Identity Blogger Beta Ships OpenID Google announced tonight that the new Blogger (nicknamed 'Blogger in Draft') will support OpenID-based commenting. Essentially it means that users of OpenID-enabled services - such as LiveJournal, WordPress and TypeKey - can comment on any Blogger blog using their accounts from those sites, rather than with Blogger/Google accounts. This is another… Richard MacManus View comments
web Google Reader's New Recommendations Exciting, but Insufficient The Google Reader team announced tonight that the wildly popular online feed reader now recommends additional feeds to users based on our subscription lists, web browsing history and "more." It's a very big day for one reason - simple recommendation is the low hanging fruit of data mining. May knowledge workers rejoice. I love information, I… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Analysis The Economics of Blogging for Attention Earlier this week Alex Iskold wrote that there is no money for bloggers in the long tail, even if there is money from aggregating the long tail. There are many different motivations for blogging and some do not involve money. Some people have a cause they are passionate about - they want to help change the world and a blog is a marvellous way to… Bernard Lunn View comments
Analysis Semantic Technology In Action: An Interview with Dr. Paul Miller Each night this week while making dinner, I've listened to a different podcast interview with a semantic technology professional. It's been a fascinating experience and the man I have to think for the education is Dr. Paul Miller, technology evangelist for semantic web platform vendor Talis. Miller is producing an informative, enjoyable and… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
web Ask500People: Polling The Web In Real Time Recently launched Ask500People is an interesting new polling experiment that endeavors to ask questions of 500 people around the world and report the results in real-time. Ask500People is not a polling widget that you can use to run questions on your site (though they have formed partnerships with some high traffic sites to occasionally run… Josh Catone View comments