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Links for May 31, 2007

Barcamp Nashville Crew June Meetup - Barcamp Nashville Crew (Nashville, TN) - Meetup.com

BarCamp Nashville Planning group. 14 people RSVPed “yes” so far for the planning session.
Tags: Nashville, BarCamp

Zimbra on Mac OS X: An "Elegant" Solution with Sync Services

Zimbra has an iSync Connector that talks to Zimbra using SOAP. Much like what I [...]

Combining WWDC Speculations

Earlier this month I speculated on the inclusion of Ruby as a general purpose scripting language in iWork 2007 and OSX Leopard. Part of the reasoning included an increased integration with Google Apps and the possibility of scripted office docs being able to easily run on both platforms.
So, what if we see an increased [...]

iSync Conduits for Web Services

My MacBook Pro is the “master” in my digitally replicated life. The problem is that in order to replicate any of that information I have to install a bunch of one-off applications. I have a program installed for Flickr/iPhoto integration. I have a program for Plaxo/AddressBook. The problem is, I want [...]

Links for May 30, 2007

Upscoop

A step in the right direction. Helping to make the multitudes of social-networks more manageable.
Tags: socialnetworking, Web2.0, app

Reasons to NOT take VC funding :: Kevin Burton’s NEW FeedBlog

Kevin Burton presents a solid argument against taking venture capital. He does leave the door open for getting some outside seed money. I am [...]

What is Old is New Again

I have revived an old design for jaxn.org. This design is one that I used in 2006 (I think). I have wanted to bring it back for a few weeks but just haven’t had much time.
At first I was hesitant because it is somewhat similar to NiT in that it has two sidebars [...]

Technology WTF of the Day

This morning I woke to the news of a new touchscreen coffee table computer from Microsoft. I quickly decided that I would not want one for my house anytime soon, but that I would see how such a device would be fun in a bar. Once I started reading the morning news I saw [...]

Tonight: Change Your Style Fashion Show

Movies in the Park kicks off tonight with Napolean Dynamite. As part of the festivities, Plato’s Closet of Cool Springs is going to be presenting the Change Your Style Fashion Show. The fashion show starts at 7pm and the movie starts shortly after.
I think it is cool that we have this opportunity to [...]

Quote of the day

Marc Canter: “The new lock-in, is no lock-in.”
There is a lot of nuance in that statement.

Adding Value to User Generated Content

I just learned about a new TV show called i-Caught that is coming to ABC from Kent Newsome. It sounds like Kent is unimpressed:
i-Caught, a new show with a Web 2.0 worthy and grammatically challenged name, will get a six-week run on ABC starting August 6. If it does well, it might [...]

Links for May 29, 2007

Marc’ Voice :: Facebook’s platform - or “what I did for my summer vacation”

I really like what Marc is saying about Facebook. I expected him to welcome the openess of their new API, but I still found his perspective refreshing. Of course, he throws in a bunch of other stuff too.
Tags: Web2.0, [...]