@mattmcalister
- just added video assets, homepage lineup, editor's picks and more new features to the @openplatform Content API: http://bit.ly/cWvBi7 4 hrs ago
- celebrating our youngest's 1st bday. the baby years are finally coming to a close for us all. very happy. 5 days ago
- Time's Top 50: 'as other British newspapers go behind paywalls, the Guardian opens up its content for developers' http://is.gd/eDIUy 6 days ago
- inspiring essay on purpose in business by Gary Hamel http://instapaper.com/zkmpos51n 1 week ago
- gave my blog a refresh while fixing security holes. now need a good picture for the header. http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/ 1 week ago
- congrats, Don! “@donlbe: just joined @typekit.” 1 week ago
- tweaked my twitter lists a bit to see how paper.li will react. this is becoming a good read now http://paper.li/mattmcalister/noticers 1 week ago
- good fun yesterday w guardian tech team at Bletchley Park and then Inception. thanks @leftback! 1 week ago
- turning diminishing returns into increasing returns and other great insights by @jhagel on new ways of working http://bit.ly/azZ8yU 2 weeks ago
- the web is more like an awkward teenager with cuter younger sibblings than something fading into oblivion: http://bit.ly/aMLHBy 2 weeks ago
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- Captivating Arcade Fire video shows what HTML5 can do
- Understanding your behaviors to prioritize your inbox
- Paper.li: Guardian Technology – now available as a newspaper, online!
- Video highlights from Activate 2010
- How to hail a London cabbie using Twitter
- Republishing articles from ProPublica
- Behind the scenes of the Open Platform’s evolution
- Socially linked data
- Positioning real-time web platforms
- The thinking behind the Activate Summit event
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- Matt McAlister on How to hail a London cabbie using Twitter
- Robert Andrews on How to hail a London cabbie using Twitter
- Content is Not — and Should Not Be — Free on Decentralizing journalism and everything
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- Vincenz on The problem with being popular
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Screencasting with Yahoo! partners
An exciting part of my job is the exposure I get to startups that are doing new and interesting things. Last week, for example, Jeremy Zawodny and I sat with the Renkoo team while they walked through all the ways … Continue reading
Posted in demo, enkoo, interview, screencast, video, yahoo, ydn
Tagged audience, demo, fun stuff, interesting things, jeremy zawodny, peers, screencasting, startups, video file, ydn
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How recommendations can isolate people
It’s curious to me that Findory is fading on us, perhaps slipping into oblivion. It’s not the only startup with a good idea to see the lights dimming through the window of opportunity. And it’s certainly not for a lack … Continue reading
Posted in All
Tagged critical mass, digg, editorial voice, fashion sense, first mover, karp, personalized news, seeing other people, techmeme, window of opportunity
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For my wishlist: a start page that learns
I had the pleasure of joining Rex Hammock for drinks last night in Potrero Hill while he was here for Macworld Expo. Rex is tuned in to some interesting aspects of the online world, particularly through his site SmallBusiness.com which … Continue reading
The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog
There’s something very uncomfortable about seeing your face appear on another web site while you’re visiting it. That’s exactly why I think MyBlogLog is going to be a really big deal. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens now that … Continue reading
Posted in attention, behavior, email, future, history, identity, innovation, meme, mybloglog, socialmedia, socialnetworks, startup, yahoo
Tagged communication breakthrough, evolution of the internet, explicit expression, generational gaps, hockey stick, new paradigm, overnight success, paul saffo, personal expression, social networking sites
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Five things about me
Alright, why not. Thanks, John. 1.) I made my little brother throw deviled eggs into a crowd of people dancing to Emmylou Harris at Steve Wozniak’s wedding to our next door neighbor Candi Clark. He was about 5 and I … Continue reading
Posted in funny, meme
Tagged big toe, boat races, deviled eggs, emmylou harris, gordon lightfoot, little brother, steve wozniak, toe nail, train journeys, water polo player
2 Comments
eWeek doesn’t want me to visit eweek.com
I saw a link to an eWeek story and visited in part because I hadn’t been there in so long. Ugh. Now I remember why. Here’s a 30 second screencast showing you why I’m not a regular reader. Link to … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, design, eweek, greasemonkey, intellitxt
Tagged billboard, clutter, eweek, page load time, profits, relationships, video play, wikipedia, yahoo, yahoo video
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A community site without a community
Taking a little time at home last week gave me a chance to play around with one of my experiments that was nearly at its end. FlipBait is a simple Pligg/MediaWiki site that pokes fun at the dotcom golddiggers out … Continue reading
Posted in aggregation, collaboration, community, delicious, digg, flipbait, how to, mediawiki, participation, pligg, publishing, socialmedia, tagging, wiki
Tagged core team, digg, forum archives, golddiggers, group publishing, passersby, sandbox, techcrunch, time at home, venturebeat
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