Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster 
Paul Buchheit via FriendFeed Blog on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
When you add a web site like Flickr or Google Reader to FriendFeed, FriendFeed's servers constantly download your feed from the service to get your updates as quickly as possible. FriendFeed's user base has grown quite a bit since launch, and our servers now download millions of feeds from over 43 services every hour.
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Google Moves to Mainstream RSS With A Simple Name Change
Marshall Kirkpatrick via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
For all its supposed simplicity, Really Simple Syndication or RSS has continued to confuse and intimidate millions of people online years after its introduction. What can be done to make RSS more mainstream? Google plans to roll out a small but simple featur
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BackType, A Twitter For Comments
Michael Arrington via TechCrunch on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
BackType is the newest YCombinator startup to launch from their summer program. They’re a blog-comment focused startup - founder
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We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All
Jason Kincaid via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
The business card needs to die, and everyone knows it. They’re clumsy, easy to lose, and virtually useless as one of the last bits of information that we pass non-digitally (they kill trees, too). The cell phone market could easily put business cards out of their misery, but instead of conforming to a si
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My FriendFeed Wishlist Mark Two
Duncan Riley via The Inquisitr on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Back in May, having only been on the service a short time on my second attempt, I posted a FriendFeed wishlist of things I’d like to see on the service. The FriendFeed team has
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Get your Blogger following fix (in Reader)
Mihai Parparita via Google Reader on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Our friends on the Blogger team just lauched Following. Blogger users can now "follow" blogs they like, given them an easy way keep up with their favorite blogs, and allowing authors to see who their readership is.
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SUP, a Format to Tell Which Feeds Updated
Philipp Lenssen via Google Blogoscoped on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
SUP stands for Simple Update Protocol (officially, anyway, though it’s perhaps an acronym or backronym for “what’s up” aka “’sup”). It’s a JSON-based meta format for RSS/ Atom feeds useful for websites that deliver a large number of feeds, like
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BackType Goes Forward With Comment Tracker and Search
louisgray@gmail.com (louisgray via louisgray.com on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
A little over two weeks ago, I reported on Disqus' platform updates, which brought new features, including the ability to show a "comment blog" that displays all your comments on the platform from around the
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Free Replacements for Paid Tools [Free]
Kevin Purdy via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
There might be no such thing as truly free beer, but in the world of computers and software, you can often brew your own substitutes to premium paid software and service with just a few double-clicks and some know-ho
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Zeep Mobile: Free SMS Gateway For Developers
Frederic Lardinois via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
While SMS has already become one of the most important forms of communication in many parts of the world, the U.S. is only catching up to this trend slowly. Part of the reason for this is the high cost of using SMS, not just for users, but also for developers who want to use SMS for their applications. I
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Troubleshoot a Slow Home Network [Wi-Fi]
Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Not getting the bit transfer rate you used to at home? The New York Times covers how to troubleshoot a slow home network, including rebooting your router and changing the Wi-F
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4 Questions for Every Early Adopter
Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins via Mashable! on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
The battle lines have been drawn today. You’re with us or you’re against us. You’re cool and hip or lame and square. No, I’m not talking about political lines (for once), I’m talking about the early adopters versus the mainstream, or as Robert Scoble framed it: the passionates versus
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Little things that matter
Gmail Blog via Gmail Blog on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Posted by Prakash Chandran, User Experience DesignerSeemingly small improvements can make a surprisingly big difference to people who use our products every day. Take Google Calendar, where over the past few months we've made a bunch of little improvements in direct response to feedback from our most active users.Emailing guests
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Sweetcron: Your Lifestream on Your Server
Frederic Lardinois via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
We were pretty excited when we first heard about Sweetcron, a self-hosted lifestreaming application developed by Yongfook. Today, after a bit of a delay, Sweetcron has finally released its software and we immediately downl
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7 Little Habits That Can Change Your Life, and How to Form Them
Leo via Zen Habits on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle
If you could just pick one or two (or seven) habits to create in the next few months — habits that will have the most impact on your life — what would they be?
I often get asked this question, because people are overwhelmed when it comes to sta
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Fake following in social media: Yay or Nay?
Mike Fruchter via MichaelFruchter.com on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
In the world of social media, establishing, engaging, maintaining and growing your follower base is crucial for any type of success. We use a variety of social networking sites, tools, and platforms to establish and broadcast to our potential and existing follower base. Power in numbers often dictates and dominates the said outcomes. We work hard to establish a manage
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JamLegend Takes On Guitar Hero On The Web (1,000 Invites)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
One of the most promising startups to come out of the LaunchBox incubator is JamLegend
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Five Best Password Managers [Hive Five]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
You've got enough to keep track of in your day-to-day life without filling your head with the countless logins and passwords you've racked up over the years, and the Post-It note on your monitor just isn't an opti
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