman6
MS does not have the Balls to take on the iPhone.
- Dylan Richardson
Wait for Monday. Nothing else to say.
- Frédéric Sidler
from iPhone
Robert, because they claim to excuse him from the part of the meetings related to iPhone...computer OS is arguably the biggest segment of Apple. I guess he can stick around for the hardware discussions. I know my argument is elementary, but maybe walking a line here?
- Paul Salzman
What was the last big hit new MS product?
- James Watters
But if they did that would be cool competition is always better for the consumer.
- Dylan Richardson
James: Xbox? Dynamics? Bing?
- Robert Scoble
Apple is not really what I will be looking at Android is the big boy here
- polou/indigo_bow
MS Office on the browser would also explain why GMail and Google Apps are finally out of Beta today too.
- Ron Schott
Xbox
- polou/indigo_bow
OH OH Project Natal is coming out!! lol j/k
- Dylan Richardson
Robert: Thanks, wasn't hating, just looking for organic momentum from products. Bungie was def a godsend to 360. Bing proved Seth Godin wrong which I greatly enjoyed.
- James Watters
@Robert Scoble: So I looked up Microsoft's last quater's financial report, Microsoft does indeed have a $14 billion business :)
- Long Zheng
Bing is nice I have to say. Here is how I use it .. If I want to Buy or shop a price I use Bing. If I need info its Google.
- Dylan Richardson
MS better fix the %$^#%@^ Gumblar hole first, it's apparently worse than Conficker -- http://rixstep.com/2...
- Victor Panlilio
MS also has ~6+ B in R&D, is it efficient?
- James Watters
Not new news, but it could be the launch of Silverlight 3.0? Offline mode and all the other nice bits, runs on Chrome and Firefox.
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
Oh, really? When I get something on embargo...I don't write about getting it under embargo. Come on, Robert. You're better than that. Or at least I hope you are.
- Andrew Feinberg
I agree @travis, but google make it like a news
- polou/indigo_bow
James: it doesn't matter, a company like Microsoft needs a product pipeline to remain relevant. Research lets Microsoft remain relevant and on Monday you'll see a bit of how it does that.
- Robert Scoble
OK. Google Chrome OS. Netbook makers say Linux based Netbooks have high return rates. How will people react to a Netbook that only runs a browser? Linux has remained niche.
- Dileepa Prabhakar
Andrew: sometimes you have to take a risk. This is one of those times.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I will look forward to it. We ALL win when great software comes to the market. Almost nothing better in the world.
- James Watters
14 billion, maybe Office that runs on Silverlight, therefore in the browser properly.
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
Do you all think GoogleOS will just boot up right into the browser? Browser will be in firmware?
- Paul Salzman
BTW, Robert, will Microsoft finally dump IE and develop a Webkit based browser? (Forget Gazelle. Yet another stupid Microsoft research project that will never successfully make it mainstream.)
- Dileepa Prabhakar
Paul: no highly unlikely.
- James Watters
Dileepa: I don't know the answer to that. But the demos on Monday (I have a bunch of video coming) were shown to me in Firefox. So maybe that's our answer right there.
- Robert Scoble
James: so you think it will sit on top of Linux or something? Or just be a new flavor of Linux?
- Paul Salzman
Linux flavor of Chrome, thus far not arrived yet
- polou/indigo_bow
Paul: I'd look at Android as a precursor and say yes its going to use a google refined linux kernel, and I believe the post even says a windowing system. I'll check TC again to be sure brb.
- James Watters
Paul: I bet there will be some customization of Linux underneath Google's Chrome OS. I'm intrigued and can't wait to see what they will do with it.
- Robert Scoble
Google says the software architecture will basically be the current Chrome browser running inside “a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.” (quoting TC)
- James Watters
I can almost bet that its web based Microsoft Office with some nifty real-time collaboration features.
- sameer
Sameer - I agree. Explains cross-browser compatability
- Daniel Lazarides
from iPhone
"a new windowing system" leaves the door open for a greater level of abstraction away from the kernel for sure. Probably still with some access to files, devices, etc on the local hardware though which a browser alone would be a clumsy solution too.
- James Watters
If Microsoft's BIG announcements are Web based Office (already demo'ed and announced), Windows Azure RTW (nothing unexpected) or Windows 7 RTM (already announced to be announced!), there is nothing that's going to surprise people on Monday then.
- Dileepa Prabhakar
I think Wave might be integrated into the OS.
- Jayasimhan Masilamani
Dileepa: Windows7i -- the Cloud OS from MS
- Paul Salzman
Jaya: Like as a built in extension to the windowing system? Like IE and explorer?
- James Watters
@Alex Will they be able to match Open Source strategies as followed by Ubuntu,etc??
- Palak Mathur
just another rehashed disaster of windows in another marketing created packing
- Zac Bowling
Dileepa - They haven't talked much about collaboration using Office web. There was one OneNote demo that showed some realtime synchronization. I'm thinking more Wave-like realtime features.
- sameer
Zac: I'm going to believe Robert, but lets give him hell if this is marketing glossy! :)
- James Watters
Paul Salzman: Windows 7i with WGA! -- works only when accessed through IE when running on a WGA validated copy of Windows.
- Dileepa Prabhakar
Dileepa: that's it, we've called it! ;)
- Paul Salzman
Robert you managed to convert a complete google night into a complete MS night :)
- Kiran Patchigolla
James: it's been a while since I've felt compelled to do more than five videos at a Microsoft press conference. See ya on Monday.
- Robert Scoble
sameer: That will be mimicking existing Google Docs feature. Google Wave is at a completely different level and I am not sure if Microsoft is up to doing something like that.
- Dileepa Prabhakar
Till Monday it is, I'm thinking I'll even blog it.
- James Watters
Wave might act as the collaboration platform on the OS. But that leads to another question. Will the OS be tied to Google accounts for login?
- Jayasimhan Masilamani
Dileepa: Let's see, I think there's potential for implementation of realtime collaboration across the web based and desktop offerings of Office that could be of big mainstream impact. It's got to be something related to Office, Robert talks about the "$14 billion business" - The only other Microsoft business I know of that's that big is Windows.
- sameer
sameer: I said that Microsoft has 14 billion dollar businesses. Plural, not singular, but I also said it was one of Microsoft's primary businesses. That narrows it down a bit, yes.
- Robert Scoble
My guess is a MS hardware that will shake the netbook market!!
- Krishnan Subramanian
So that's a Win7 RTM announcement, combined with Web Office. If Web Office will be free to use, the combination of W7 Starter with Web Office will be a huge notebook hit.
- Kirill Petrovsky
If ChromeOS was meant to counter MS, then the logical MS announcement would be some kind of OS project, like maybe a combination of Microsoft Singularity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ) combined with Silverlight for NetBooks or mobiles.
- Ray Cromwell
MS Web Office for sure: Scoble said it runs on Chrome and Firefox and it's a multi billion business. Actually, MS Office accounted for 18-19B $ in 2008.
- Jérôme Flipo
I fear that if the tech side of their release if good (but whatever the pricing), Google Apps isn't ready for the fight.
- Jérôme Flipo
Microsoft announces the cloud OS? I'm still not sure about a Google OS though.
- Burcu Dogan
Web Office in Silverlight, together with a mobile version that means we get Silverlight on WinMo and maybe even IPhone would be a win for me
- Ian Blackburn
I cannot wait...:-) but I DO have a clue...
- Eric Denekamp
Lots of people suggesting Office-in-browser but if that were it why would Robert be under embargo given they've already announced it and demo'd it? I'm not saying it ISN'T Office-in-browser but if it is then something doesn't add up!
- Jamie
Good point Jamie - the two primary business in MS are Office and Windows (in terms of revenue anyway), so perhaps this is more to do with a Windows OS in the cloud? How would that look?
- Ian Blackburn
Midori perhaps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Jamie
Initially, Google VS Live, Then Chrome Vs IE & Google Vs Bing, finally its Windows VS Chrome OS
- Michael_techie
Ummm... are they announcing an online version of MS Office like Google Docs?
- prolificdyslexic
that's why I do not subscribe to Scoble - too many comments on his articles, too much noise
- Павел Романовский
I don't see any noise in here. Interesting conversation!
- Robert Scoble
The MS guy at Portland Cloud Camp said Azure was going to be released very, very <wink, wink> soon. #cloudcampPDX
- Gary Walter (gwalter)
@gwalter You’re maybe right. The front end would be MS Gazelle, and the back end would be Azure.
- Bram Pitoyo
Microsoft is finally putting the Zune out of it's (and out) misery and killing it? :)
- Diego Barros
Office Web Apps release to public beta is well overdue - first promised for end of 2008. If this is embargoed then it must involve something new. ScottGu hinted that Silverlight 4 was already in development. SL3 is released this Friday. So maybe SL4 will be released,in beta with a beta of Office Web Apps showing some SL4 features (like more AIR like features)..
- Joe Wood
It seems like "too late" and illogical for Microsoft to come-up with another vendor-lock-in type innovation and expect positive results. Microsoft is not run by daredevils nor wimps. The announcement Robert talking about might be about a web based productivity application suite, which is standards compliant and offers a familiar interface and workflow for people, thus easily adoptable and steal competitors' (G, Y!, Zoho, 37S, Adobe?, etc.) user base.
- Berk D. Demir
The thing thats got me shitting my pants over all this is Games. I need Windows to play all the latest Direct X 10 and 11 games. Linux is hopeless in that regard.
- Mark
Audience in here is mainly composed of technically inclined, early adopters. We feel comfortable with online apps and mainly ready to ditch (or already ditched) many offline applications in favor of our new toys. OTOH, that's a huge paradigm shift for the other majority of less technically inclined and incomparably bigger masses. Microsoft still have the power to lead masses, create...
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- Berk D. Demir
Interesting discussion! I vote for MS Office online !
- Krishnamoorthy
I commented in istartedsomething on Long Zheng theories with this list. so why not here after having read all of Scoble responses?: Safe Guesses (not crazy): 1.- Office Ensemble (Office Web Apps + Office Live Update) and a Office 2010 public CTP (the most likely one) 2.-Microsoft Online Services gets full release along with a full release of Windows Azure while one of the new Data...
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from FriendFoo
i crammed a lot of guesses that may not have to do with the announcement so maybe robert could say warm or hot to the whole list without having to specify. :P
- Avatar X
I vaguely recollect listening to the GIllmor Gang in June/July 2008 where Robert said he'd just visited Microsoft Research and seen "an amazing new browser". If memory serves me correctly it was said in the context of mobile devices but who knows.....this may be another contender for Monday's announcement!
- Jamie
Anything related to Midori ? http://technologizer.com/2008...
- Krishnamoorthy
Microsoft has already made their counter-move to a Google OS. It's called Windows Azure. It'll serve apps to the Google OS with ease and MS will make money in the process. Yeah, I know today the money be nowhere near what the Windows OS makes, but while the Google OS is gaining traction as a desktop OS, Azure will be gaining traction as an app hosting platform for that very same Google OS and others.
- Jeff Weber
More spam news will come in. Azure, Mirot ha ha ha
- Michael_techie
just another social network (where the IE users might hang out)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Another huge innovation like renaming Bing?
- Burcu Dogan
Google is initially going after netbooks via a new OpenSource OS. If Microsoft's Next Big Thing is Azure then they are betting that a locked-in cloud-based OS will trump Google's move. It's gonna be VEHLEY INTELESTING to see this play out.
- J.D. Deutschendorf
launching online enabled MS Office, free and beta
- Павел Романовский
I really hope it's not anything Silverlight related, some one is on crack if they think the end game is everything running in a plugin in a browser.
- Scott Kahler
Tease. Tease. :)
- Charlie Anzman
Robert, they'd better have more than a few "14 billion dollar" businesses. Their market cap is 200 billion for heaven's sake.
- Stephen Pickering
sorry, have to ask. did it make you cry? :)
- dannysullivan
does this mean google=novell?
- Eran Even-Kesef
Made the news onto electricpig your announcement!
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
Dr. Schmidt HAS to resign from the Apple board... too many conflicts of interest (iPhone v Android, Chrome OS v OS X, Chrome v Safari). What could he possibly be adding that can't be obtained through someone else?
- Gerald Buckley
You are in Palo Alto? I am in Mendocino. :)
- Joe
pricing of Azure will definitily be one of the announcements; not the BIG one. Office online perhaps...
- Jeroen De Miranda
Very interesting indeed. Chrome OS sounds like a great companion to Windows on a netbook+ device, for those times when you do need instant web/email. Looking forward to your videos!
- Will Johnson
Since the event on monday is WPC I'm guessing that Steve Balmer will present MS view on future of the Enterprise and showing off some of what Ray Ozzie has been working on. Coming full circle with Azure (computing infrastructure), Mesh (powering collaboration), SilverLight (future of runtime enviroments on all platforms) and of course all of this software+services has to be powered by Windows Enterprise Servers on the back end.
- Daniel Chow
Also the new Office is the first application to launch under the above stack. Scoble, did I get anywhere close to any of the embargoed announcements? :)
- Daniel Chow
Robert - Was GLADoS based on you? ;)
- Matthew DeVries
What do you think? How long will the Apple-Google Friendship last? http://friendfeed.com/applero...
- Hans Kainz
They are going to announce the release of IE 9 - the even worse with net standards addition.
- Bobby Griffith
Windows 7 Home/Business/Ultimate Netbook Edition. Each with different capabilities and things disabled for no reason other than to confuse users and make more money.
- Scott Koon
heh - i know now what the announcement is and i am not embargoed - i should make a post :)
- Allen Stern
Go for it, Allen! Inquiring minds want to know!
- Rudy Amid
Well if you do know, you owe it to your readers to report the news,
- Mark
Mark - That's if you see tech journalists (which I don't think Robert even classifies himself as) as true hard hitting journalists (think woodward and burnstein, ed Murrow) or if you think of them in the vein of Sports writers. Sports writers, like tech writers, need to foster relationships and have their names known and have to cross closer into the friendzone to get us the day to day...
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- Matthew DeVries
Mark: sorry, I signed an embargo. That's the way these things go and I'm not willing to burn this relationship, sorry. You'll know on Monday. Matthew is exactly right. And even with Woodward and Burnstein, they played this game. You didn't know who Deep Throat was, even though that was news too.
- Robert Scoble
Not even going to go for the Deep Throat joke... I swear, I'm not going to... :p
- Bill Heslin
what announcement?
- kang
I didn't mean Robert should report it. I meant Allen Stern who commented he was not under an embargo. He knows it, he has no NDA, he should report it.
- Mark
RT Allen Stern "heh - i know now what the announcement is and i am not embargoed - i should make a post :)"
- Mark
I hope its not Gazelle. If it is I respect Robert for abiding by the embargo. It seems as though no one in tech abides by embargoes any more. If it is Gazelle, might as well discuss since it is all over the tech blogs already.
- Keith Beucler
As they keep it under the blanket till now! It should be software only thingy! speculations about xbox, zune phone etc are free to leave!
- Amir
It's not Gazelle. At least I don't think so, because I have no clue what Gazelle is. I'm off to find out.
- Robert Scoble
Ahh, nope, what I was thinking of is not Gazelle. But now that I see the rumors I wonder if Microsoft has more than one major announcement on Monday?
- Robert Scoble
My Guess: They enabled Live Mesh Web Desktop to run applications, So in future all applications are going to be hosted in Live Mesh
- Amir
maybe i want use chrome all day,,just for internet surfing
- qian
Hey Robert, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being an announcement that version 8.1 of IE includes a better spell-checker, and 10 being that Windows 8 is coming out in 2010 and is free, how many out of 10 is the announcement going to be in terms of having an impact?
- Mark
btw I have had this single chrome window open for about a week, and because each tab has its own process I don't get memory leaks like with firefox.
- Mark
Does unmodded, unaddon'd firefox leak?
- Matthew DeVries
Not sure to be honest
- Mark
So there could be your difference.
- Matthew DeVries
Mark: that's hard to judge. I'd say 6.9 based on how you framed it.
- Robert Scoble
Is this something that will go over well on Wall Street?
- Michael Fidler
Well, today Microsoft announced the promotion of Steven Sinofsky to president of the Windows Division.
- imabonehead
Robert ur (face) a hit today in the news outlets: http://lifehacker.com/5310444...
- polou/indigo_bow
I hope Google comes up with a great OS. I have tried any different Linux versions on my netbook but have never found the perfect one. Looks like they have connected the right partners as well so I am very excited. 9 0ut 10 for me. This could change everything
- Asgeir
TechCrunch on Scoblelizer's drumroll: "Office In Cloud Comes Monday" http://bit.ly/18sKUe
- JimmyJet
it will be a sigh of release for people come to fear those massive, massive office purchase/downloads. still a pain for when you travel and have no access online though...
- Terry O'Fee
While Google's forays in the OS and office productivity arenas are great for consumer choice, are they playing w/ fire? Google's core revenue stream is search, which has a much lower switching cost than any of MS's multiple revenue streams: Client, Office, Server. It seems like the two are pitching for a protracted fight that could be costly to both. But in a battle of attrition, it seems to me that Google could lose $ faster than MS.
- lingb
Windows ME Ultimate?
- Michael Funk
Well, it's Monday, what is the announcement about?
- SuezanneC Baskerville
MS is making Office apps online. Ala google apps. Boring.
- Rudy Amid
Microsoft Dynamics AX Software Design Review and Knowledge Transfer
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I spent a week in early May at the Software Design Review (SDR) / Knowledge Transfer at our Microsoft campus in Bellevue, WA. The SDR is an opportunity for our AX development team to present and discuss release progress with the customers and partners that have been selected for the ‘AX6’ Technology Adoption Partner (TAP) program. This is the first SDR that I’ve attended and the opportunity to mingle with customers and partners for five days is a fantastic experience. And the fact that these are some of our best customers and partners makes it even better. It even started before I arrived when I realized that I was sitting next to an attendee on the plane ride from Minneapolis to Seattle. My formal participation in the event was a discussion on test tools for the AX ecosystem. This is something I’ve been working on for some time. The primary visible progress so far has been the white paper that we published after AX 2009 was released last year. Now we’re starting to formalize the...
- Iggy Mwangi
JJ's Click & Collect hits £200k sales - http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/...
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JJ Food Service's online order and collect service is turning over £200,000 a week just six weeks after the service was started. Click & Collect enables customers to order online and pick up goods from the depot at a 10% discount. The...
3663 backtracks over future of Barking depot - http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/...
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Foodservice giant 3663 is considering closing its London depot - just two months after CEO Fred Barnes denied rumours of a possible closure. An internal memo seen by the Grocer revealed the depot's future was being reviewed following a "...
How odd that they could not keep their sites open in London which is the biggest city in the UK, their more food places in London then any where eles, so now their going to have to drive in from outside to make the drops.
- Rif Kiamil
The Enterprise Soft Spot, er, the Enterprise Email Crisis - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
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I share this just to note that Louis Gray and Joe have already shared this item and it's only a few minutes old. Glad to know Louis is not sleeping at 2 a.m. too and that he's as fast as ever. Isn't Google Reader cool? You can see who is sharing your items if they are your friend in Google Talk. By the way, my Google Talk email address is scobleizer@gmail.com -- feel free to add me as a friend in Google Reader and share your Google Reader Shared Items feed with me. Thanks!
- Robert Scoble
That of course depends on what time of day you were looking. I was "on" from midnight to 2, but if you wanted an immediate response at any time yesterday before 7, you weren't going to get it. I did see your reshare in Google Reader though. Nice comments.
- Louis Gray
Louis is ALWAYS on (Matthew takes over when he dozes :)
- Charlie Anzman
Corporate e-mail can't die quick enough as far as I'm concerned. Let's start putting this stuff in (micro)blogs and wikis, people!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
robert, we need to talk! this is exactly where our current products at ClearContext are focused, and the products we're working on now extend on them to address some specific problems around email companies are asking us to deal with that go beyond just helping individuals be more productive.
- Deva Hazarika
Deva: we will talk soon.
- Robert Scoble
How about Zoho, Mindtouch, and Socialtext as candidates? ... solving the “n*n” problem
- jfayel
CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers - Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
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"The murder has stoked fears that outbreaks of mob rule risk jeopardising the sub-continent’s economic rise. Thousands of violent protesters recently forced Tata, the Indian conglomerate that owns Land Rover and Jaguar, to halt work on a plant being built to produce the world’s cheapest car, the £1,250 Nano. The move could result in £200 million in investment costs being written off. Tata stopped work three weeks ago, saying that it could not guarantee its workers’ safety at the factory in the state of West Bengal."
- Erhan Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
A free Exchange Replacement that works - http://www.liamm.com/tech...
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Why change MS Exchange when MS Office/Outlook makes up all the cost?
- Rif Kiamil
"Like a lot of recent Open Source projects the company responsible for Zarafa as made available both a Community (Read “free as in beer and speech”) version that has a restriction of 3 connected mapi (Outlook) clients and a paid version that you can pay for per client access license." hahahaha. sweet. so it's free right up until that 4th Outlook client?
- Karim
also he had to turn *off* SSL to get it working with his iPhone which, in this day and age, strikes me as a Bad Thing.
- Karim
Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners [Hive Five] - http://lifehacker.com/5052582...
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This is a must read for everyone. Lifehacker has pulled the best productivity apps out and put them all into one post. Me loves Lifehacker.
- Robert Scoble
Can't wait for Mint to come to the UK and Europe.
- Mathieu Ayel
Pen and Paper still on top in many case...et voila! Just think we are in 2008 and streets are full of digital toys, wifi and so on...not talking of all the trees desappearing to take some "dead" notes!
- Isabelle Ayel
really windows focused
- Zee.
World's 50 Best Restaurants - http://www.theworlds50best.com/2008_li...
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10 Innovative Blog Business Models - http://www.problogger.net/archive...
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"In this post I want to highlight 10 innovative and successful blog business models that do more than sell ad space or clicks. Is there room for one of these business models on your own blog?"
- Daniel Schildt
from Bookmarklet
...very possibly :) Good roundup, well presented
- WorldofHiglet
whoah! thanks for posting this - somebody should do an experiment and do all 10 and compare which approach makes money :)
- The Pageman
I noticed that from Problogger's Twitter stream that can be seen at: http://twitter.com/problogger
- Daniel Schildt
It's also recommended to add http://friendfeed.com/problog... to your follow list here in FriendFeed.
- Daniel Schildt
WTF? these aren't "blog business models", these are using blogs to sell ebooks and other products. The blog ISN'T THE BUSINESS, the product is.
- Duncan Riley
Ok, while I don't agree about all of the things Problogger posts, there are some nice things in the articles anyways.
- Daniel Schildt
Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website - http://www.monstersandcritics.com/science...
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rt @ciscoit: Cisco announces definitive agreement to acquire jabber - http://www.marketwatch.com/news...
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Cisco administration 101: Monitor network traffic with NetFlow - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
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21 tools used in our MicroISV - http://www.secretGeek.net/25steps...
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Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod...
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This will be a photograph in the top 10 of many future lists.
- Andrew Baron
Explanation: "In January 2007, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The...
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- Andrew Baron
wow indeed
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
مثل ساحل لاست میمونه :دی
- Mil∂d
wow, Greattttttt
- Zahra HB
That is an amazing image
- Kreg Steppe
It's worth being subscribed to friendfeed for that photo alone. I wouldn't have found it if you hadn't been a friend of Scobleizer.
- James Robertson
Dude.
- l0ckergn0me
So becoming my wallpaper.
- Ben Parr
Very nice wallpaper for dual monitors setups!
- Éric Senterre
What a spectacular photo !!!!!
- Nellie Root
echoing what james robertson said......worth being here for that photo alone. amazing.
- carlotta fancypants
I am setting this up as a dual monitor type display between my two work systems!
- Joe Dawson
that is unbelievable. astoundingly awesome
- Paul Rj Muller
Wow! That's amazing!
- Marcus Beagley
thanks for sharing, great photo
- sean percival
Amazing!
- Jiri Fencl
from Alert Thingy
Incredible! Thanks Andrew for finding such a beautiful shot. Lovely to wake to up to such beauty on FriendFeed...
- Mitchell Tsai
Oldie but a goodie!
- Steve Rubel
Breathtaking.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Wow ... this is incredible
- Nick O'Neill
Mind-blowing!
- David Fendley
this is really kewl...!!
- Peter Dawson
Wow
- Aaron Myers
very hip, I've seen this photo before (might have been on APOD)
- mikepk
sometimes good photography gives me goosebumps!
- Phillip Jeffrey
great image
- Pete Delucchi
incredible image
- johnpiercy
from twhirl
Wow, 153 people 'liked this" so far and almost 30 comments.
- Andrew Baron
Absolutely incredible shot! Then again some of the best shots on the web come from NASA, National Geographic, Discovery and, of course, Hawk :)
- Charlie Anzman
Not to be too cynical but that shot seems to good to be true -- I wonder if there is more processing going on than the text seems to admit.
- Brian Sullivan
I'm enamored with that lightning.
- Jason Toney
ahhh good one
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
I'm going to side with Brian here. What is right: Comet McNaught was that bright in WA (I use to live there), but I checked my attempted pics, they predate this by over a week. I'm sure the comet was only that bright for less than a week. Second, the main Australia Day fireworks occur in Perth City...which isn't near a beach . Maybe it's Leighton Beach with Fremantle to the left...but it doesn't seem right. I did check the weather records though, there was a storm that night, and it's in the right direction
- Duncan Riley
I do hope it is real though...and I forgot how wonderful the environment there is
- Duncan Riley
Now the wallpaper on my iMac
- Adam Helweh
Duncan, last year both Fremantle and I believe Hillarys held their own fireworks for Australia Day. I myself was trying to guess the location this morning. Being a regular on Leighton beach though it doesn't look familiar so I was thinking it may have been taken to the north of Hillarys. It also made me very nostalgic for Perth :)
- Penny
wow, just wow
- Mark Douglass
Amazing shot!
- Timo Heuer
Unbelievable!
- fbrunel
This is for sure a record post for me! 333 people liked this!
- Andrew Baron
Congrats Andrew... this is truly a unique share!! thanks! :o)
- Susan Beebe
Though I like the picture, I do agree with Brian Sullivan :(
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Crazy looking - didn't even notice the comet until reading the site...
- George Smith
Kick ass photo.
- David Risley
smoke on the water
- Harry Myhre
At 302 likes, the #1 most liked post of all time on FriendFeed. Antti Kemppainen Photography - Here's Antti's original picture http://jkemppainen.com/antti... Antti's e-mail is kemppaisantti@gmail.com, and you can scroll through Antti's other photos.
- Mitchell Tsai
just incredible!
- Geoff K
An absolutely stunning shot.
- Brandon Wood
Still lovin this shot days later. :D
- Andrew Baron
amazing. I guess the timing for this shot couldn't be better
- Dan V
I forget which Greek philosopher said it, but "Right timing is everything is most important."
- Great Scott!
Amazing photo!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Amazing
- Arash
F#$king Amazing!
- Michael Fidler
Photo of the Day: Chinese anti-terror Segway commandos - Autoblog - http://www.autoblog.com/2008...
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Absolutely awesome.
- j1m
Totally Johnny Quest. Too bad they don't hover, but that's awesome enough as it is!
- Chrimmus Tad
That is... awesome...
- Daniel Bruce
I'll see your Chinese commandos and... raise you Roman Centurion dudes: http://lucylc.smugmug.com/gallery...
- Richard Chen
PicLens | Immersive Views Across the Web - http://www.cooliris.com/
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A must have awesome firefox addon! I just love it!
- Jigar Mehta
from Mento
Its [NOT ONLY] firefox, they have one for IE as well.
- Jigar Mehta
I tried PicLens with Flickr and didn't like it at all. It lacked any integration with the web site. If I wanted to fave a picture or leave a comment, I had to leave PicLens (fair enough) and when I reactivated it I did not get back to the detail view I left but back to the overview. K.O.
- Ole Begemann
Ole, I agree with you, there are painpoints related to integration.. But remember, this is first version and piclens is a unique product with lot of potential.. I think as a version 1 product, I support it and like it much..!
- Jigar Mehta
Comparisons of interview process at Google and Microsoft at http://www.nakov.com/blog...
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Sounds like a pretty softball interview for what he describes as a senior position. I'm thinking it was more of a fresh-out-of-school PM position.
- DeWitt Clinton
Would agree though that Microsoft has the process down to a science.
- DeWitt Clinton
"Google asked me only about algorithms and data structures, nothing about software technologies and software engineering. It was obvious that they do not care that I had 12 years software engineering experience... The only think [sic] Google wants to know about their candidates are their algorithms and analytical thinking skills. Nothing about technology, nothing about engineering."
- ⓞnor
"I found for myself that Microsoft is better organized, managed and structured. Microsoft do software development in more professional way than Google. Their engineers are better. Their development process is better. Their products are better. Their technologies are better. Their interviews are better." Now I may be a bit biased but I don't think everything he said there is true.
- EricaJoy
For what its worth, I mostly ask algorithms questions these days, all by way of hands-on at-the-whiteboard programming questions derived from challenges I've experienced in real-world code.
- DeWitt Clinton
I think both companies appeal to different kinds of people. I know folks who've left Google for Microsoft and vice versa. I've also seen folks turn down GOOG offers for MSFT and vice versa. A lot of the folks who've picked MSFT over GOOG sound like the guy in the linked article.
- Dare Obasanjo
Not widely known, but I originally picked Microsoft over Google when job hunting a few years ago -- I have infinite respect for Microsoft's engineering efforts, particularly around developer tools and languages. In fact, I'd be there now if not for personal commitments that meant we couldn't move to Seattle. No regrets, as Google is a great place, too, but to this day I harbor a secret desire to write C# and IronPython. : )
- DeWitt Clinton
Personally, as a Google engineer who interviews, I in fact do like talking about technology and engineering in my interviews. Guess the candidate didn't get me. :)
- Robert Konigsberg
Oh dear "Nearly perfect development process - like I read in the software engineering books" If these are the same books I read in college (e.g. Sommerville and friends) then that explains Vista
- Adewale Oshineye
@ade - No, employees get a different book once they're inducted. It's like Scientology.
- DeWitt Clinton
If Microsoft's engineering process is so awesome why does my wife complain about Live Spaces being so slow so often and why is it so hard to leave comments on her blog?
- Robert Scoble
Microsoft's engineering process is their Achilles' heel right now. They have left themselves vulnerable to more agile development teams.
- Eric Hamilton
Respectfully disagreeing with the Microsoft haters here. Their engineering skills are still best in class, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. @Scoble, sure maybe one product is in an early version, but like most Microsoft products that they commit to for the long run, they get better with time.
- DeWitt Clinton
That said, if they have a weakness, it's that they are continuing to hedge against the open web. Strategies like Silverlight -- which position Microsoft vs. rest of the Internet -- are doomed to both fragement the company internally, and imho, are pretty long odds to begin with. Imagine being an engineer who *wants* to be part of the open web momentum (and as Scoble would say, the conversation) going on right now, but are told by their management to use Silverlight instead. Ouch.
- DeWitt Clinton
I am always shocked to see people say that MS doesn't innovate but that Google does. They must be using a double standard somewhere in their evaluation. .NET is absolutely innovative, Silverlight is a serious advance (though incremental) over competing technologies, Live Mesh is a good step forward, Photosynth is amazing, Visual Studio is the best IDE around ... the list goes on and on.
- Soulhuntre
Silverlight is a regression. It's 1990's thinking.
- DeWitt Clinton
I agree that Microsoft is great at software - but dev cycles are long, while competition is iterating circles around them and changing the way we use the web. Is MS becoming less relevant? I think so...
- Eric Hamilton
Live Spaces isn't the only sub-standard product on the MS roster. Tried Windows Mobile lately? It's laggy and unstable, and that's really bad in mobile!
- Eric Hamilton
MS do innovate. They have some amazing people locked up in MS Research (e.g. Greg Linden and Luca Cardelli) however they don't seem to do a good job of technology transfer. They also seem to have decided to create a parallel universe of their own products rather than trying to join the big waves like the web and open source. There's a quote from Ballmer: http://money.cnn.com/magazin... saying prevents his kids from using Apple and Google products.
- Adewale Oshineye
That kind of blinkered thinking is why it takes them (as a company not as individuals) so long to notice new trends. Instead of looking to partner with emerging trends they always seem to be seeking ways to destroy them. I wish that people like Ballmer would spend more time talking about delighting customers rather than trying to hurt other companies.
- Adewale Oshineye
DeWitt, can you elaborate on "1990s thinking?" That sailed over my head.
- Karim
Adewale, you could make a similar criticism (w.r.t. technology transfer) of other research organizations, like Bell Labs or PARC. I'm also not sure about them neglecting "big waves like the web and open source." Are you saying "the web and open source" are areas of research, or that MSR should employ them? :-)
- Karim
@Karim 1990's thinking == trying to create non-open web platforms instead of putting everything into the web (sorry to pre-empt DeWitt..)
- Nick Lothian
I really disagree with the assertion that Microsoft has better recruiting. Google may be a bit disorganized, but it's built as a recruiting machine, finding and retaining the best talent. They don't ask questions about software or other areas because their research and history says they don't need to and that it's a waste of time - I doubt it's because they are idiots.
- Ben Parr
Nick, hmm, that doesn't make much more sense to me: Silverlight is a web technology, for one thing. Not everything belongs on the web, for another (see Adobe AIR, Google Gears). As for "non-open," I suppose that depends on what you mean by "open," but I would have thought the open source implementation of Silverlight ("Moonlight") counted for something :-)
- Karim
Ben, as someone who's seen Microsoft & Google recruiting efforts up close, I wouldn't call Google's recruiting efforts better than Microsoft's by any stretch of the imagination. If anything it is "arrogant" in a way that is analogous to fraternity style hazing given that the people rejected often end up like the person in the linked post (frat boys suck) while the people who get in the club feel like they are on top of the world for obvious reasons.
- Dare Obasanjo
I've got pretty mixed feelings on this. I can understand the logic behind Google's questions: it's hard to fake coding something. OTOH, low level problems (which is all you can really get people to code in an interview) are only one aspect of being a good developer. But at the same time you don't want to hire someone who can talk about n-tiered architectures all day but can't write a line of code to save their life.
- Nick Lothian
FWIW, I used the same interview questions at Microsoft and Google.
- Gary Burd
At Glassdoor, Find Out How Much People Really Make At Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, And Everywhere Else. - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008...
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"The idea behind Glassdoor is simple: You tell me your salary, and I’ll tell you mine." What a simple idea and what a nice funding ;-)
- Erhan Erdogan
Tell us your salary? :-)
- Erhan Erdogan
hrm... I can't find the company I'm interviewing with on there. Will have to look more deeply when I get home.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Etsy :: labpartners :: Summer Kite Set - http://www.etsy.com/view_li...
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Cool Tool: Organizes desk-bound cords - http://www.kk.org/cooltoo...
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Simple. Brilliant. Doesn't have 3G or GPS though.
- Kevin Fox
Kevin, when 2.0 ships, will there be an upgrade for 3G and GPS? :)
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
WooooW
- Amir Homaiy
over than woooooow !!
- αida®
I love these kinf od stuff! I love 'em! more genius than the fastest 3G :)
- directeur
I've tried a pile of similar products without a lot of success. Maybe this one is awesomer. But my conclusion was that the root problem is excess cable length; most rat's nest comes from the sprawling piles of surplus cable that get created when you use a 6' cable for a 3' run. My solution was just to get lots of cable ties and go nuts coiling up excess cable into neat loops, and that made me way happier than any of the fancy cable management solutions I tried.
- ⓞnor
I'm with ⓞnor, but I use velcro loops to tie cable loops (easier to open than cable ties). The problem is that all these loops have to go somewhere too, so it ends up being a "how many toys can you hide under your bed" kind of problem (not enough desk to hide the cables used) :).
- John μller
Yeah, velcro is great. Cable loops are an issue, but they're smaller and neater I think. Speaking of velcro, I also like to velcro things like the router in that picture down, that way it doesn't get tugged around, and it's easier to boldly (re)organize cables without everything constantly shifting.
- ⓞnor
i have seen only a handful of others like this, very clever.
- Tim Hoeck
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