Archive for the 'technology' Category

Happy New Year!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

What a year! Technology always fascinated me and this year was no different. Conservative estimates indicate that the number of emails sent in the US in 2008 was between 7 and 10 billion. LinkedIn has now more than 29 million members, Facebook has a staggering 140 million active users, Wikipedia reached the 10 million articles [...]

More on micro-blogging

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Looks like the unreliable Twitter will get some competition from Identi.ca. I just took a look at the site and some of the features found on Twitter are not all up and running yet.

Micro-blogging

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

How useful is micro-blogging? I have been using Twitter for a few weeks and I am still not sure if I will keep using it or HOW I will use it.
I like the fact that I can send a quick update via SMS to my Twitter account to let other people know what I [...]

The evolution of social networking

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

With the introduction of mashups and the availability of APIs for various social networking sites it is difficult to focus on how these sites will evolve with time. Just think of how much more powerful these sites would be if they could provide you with real time information about people around you.
Imagine this, you [...]

Mon coup de coeur…

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I visit several web sites every day, but today I found a new site that will change (or at least improve) you radio listening experience. last.fm will monitor your listening habits and will taylor the content based on your preferences. You can also download a little application that will scrobble or send the track [...]