tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93716182011-12-14T19:06:14.352-08:00Most people have about 200 minutes (around three hours) per day where they can choose to focus their time once they've gotten home from work, eaten, paid the bills, kissed the kids, and/or whatever other top priorities folks have. My goal is to find technological solutions that can streamline and maximize those 200 minutes, by removing inefficiencies and helping each user personalize their information flow.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1134222425709596582005-12-10T05:27:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:50.361-07:00

In addition to buying Flickr, Yahoo has now bought del.icio.us. I can't wait to see the improvements that come out of this! Hopefully we won't see too many downsides.And this just on the heels of checking my Google email and seeing the Google web clips fiasco - how the heck do I read all of my feeds through that interface? I guess the concept of context-appropriate RSS based on what you're

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133452223653120402005-12-01T07:42:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:50.292-07:00

Mouth, you remember Foot? Foot, you remember Mouth? Great.I've switched to Firefox, against my previous postings, and one side result is that now I see multi-tabs of each site's favicons. It's a refreshing brand reminder that Craigslist's icon is a peace sign:I can't wait until either eBay makes dramatic improvements to his already-great site, or Microsoft Fremont renders it obsolete, so we

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133337302617395552005-11-29T23:49:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:50.224-07:00

I tried out SharpReader tonight, a new tool that supposedly does threading better than Memeorandum. Ideally it would consolidate the repeats I've been posting about, but here's a screenshot:So I get a ton of error messages (20 more above those ones), and when it does group, it's solely based on who wrote it (Blog Maverick/Mark Cuban) regardless of the topic. This isn't what I'm looking for - I'm

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133334468268634772005-11-29T23:06:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:50.157-07:00

Ouch - RSS, meet Yahoo Mail, but they won't have any early adopters buying in..."And there is no OPML importing." Who wants to start their RSS feeds all over?

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133237021763740792005-11-28T19:59:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:50.077-07:00

Cool - after admitting in a previous post that I use IE instead of Firefox, I go to check out FeedLounge and see this icon:Tagging my RSS feeds doesn't really do it for me anyway, as I like the dynamic mix and don't want to peg each feed into a certain genre (unlike my bookmark tags, which are more on a one-off basis of consistency). Nonetheless...I know everyone keeps saying this, but I love

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133150299611436502005-11-27T19:35:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:49.974-07:00

Contrary to everyone else's opinion in a comments thread I was participating in (but can't find now), I wish the posts that got fed into my aggregator were all slim and sleek for quick scrolling through. I limited my outgoing post feeds to 100 characters, and here's what it looks like:Pretty slick, eh? More than a title, less than a pontification - there's just enough there for the user to have

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133139179137857112005-11-27T16:31:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:49.851-07:00

NEWS: I'm changing the name of this blog to '200minutes', to be found at www.200minutes.com.The premise is that most people in civilized society have about 200 minutes, or around three hours, per day where they can choose to focus their time once they've gotten home from work, eaten, paid the bills, kissed the kids, and/or whatever other top priorities folks have. My goal is to find technological

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133110869235442612005-11-27T08:47:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.546-07:00

I may be the only one looking at this blog, so there are certain things I don't spend energy posting about because I don't think they provide enough personal value. For example:almost anything with the words "innovation" and/or "attention"posturing between business system organizations (like the memos from Marc Benioff from Salesforce.com and Bill Gates/Ray Ozzie from Microsoft)posturing between

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133108792608623312005-11-27T08:25:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.487-07:00

I applied to a position at Google recently - but thank heaven this isn't me:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1564745197278086518The comedy gold hits at around 2 minutes 30 seconds.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133107110974342052005-11-27T07:55:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.427-07:00

Fyi for anyone using Blogger to post, the default image size is Medium - during my previous post, I updated my Blogger image default to be Large. You can see it's still not huge, but better than before. It's pretty obvious how to change it on the screen where you're uploading an image, I just hadn't noticed for some reason.I'll go back and update prior posts to have Large images for better

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133104782985887372005-11-27T06:58:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.363-07:00

I thought it might be interesting to post some stats I'm seeing for this blog. (Yes, I know there's nobody visiting the site, no need to rub it in.) Anyway, here goes:Overview - I know the pics aren't very big, but you can see that the Google Analytics tools are pretty slick. From the overview, you can see that not many people are consistently coming to the blog, from both the traffic view on the

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133044190427259152005-11-26T14:17:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.295-07:00

Wheee - I need to post more, it was so bizarre to start reading my aggregated RSS feeds and come upon a post where I was like "hey, this is something I'm interested in" -- only to realize it was my previous post, now being fed into my Newsgator. By the way, anyone know why my image shows up so small? I doubled the size in Photoshop, and there are no size limits specified in the post HTML - so why

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1133036547076550592005-11-26T11:59:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.229-07:00

I had a Zen moment this morning - thinking about how much more often I end up getting good results by following a "just in case" (semi-conservative) approach instead of a "just in time" (cut it close) approach.This is true for my system development work, for my Texas Hold'Em poker game, for my Risk games against friends, for when I'm headed to an appointment, and all sorts of other times. Sure,

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1132637557278822202005-11-21T21:23:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.160-07:00

I have been a loyal user of Craigslist for years, and recently the Denver version too - but it would be great to have an "Email post owner" hyperlink up in the top right corner.I can click on a link to email a post to someone else, but what about emailing the person that created the post to discuss what they posted? I have to separately open my browser to access my email account, copy and paste

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1132420142945557942005-11-19T09:08:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.086-07:00

Links for 2005-11-18 [del.icio.us]To Favicon Or Not? (and good tool in comments)Wink - screencast creator like CamStudioInhabitat - greening citiesThe 3 M's of Pro Blogging: Multiple Monetization Methods Performancing.com10 Business Models for Bloggers Performancing.comCo-blogging, Finding Your Blog Buddy Performancing.comThe Generator Blog: Put your text on anythingGoogle AdSense Tour - put

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1132153230044669472005-11-16T06:54:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:48.011-07:00

I was just wrapping up a slightly lengthy post about my failed efforts to get del.icio.us to auto-post my daily links here. I pasted in the error text from del.icio.us, and went to switch this blog's post from "Edit Html" to "Compose" to see how it actually looked. Up comes Internet Explor/der's "You've done something bad and now I'm closing all your windows", and there goes about 45 minutes

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131602571626419822005-11-09T21:55:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.947-07:00

Here's a shot from my RSS aggregator this morning, showing the same article again and again and again and again. I wish it were consolidated down to just one article, since that's all it really is even if it came from multiple sources... It gets even more fun when the posts are long and wordy:I know Memeorandum and TailRank do grouping, but I don't like them as much as I do NewsGator. Can't wait

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131486350443629342005-11-08T13:29:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.883-07:00

"Shock news: All ERP vendors are the same"I disagree with this 'research.' It's like saying all cars are the same - I mean, after all, you're really just trying to drive from one place to another, right? Sure, some people might feel that way and buy the most commoditized version available, but there are also benefits to getting a model that meets your other priorities too.In the case of

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131479442865030622005-11-08T11:20:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.820-07:00

Here are the items that I'm tackling when possible, to try to enrich the blogging experience:How to add RSS to Convene blog (should be easy, right?)Del.icio.us error (not looking likely to have resolution)Craigslist RSS not recognized (dunno why this is, gotta email support)Consolidated repeat RSS items (feature request, not likely to happen soon)How to categorize posts on Convene to tie with

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131424653299285282005-11-07T20:31:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.759-07:00

Much as I love Salesforce.com, I found myself agreeing with a majority of this post:Five Problems Will Thwart Salesforce.com's Rise in On-Demand CRMPoint #3 (The wrong brand for the long term) is especially poignant given the AppExchange that could branch out like crazy and make the brand a misnomer, but I think Point #5 (A large-enterprise strategy that doesn't click) is off for that same reason

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131381676528422882005-11-07T08:39:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.679-07:00

Yahoo, TiVo Team Up to Blend TV, Web Users of Yahoo's TV page will be able to click on a record-to-TiVo buttondirectly from a television program listing to remotely schedule recordings.Holy moley, is that freakin' cool. If I'm reading this right, and if I were at a friend's house in NY and could tell my tivo in CA to record a show, it might just finally convince me to buy a Tivo.[Update: Om Malik

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131381502966954262005-11-07T08:35:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.609-07:00

Google brings maps to phonesVerizon's phones use a different programming language, as do BlackBerrys andPalm devices, so they are not compatible.Feh >:-[

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131376109908752962005-11-07T06:31:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.536-07:00

There are a couple of articles emerging about how AJAX will compromise ad revenues - here are those:Ajax Challenges Web Development Leaders -- And Web Publishers And Advertisers (July 2005)AJAX bad for publishers, good for users?AJAX Good or Bad Part II (or What should publishers do with AJAX?)From my perspective, I don't think it will actually be that disruptive. Unless I'm misunderstanding,

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131373802529579562005-11-07T06:28:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.468-07:00

I hope this dies out quickly:You are under arrest on charges of not securing your Wi-Fi network...

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131231805605751672005-11-05T14:20:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.401-07:00

I'm currently paying $20+ per month just to have a local phone line in Denver (thanks Qwest). I use this only for making local calls maybe 10 times a week with 2 people (my boss and my mom), though each of those can go 30-45 minutes. So for local rates, I'm paying about $2 per call. I know I can't beat that with Vonage, since they've got high monthly subscriptions ($30+ if I remember right).I

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131215747497754402005-11-05T10:30:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.322-07:00

I got an email back from "Seven Block":this had been happening for a few months. i switched to firefox, andthe problem completely went away. good luck!Looks like I'm all alone in resolving this del.icio.us error, whether by continued email with their support or by making the jump to another social bookmarking tool. Seven Block, I thought we were comrades in arms!I don't know if support is just

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131208446299036052005-11-05T07:11:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.261-07:00

This post by Matt over at Peer Pressure reminded me of an improvement I'd like. I think a great improvement for RSS aggregators would be the ability to act like a SELECT DISTINCT does in SQL scripts.For example, my aggregator would look at my list of 50 feeds (each of which has about 10 updates per day, so about 500 posts total), and group the posts so that I'd only see "Oracle faces old friends

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131201106429443322005-11-05T06:09:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.204-07:00

From Mike's comment a couple posts ago, I realize I hadn't been clear about what I'm aiming for from del.icio.us, BlinkList, MyWeb2.0, or any other social bookmarking sites. In short, I want ad revenue capabilities anywhere I've got content specific to my interests - including my social bookmarks.Here's the email thread between me and del.icio.us support:Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:18:42 -0800 (PST)

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131148413675007232005-11-04T15:45:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.147-07:00

I thought I'd like podcasts - but I don't. I want to get my information quickly, and with podcasts you have no way of skimming to find where the salient points you're looking for are. Sure it's nice to hear the person's voice, and it's more convenient for them to just record what's on their mind without editing, spelling, etc. - but none of that is a big value for me. The closest I came to

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131124550720099542005-11-04T09:04:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.082-07:00

Nickolas Means gives a good summary of my same observations around Yahoo's new web 2.0 tools (maps, MyWeb2.0, etc.). Pretty slick. Can't wait for ad revenue and social bookmarking to be integrated someday.However, Nikolas is also a little too fond of Peppermint lattes (kidding). Give me hot chocolate or coffee with Bailey's Irish Cream any day.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1131035685075939412005-11-03T08:34:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:47.014-07:00

I don't get all the hubbub about Google Print. I tried it out - I typed in "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." I got results back, I was able to dive into a section of a book, but it was about 3 pages. I might use this as a reference, but in the same way I currently use the Amazon previews. Am I missing something?

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130997658411048492005-11-02T21:53:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:46.949-07:00

I've now seen efforts to promote both RSS for Salesforce.com and RSS for MS CRM 3.0 - and I have to say, neither one impressed me even with some slick supporting tools. What is there to gain?- Dashboard functionality? Maybe sort of, but you've got to learn a new tool to get it.- Saving you effort to go into the system? Maybe, but is it really that hard?From a conceptual standpoint, it's nice to

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130996662803694932005-11-02T21:42:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:46.886-07:00

I just tried out the Yahoo Maps beta and love it - even in beta it's got me hooked after three minutes. Being able to map multiple trip legs, the easy zoom/navigation combo, the tie-in with local services - it's great. Try it out...http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130995602307677842005-11-02T21:24:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:46.825-07:00

Alright, I can live with the underwhelming "Microsoft Live" rollout.But I've seen bunches of posts about Microsoft CRM 3.0 being a month early, and it just irks me. Let's remember that the next version of MS CRM was supposed to be out back in Spring 2005. So while you've moved your release date up a little from when you last said it would be, you're still six months late. Stop with the faux

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130955828517819532005-11-02T10:23:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:46.768-07:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051102/ap_on_fe_st/deerly_departed

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130940393493101082005-11-02T05:56:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:46.708-07:00

Got my first response from del.icio.us support! We'll see if we can get it resolved...[Sun Oct 30 11:32:33 2005]: Hi, almost every time I try to post to del.icio.us, I get a Page Cannot Be Displayed error. Usually if I go back to the Your Favorites and refresh, it's been added, but there have also been multiple times when that's not the case. A little help? Thanks, ChrisBritta Gustafson wrote: Hi

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130632517701142692005-10-29T17:33:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.652-07:00

I'm just getting started with Del.icio.us, but it seems like it would be perfect to have AdSense ads on there. Unless maybe they can't because it's not their own content or something, but that would be true for tons of other sites as well. Anyone know why there's no AdSense capabilities on Del.icio.us?

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130612807315751612005-10-29T11:49:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.590-07:00

I like the concept of Yahoo MyWeb2 beta, which I've been trying for a couple weeks - but my Yahoo toolbar has a link to MyWeb, for which you would need to uninstall MyWeb2 to use. I want one tool, not two - so both of the Yahoo ones go away and based on the new del.icio.us improvements, I think I might have it. (although I do get a settings error all the time and when I add a link, it takes me

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130602544161012052005-10-29T09:13:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.523-07:00

I like this guy's blog about his career history and creating an RPG in 40 hours, but dude, you don't have a way on your blog to leave comments or contact you. Here's hoping you check linkbacks. :-)

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130338866587900052005-10-26T07:55:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.458-07:00

Google wants your car listings, eventsIn a move that could put Google in competition with eBay, the search giantis testing a new service that would allow people to post and make searchable anytype of content, a Google spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.I'm surprised every article is saying "eBay", when in truth this service could immediately reduce everyone's favorite Craigslist to a pile of rubble...

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1130179249364288732005-10-24T11:33:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.203-07:00

My friend Cory invited me to go hit golf balls on the driving range this weekend - it was tons of fun, but I am sore EVERYWHERE. My biceps: sore. Forearms: sore. Quads: sore. Calves: sore. Abs: sore. Those muscles on your ribs: sore. Lats: sore.I didn't realize golf was such an all-body experience - looking forward to trying it again once the blisters on my hands heal (I am soft and weak). Maybe

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1129420877888133202005-10-15T17:00:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.140-07:00

I have registered to play in theOnline Poker Blogger Championship! This event is powered by PokerStars. Registration code: 7248049

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1129420600002937682005-10-15T15:05:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:44:46.074-07:00

Looks like having a blog finally has a chance to pay offA Blogger Poker Tournament?Maybe this is my cue to start posting - I had been avoiding it due to the lifecycle of blogs, but it would be fun as I go up against folks like Jeremy, and maybe folks like Jason Calacanis, whose blog I also read regularly and have emailed back and forth with a couple of times (I doubt he'd remember though with the

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1101706652714750522004-11-28T21:36:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:46.011-07:00

And a url

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371618.post-1101706343063624972004-11-28T21:31:00.000-08:002006-10-19T10:44:45.912-07:00

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