“In addition, because of some overlap between the networks, the best of the best content rises to the top, making it easy to pick the true must-reads every day.”
Read the full article at www.mpdailyfix.com
Let the Top Online Content Come to You
April
An article originally posted on MPDailyFix
In my opinion…
A quite comprehensive way of staying up to date on what’s happening in both the Blogosphere and the Twittosphere!
All angles are covered, and it must be hard to miss something using this method …
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Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customers’ Data, Blames And Sues Suppliers
March
An article originally posted on TechCrunch
“The danger of storing your data in the cloud, part n.”
Read the full article at www.techcrunch.com
In my opinion…
Well, that summarizes my thoughts quite well. Online storage / backup providers are especially hit by problems recently but others can have problems too, even “big names” like Google had privacy issues with Google docs recently.
So should you avoid SaaS all together ?
Well … even if online SaaS services have some risks associated with them doesn’t mean you’re safer with just your local application on your laptop or a local server on your PME network.
In this particular case, from a data integrity point of view, hard drives in a air-conditionned datacenter are safer than a single external HDD on your desk … For backups, the best option is probably not to rely on a single layer but have both local and remote backups. For more complex services, make sure you have exit solutions in case you need to. And if you become really dependent to a service, check
what SLA you can get and also what happens if that SLA is broken.
Ultimately the choice is yours to take …
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MicroPlaza Is a Link-Catcher For Twitter
March
An article originally posted on TechCrunch
“It used to be that if a link was worth sharing, people would bookmark it for all to see on del.icio.us. Now, they just Twitter it (with a shortened URL). Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to separate out all the Tweets with links in them, and sort them by time or popularity? That is what MicroPlaza
does in a nutshell.”
Read the full article at www.techcrunch.com
In my opinion…
I personally find MicroPlaza very useful for discovering new tools that improve search productivity – which is the main goal of our training sessions – without being disrupted by lots of inappropriate tweets. With MicroPlaza, I go and see what links are shared by people I follow, when I have time to read (and want to), all with a pleasant interface.
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MicroPlaza: A Personalized Twitter Memetracker
February
An article originally posted on Read/WriteWeb
“MicroPlaza provides you with a personalized memetracker based on the links that your friends share on Twitter. While we have seen a fair number of Twitter memetrackers, none of them feature the degree of personalization that MicroPlaza offers. If you follow a very diverse set of people on Twitter, you can also track micro-communities thanks to MicroPlaza’s ‘Tribes’ feature, which lets you organize users into different groups.”
Read the full article at www.readwriteweb.com
In my opinion…
Yet another post dedicated to MicroPlaza. With some interesting feedback. The opportunity for us to remind you that we’ve setup a UserVoice feedback forum where you can submit any remark or suggestion. Please, feel free to do it!
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MicroPlaza Solves Twitter Link Sharing
February
An article originally posted on Sitepoint
“In all, MicroPlaza is the best Twitter link sharing site I’ve seen. It solves the problem of only exposing me to links I care about relatively well, and has a number of compelling features that really set it apart from competitors. The site enters invite only beta today, but the public timeline is available to anyone, so you should be able to explore how the service works right away.”
Read the full article at www.sitepoint.com
In my opinion…
Discover MicroPlaza, your personal micro-news agency, a service delivered by the (happy) Whatever team!
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Gartner Fact Checks the Five Most-Common SaaS Assumptions
February
An article originally posted on www.gartner.com
“The rise in popularity of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model has resulted in a number of assumptions about this emerging model, but it has been difficult for many companies to separate truth from fiction, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts have examined the top-five assumptions to provide a bit of a reality check on the state of the SaaS industry.”
Read the full article at www.gartner.com
In my opinion…
Very interesting and concise resource for SaaS vendors as well as buyers.
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Google Terminates Six Services
January
An article originally posted on Information Week
“The ax fell on Wednesday at Google (NSDQ: GOOG), not just for some of the company’s employees but for six of its services, too.
In addition to Google’s announcements about the elimination of 100 recruiting positions and the shutdown of offices in Austin, Texas; Trondheim, Norway; and Lulea, Sweden, the company said it would close Dodgeball, Google Catalog Search, Google Mashup Editor, Google Notebook, and Jaiku. It also said it’s discontinuing the ability to upload videos to Google Video.”
Read the full article at www.informationweek.com
In my opinion…
It’s always sad when good services come to an end. At least Google tries to mitigate the negative effects. Sometimes we forget the risk associated with externally hosted services, especially free ones that provide no guarantees. That doesn’t mean commercial services are always reliable either, some of us might remember the “TheLinkup” huge data loss no so long ago …
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RSS Overload: Don’t Complain, Do Something About It
January
An article originally posted on louisgray.com
“There seems to be a trend lately of posts regarding RSS overload. A lot of people are complaining about being overwhelmed with their Google Reader, and some are even advising for you to stop using your RSS reader altogether. I say, hogwash. Do something about it and take back your Google Reader. Now is the time to reclaim it.”
Read the full article at www.louisgray.com
In my opinion…
I fully agree with Louis Gray. RSS readers require organization. Many readers offer ways to filter feeds. Personally I use NetNewsWire (the stand-alone RSS application from Newsgator for Mac users) and I really like their Smart Lists, a way to filter RSS feeds based on lists of keywords that need to appear somewhere in the feed. FeedDemon (the Windows version from Newsgator) offers this feature too – they call them ‘watches’ –, like many others. Unfortunately, Google Reader doesn’t.
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Twitter Finally Adds People Search - Other Search Options Still Needed
December
An article originally posted on Read/WriteWeb
“It’s pretty crazy to think that this service has become as high profile (if not popular) as it has without the ability to search for users by their names. Now that it’s here there are other search functions we still find more useful, though.”
Read the full article at www.readwriteweb.com
In my opinion…
It’s Christmas! Now you can search Twitter users by their real names. How great!
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Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue
December
An article originally posted on VentureBeat
“Everyone loves talking about Twitter’s business model — because there isn’t one yet, and they’ll keep talking about it until there is one. But it’s becoming more clear that while a business model is of course important, Twitter is perhaps the perfect example of a company that can afford to take its time in finding the one that is perfect for it.”
Read the full article at venturebeat.com
In my opinion…
Twitter is maturing at an exponential rate and is attracting an ever-growing user base. Its success is in part due to its price – the service is free of charge. This is why Twitter is fast becoming a great opportunity for enterprises – big and small – to use it as a sales/promotional tool. Dell did exactly that: they used it as an efficient way to publish more promotional stuff at no cost.
If big companies such as Dell can greatly benefit from this tool, surely smaller infrastructures can too, especially since they usually are on tighter promotion budgets. Twitter is surfing on a new wave of communication and sales tools.
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