• Release candidate 2 (build 2.0.0.19) of the forthcoming version 2 of the Feed Demon RSS reader for Windows was released yesterday. Fewer bug fixes and more feature changes and additions are good signs that the application is getting close to its final release version. Feed Demon is an excellent product, one I’ve been using for the past 18 months or so. The new version will have some really useful new features. Highly recommended.

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  • This looked interesting (in a “hmm, reminds me of the million dollar home page idea” sort of way) – an advertising site that includes only blogs. Then I read what BoingBoing’s Xeni Jardin had to say about it: BoingBoing reader Darren Rowse just pointed us to a shady site called World Blog Center, which touts itself as “prestigious virtual real estate location in which blogs from a variety of industry sectors are housed.” I prefer to think of them as…

    Full story: Truth in advertising?
  • Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s postponement of the consumer launch of Windows Vista comes bad news about the actual code of the product, reported yesterday by Australian tech magazine Smarthouse: Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company “scrambles” to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN. Quoting the complete text of an internal Microsoft memo about changes to…

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  • Finding out about wikis isn’t terribly difficult – there are plenty of descriptions around to help you understand what they are, starting with this one on Wikipedia (itself a wiki). But if you want to find out who’s doing what with wikis and learn about some best practice, especially in the communication profession, that’s not so easy. Now, though, there’s a great opportunity to find out thanks to Giovanni Rodriguez and the guys at eastwikkers: Eastwikkers will be launching a…

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  • As we’re about to head into the second quarter of 2006, I’m reviewing my schedule for conferences and workshops I’m involved with as a speaker/presenter. I invest a great deal in time and commitment to spreading the word about the value of social media in organizational communication by getting involved with a range of conferences, seminars and other professional development events around Europe and in the USA. So far this year, I’ve been part of two successful events – the…

    Full story: More spreading the word