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Inside Yahoo's Personals.  Robert Scoble:  The next-door neighbor across the hall (I'll keep him anonymous for now so he doesn't get in trouble for talking to me) from me runs Yahoo's Personals section. (Tagline: “Where millions of singles meet!”) We talked yesterday a lot more about what's going on there. Turns out personals is one… Continue reading Inside Yahoo's Personals

MovableType updates to 2.2. There's a new rev of MovableType available, and their site has gotten a redesign. Besides the rest of the changes, the TrackBack stuff looks really cool, not to mention the MySQL support. Time to upgrade…… [In My Experience]

A new installment from Paul Andrews, in which he takes apart Martha Stewart (yes it matters if she cheats) and stands up for patriotism (that's what weblogs are about, exercising the free speech guaranteed by the Constitution, use it or lose it)  [Scripting News]

O'Reilly Network: The Strange Case of the Disappearing Open Source Vendors [Jun. 28, 2002]. Quote: “I'd like to see more serious debate about public policy regarding software. Like most members of the industry, I believe that less government intervention is better, but once the government does get involved, and companies with full time lobbyists (like… Continue reading O'Reilly Network: The Strange Case of the Disappearing Open Source Vendors [Jun. 28, 2002]

For more than four years now I've been asking “why doesn't Outlook have a newsreader?” Microsoft almost never answers this question on the record. But, when you get their product managers off in a personal conversation over beers, they admit “it's cause our corporate clients don't want their employees to be off in newsgroups while… Continue reading Scobleizer Radio Weblog

Happy July 4th! “WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in GENERAL CONGRESS, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and… Continue reading Happy July 4th

A British perspective on the American Independence Day…. [LibraryPlanet.com] On 4 July each year the United States of America celebrates their Declaration of Independence from Great Britain and we look back at the events of 1776. The Declaration was signed by the thirteen states of America that existed at that time. These states were Georgia,… Continue reading British perspective

Top 10 Best Practices for Voice User Interface Design. Jonathan Eisenzopf discusses common best practices and mistakes when designing VUI's. Thanks, Matt [ia/ – news for information architects]

Web Gadgets for News Junkies “Finding what you want on the Internet is only part of the problem. The other part is keeping up. I've got bookmarks galore in my Web browser, so many that working through them on a daily basis is all but impossible. What I need is a way to download my… Continue reading Web Gadgets for News Junkies

RSS Tutorial. Publish and Syndicate Your News to the Web “In this workshop you'll learn how to create, validate, syndicate, and view your own RSS news channel. The emphasis will be the practical application of RSS XML/RDF metadata for dynamically publishing….” [via Serious Instructional Technology] Now this is an excellent resource! Put up by the Government… Continue reading RSS Tutorial