That’s the slogan used by a new website called Alltop. What they mean by that is that their users can create a page full of RSS feeds, in effect creating a one-page magazine table of contents on just about any topic you can name, easily and quickly. I think it took me longer to make [...]

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I was just listening to the latest episode of This Week in Google (TWiG), a new Leo Laporte podcast, when I was struck by the discussion of how microblogging, as on Twitter or Facebook, can sometimes steal posts away from “normal” blogs. I’m not the only one out there who finds myself tweeting instead of [...]

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So, I’ve had my Kindle DX eReader for about 10 days now, and it’s time to write about the experience. Overall my reaction is positive, but there are a few weak points that diminish my euphoria with the device.
First, there is the screen itself. It is not paper-white at all. The contrast is rather poor, [...]

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The timing couldn’t have been better. My first semester in grad school ended Friday, July 31st, and Monday, August 3rd, the Kindle arrived. I’ve done little else besides fiddle around with it since then. In fact, half a day went by before I realized Twitter had gone down!
I’ll have more to say about it [...]

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