In my last post I asked Do We Need Rankings For Everything? The rant was based on the new API for PostRank from AideRss, the launching of Frienderati.Alltop and the ensuing discussion. Yep, it was one of those good, old-fashioned, “I am a cranky old man” rants. Thankfully, Melanie Baker from AideRss beat me with [...]

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I started this post late last week after PostRank was launched as an API. Conveniently enough, Alltop launched Frienderati today, which caused some interesting discussions on FriendFeed and gave my post a little more relevance.
Why is it that people feel the need to rank things? Is it the simplicity of looking at things in a [...]

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Obviously, this week is getting interesting. I have another guest post this week, this time on SheGeeks! Our host for the day is the awesomesauce Corvida. If you do not understand the “awesomesauce” term, check out Corvida’s blog for more info.
So, the guest post can be found at There are Different Steps For Growing Blogs. [...]

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Iam sure that most of you are tired of hearing about the iPhone. I know I am. TechMeme should change its name for today to iPhoneMeme to reflect the news of the day. You probably do not want to hear anything else about the iPhone. Well, I had a few spare moments and decided instead [...]

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There is a lot of information passing through FriendFeed. The web interface is useful up to a point, but sometimes people feel they are missing interesting items, or they just do not like the interface. There are a lot of applications trying to make things easier as well as a wealth of Greasemonkey scripts. This [...]

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