Socio Analytica

On the iPod for Twitter I have been mainly using the Twitterific app which is a good iPod app that follows the lead of their Adobe Air-based apps. I have been a little less on Twitter lately. Twittelator is also a little fun for seeing from where people are Twitting.

I have been finding that Pageonce is kind of nice and useful (once you set it up from a computer). Using it as a quick look for certain types of financial information can be a time saver particularly if you are waiting for something to hit your accounts.

I am looking at SugarSync as a way to synchronize across a few different computers (and be able to look at the files from iPod). I have been using Mobile Me with limited success, and I am hoping that SugarSync will be a little better.

Datacase is one that I have downloaded but not yet played with very much. It allows you to transfer files to/from the iPod Touch or iPhone. It uses the device as a little mini file server. Quite a unique solution.

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Cloud computing is setting up as a major theme here at Startup Camp.

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Jonathan Schwartz (Sun) has pre-announced that Amazon and Sun are going to make some big announcements at JavaOne.

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All the talk about Microsoft or News Corp. acquiring Yahoo has to do with maybe creating a Twitter or Pownce clone (among other things). I am not sure why they would not just buy Twitter or Pownce. But with Yahoo you are getting a lot of stuff that Microsoft cannot seem to do well (Sell ads, get serious traction in search and IM, etc.).

Interesting development in yahoo ordeal.

Also News Corp is more information-based and think will play to Yahoo’s strengths a little bit better. Even if it is MSFT I think strategic partnerships make more sense.

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It is definitiely interesting how the Kindle seems to be peaking the interest of bloggers, and usually in a positive sense. See this video.

Anil Dash has written a pretty good piece on his thoughts about the Kindle and some of its potential impact. I think what has struck me is that how much it is similar to the iPhone/iPod touch/Starbucks product bundle. Obviuosly they are looking at somewhat different markets, but the distribution model is similar and it is does not take a rocket scientist to see the cross-over and possible competition.

Tags: kindle, ipod, itouch, books, reading, music

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I find it very odd that eBay is not more social (see Why eBay Isn’t More Social - Forbes.com). It seems like they are almost doing too little too late. However, I am not sure that it is too late. There does seem to be a little bit of correcting going on there. With taking the charges for the Skype acquisition (suggests that they not integrated as much as they would like). They have added the home “pages” that buyers and sellers can create, and also the Neighborhoods (areas that people can discuss on similar subjects). I would think they would have been much farther along at this point. Maybe they can get it in gear and try getting more community focus and sharing both inside and outside the company.

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Interesting, I was poking around the environment variables while in iterm, and found that they refer to powerpc as machine-type, etc. seems a little odd — is it iterm or Apple that is defining this?!?

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I have had Vonage for a few year now and it has been Ok. But I am hearing about some issues they are having (stock, patent infringements, etc.) and I was thinking of moving elsewhere. Phone number mobility is important to me as is quality, uptime, etc.

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Which Programming Language are You?

Not sure it would have been the one that I would have thought…

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It seems to be that there is the death of the Renaissance Man. If you are skilled in many areas it seems much harder to get a job these days. Searching through a job board does not do it. Unless you get so vague that you get thousands of items to mull your way through.

Matt Mower and I have been discussing this lately, and it is getting quite frustrating — Maybe we should jump to the Startup we have been talking about (Metaxio).

We are two great guys that seem to be languishing away to oblivion.

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