Category: Software

  • Connecting content and the social conversations

    A topic Shel and I discuss in this week’s FIR podcast episode 715 is commenting on blogs. More specifically, about the conversation that can happen in response to a post someone writes and publishes on a blog, and where the…

  • WordPress 3.6 – blogging gets even easier

    A new version of the WordPress blogging platform and content management system was released on August 1 that not only fixes some bugs and improves security, but also brings a raft of new and enhanced features and functionality. WordPress version…

  • The magic of Google

    I bought a belt yesterday from Marks and Spencer‘s online store. A pretty routine activity – online shopping is indeed pretty routine these days – where I chose the item, authorized the payment and will see my purchase sometime today.…

  • What’s in a name?

    A service I’ve used since the mid 00s is YouSendIt, the freemium file-sharing service you use to send large files to people. It’s been a perfect tool over the years, especially in the days  when ‘large files’ typically meant anything…

  • The Google Reader shutdown: Last chance to move on

    If you use Google Reader, you’ll know by now that Google is shutting the service down on July 1. That’s tomorrow. Since its launch in October 2005, Google Reader became a popular choice for many as the preferred method of…