Monthly Archives: February 2010

Is Google Stealing Authors’ Copyright With Buzz?

Posted on February 25, 2010 by jessestay

2 years ago I shared about a blogger and follower/friend of mine, Ali Akbar, who purchased the domain, googleappsengine.com (he still owns it) in order to create an AppEngine-related blog (since Google apparently forgot to purchase the domain).  Ali received … Continue reading →

Posted in ads, buzz, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, rss, scraping, social, Technology | 47 Comments

Facebook to Developers: "You Decide"

Posted on February 24, 2010 by jessestay

By the time I hit publish on this 5 other bigger blogs will have probably already covered this, but this deserves some praise.  One reason I love the Facebook Platform is because they really seem to care about API developers. … Continue reading →

Posted in choice, Facebook, facebook api, facebook platform, Geeky, sandbox, staging, Technology | 2 Comments

Speculation: Expect Something BIG in the Area of Real-Time at F8

Posted on February 22, 2010 by jessestay

I don’t do speculative posts like this too often, except around Facebook’s F8 developer events for the most part.  The last one I predicted was that Facebook would announce a Mobile Platform at F8 – the announcement did occur along … Continue reading →

Posted in butterfly, butterfly effect, buzz, chrysalis, f8, Facebook, FriendFeed, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, paul buchheit, real-time, Technology | 6 Comments

Google Changes the Way You Read My Feeds – You Still Have no Control

Posted on February 20, 2010 by jessestay

Louis Gray just reported a new way Google is trying to control the problem of mine and Louis’s and Robert Scoble and Mashable, and more of the more active feeds and streams on Google Buzz taking over the streams of … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, control, Facebook, filtering, FriendFeed, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, lists, monkey, Technology, trapped | 6 Comments

Did Google Reader Just Turn on the Firehose?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by jessestay

Google’s big push recently has been on enabling open, real-time technologies to publish, read, and interact with its new service Buzz.  Reader, its RSS subscription and website reading service, is one of the biggest tools to integrate with the service. … Continue reading →

Posted in firehose, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, pubsub hubbub, push, reader, real-time web, realtime, rss, rss reader, social, Technology | 28 Comments

Is Google’s Position Towards Default Privacy a Good Thing?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve been openly critical about Google’s lack of privacy in their launch of Buzz (and I argue other things as well), and its’ opt-in attitude towards opening up contacts and settings people previously thought were private.  That doesn’t change.  However, … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, privacy, publicly available information, Technology | 2 Comments

Twitter Hires 140th "Character", Adds Lucene Committer Michi Busch to its Search Talent

Posted on February 16, 2010 by jessestay

It’s no secret Twitter has a desire to have a stronger search presence.  With business models that thrive on content publishing and organization, a strong search product is necessary to provide the most revenue down the road.  Just today, while … Continue reading →

Posted in 140 characters, employees, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, indexing, michi busch, search talent, social, Technology, Twitter | 2 Comments

What Buzz Needs to Make a "Sting" in Facebook

Posted on February 14, 2010 by jessestay

There’s a new Buzzword in town that’s “Buzz” lately and as I mentioned earlier, some are already calling things “dead” because of it.  Most of this is due to the size of Google, the masses it can reach, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in api, buzz, comparisons, Facebook, facebook api, filters, google buzz, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Technology | 12 Comments

Google Has Large Company Syndrome

Posted on February 12, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve worked for various companies over my career.  Some of those very small (including my current startup), and some very large, international and public corporations.  I currently work with similar clients of various sizes and types.  Each and every one of them … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, large company, orkut, Politics, social, Technology | 7 Comments

Horton’s Megaphone – The Competition for Discovery

Posted on February 11, 2010 by jessestay

There’s a lot of “Buzz” going around lately about Google Buzz being a Facebook or Myspace killer.  Jason Calacanis, Mahalo founder and lover of Tesla, goes to the extent of saying with Buzz, Facebook lost half its value.  Thomas Hawk, … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, Google, horton, horton hears a who, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, MySpace, social, Technology, Twitter | 4 Comments