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Review: Summize Twitter Search (2)

May 09, 2008 in , , , ,

Summize, a company I am quite familiar with following my review of their review aggregator product, has substantially changed their company direction since I have last been in touch with them. They are now focusing on a Twitter search tool - so much so that it is their main product and the review aggregator has been moved to Continue Reading »

Vacation Notice (13)

May 01, 2008 in , ,

I just wrapped up my final exams for this semester on Wednesday and will soon be boarding a flight to San Francisco for a week of vacation filled with visiting friends and exploring California again among other things. I will probably have some downtime to write here but if not I thought I would put this up. Continue Reading »

Google Docs: Changing the Way I Work (29)

Apr 28, 2008 in , , ,

Final exams are around the corner and I can’t help but think how useful Google Docs has been for me this year. They may not have implemented the print layout view (although it is surely nearby) I have been longing for, but Google has completely turned Docs around since their acquisition of Writely in March 2006. Continue Reading »

You Need Business Cards (44)

Apr 23, 2008 in , , ,

As a pseudo-followup to my post about establishing an online identity, I want to talk about creating your in-real-life (IRL) brand. Meeting people at business networking mixers, tech events and conferences is a lot like trying to pick up a girl at a bar. You need to sell yourself in the minute after you shake hands. Talk to anyone that frequents such networking events and they’ll tell you most people forget each others’ names immediately unless they have met before. Continue Reading »

Versatility Made Twitter What It Is Today (14)

Apr 21, 2008 in , , , ,

One of the all-nighters I have pulled for school work in the last week has been for the last computer science course I need to take at Georgia Tech. It’s called Design of Online Communities and while essentially a slightly toned down version of a graduate course and the most reading-intense computer science course offered here, it is also among the more interesting. Continue Reading »

Community Design: Points as Motivation (20)

Apr 17, 2008 in , , , ,

Building a community-driven site? You should consider implementing a points system. Why? I’ll try to show you why in this post, but in a nutshell points systems are an ingenious way of taking something with no tangible value and turning it into a prized virtual currency of sorts. Continue Reading »

The Shuttle KPC, An Affordable PC (16)

Apr 13, 2008 in , , , , ,

Among the more popular posts on this blog are my DIY $200 PC posts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). There are a few compromises with that route, such as it involves using a motherboard with an integrated 1.2GHz Celeron processor, which isn’t exactly good for much more than file serving and basic web browsing. Continue Reading »

First Impressions: Dash Express (17)

Last July I first laid my hands on the then-dubbed Dash GPS navigation beta unit while visiting friends in San Francisco. As I was with a friend that had just moved there and was not familiar with the roads, the Dash proved indispensable. Naturally, so would any GPS navigation device - not quite. The revamped unit, now called the Dash Express, Continue Reading »

Flickr Video: Thoughts from a Beta Tester (32)

Apr 09, 2008 in , , ,

The cat’s out of the bag and Flickr has officially launched their foray into the video world. I was fortunate enough to be a part of the “super secret” beta test along with ~260 users a few weeks ago (Thanks Richard!). In that group we were given info about the video Continue Reading »

How To: Getting Started with Amazon EC2 (50)

Apr 05, 2008 in , , , ,

Amazon EC2 is among the more potent items in Amazon’s web services arsenal. You’ve probably heard of many of the other services such as S3 for storage and FPS for payments. EC2 is all about the “elastic compute cloud.” In layman’s terms, it’s a server. In slightly less layman’s terms, EC2 lets you easily run Continue Reading »

Trend: Free Music Streaming Sites (28)

Apr 02, 2008 in , ,

As cliche and trite as I might sound saying this, music streaming services are hot right now. For the past week or so I haven’t even used iTunes. I’ve just been listening to the Muxtape playlists of friends and random people. If that doesn’t do it for me, I tune into The Feel Good and see what’s popular. The list goes on. Continue Reading »

What is Startup Riot? (9)

Mar 31, 2008 in , ,

Startup Riot is entrepreneur and innovator Sanjay Parekh’s latest attempt at jump-starting the startup culture and tech community in the Atlanta area. In essence it’s a networking event focused around startup pitches to an audience comprised of recent grads looking for jobs, people involved in technology with other companies and investors as well as other startups. Continue Reading »

Success Beyond the Campus (24)

Mar 30, 2008 in , ,

That’s the name of the award I will be honored with by Georgia Tech later this month. But now that my stay at college is winding down, what will I really do beyond the campus? Contrary to popular belief, as referenced by the increasing number of emails from recruiters/head hunters I have been Continue Reading »

WordPress 2.5 Gallery Test (34)

Mar 29, 2008 in , ,

WordPress 2.5 came out earlier today. I just updated and am going to give the gallery features a whirl with this test post. I have actually been tinkering a lot with customizing a gallery for this site a while ago Continue Reading »

The Perils of the Anonymous User (37)

Mar 25, 2008 in , , ,

While I’m not quite sure that’s the most fitting title, I’ve recently been thinking about online anonymity in regards to web applications. In this time of social networks, social media, OpenSocial and what not, I find it a bit annoying that so many people go about using these social tools as anonymous users Continue Reading »



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