Chris Messina made a great point about simplifying XFN usage. rel=me by itself has a lot of untapped potential. Using a single URL as the entry point to a cluster of URLs that describe me, a detailed profile can be built from a diverse set of profile pages/services.

Each profile page can list friends, usually of the same service, with rel=contact. ( Read more... )

Activity Stream Reader (for Android)

* start with the user's identity URL ( Read more... )

im moving my desktop back to ubuntu after a few months on vista. i've been thinking about pidgin and how it works and finding out its not as extensible as i was hoping. as i was shuffling windows around so that my IM list had its own spot in the corner i thought for a moment that a second monitor would be nice. i've had a second monitor before and ( Read more... )

friendfeed primarily takes multiple rss feeds and presents them as a single list. the funny thing is most RSS readers already do this. Taking as an example, Veronica Belmont and Chris Messina, i can get their 'activity stream' by subscribing to their individual feeds as demonstrated in google reader ( Read more... )

how does he manage so much change? i guess greg K-H is a big part of it as well, but damn. just browsing the changelog bakes my noodle. the ending of this paragraph puts it succinctly ( Read more... )

engadget is reporting that the everex cloudbook which was supposed to be in walmart stores by the 25th, has been delayed. im interested in this as a cheap subnotebook that is possibly a better product than the EEE.

thingdango is progressing. i was putting in some of my own items and its rather usable. photos can be assigned to an item via a straight URL or from your flickr album. seth suggested adding what you'd be willing to accept in trade for item X. the EBAY API is too expensive to use at this point. I need permission from craigslist about posting ( Read more... )

i could really use a laptop. i am very intrigued by the subnotebook area that is being lead by the Asus EEE and I'm still trying to see one in person. there has been a lot of speculation lately about an apple subnotebook. that definitely gives me pause. an apple laptop in the 7"-10" range, ideally a tablet form factor. drool. it probably wont come ( Read more... )