The total unadulterated idiocy of building software businesses on the shell of Web 2.0

Last Wednesday Duncan wrote up a post questioning the motives behind Twitter’s slashing of their API access to third party developers who are thinking that they have found the road to riches. His supposition was that Twitter ... continue

Is Twitter the next affiliate link hunting ground?

There have been past efforts in the early life of Twitter for folks to try an monetize their Twitter stream. After all for many bloggers Twitter is taking up almost as much time in their workflow as ... continue

FriendFeed Haters: You’re Doing it Wrong!

FriendFeed would appear to this year's Twitter in a bad way, with haters coming out of the woodwork to knock the service. We covered some of a latest round Jan 3, in particular arguments relating to FriendFeed's ... continue

FriendFeed Isn’t Dying, Although It’s a Nice Line

Louis Gray writes about issues with FriendFeed not taking in a big way, which Stowe Boyd calls in a post describing it as why FriendFeed is dying. It isn't, but it's a nice line. Let's start with one premise: ... continue

What I’d like to see: FriendFeed + Google Reader tighter integration

I’d like to see FriendFeed partner with Google Reader on something that I believe the Inner Web Nerds in all of us freak out with joy and exultation. Not a Google purchase of FriendFeed (which was founded ... continue

FriendFeed Gains IM Support

FriendFeed's all about adding the new features these days, as Steven Hodson pointed out in this post about the value (or lack thereof) of the new mapping option that popped up this week. Now, another function ... continue

FriendFeed mapping might be cool but so what?

FriendFeed is a great service and one that I use on a daily basis. I like FriendFeed because it is able to give me a constantly refreshing source of news tips and interesting links to follow. As ... continue

Can I shove this fire hose down your throat?

Don't get me wrong - I get what this social media idea is all about. It can be great stuff; much like the hippies painting flowers on their cheeks and putting flowers in gun barrels. The idea ... continue

Strands gets search

Lifestreaming service Strands has added search, allowing users to dig deep into the archival material listed on the site. The new search function allows users to search their own streams (which can come in handy) or everyone on ... continue

NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

The developer of NoiseRiver quit FriendFeed today, citing LOLCats as the cause. Some reports are suggesting that NoiseRiver may be shut as well, but we can't clarify this (it's up at the time of writing). I predicted ... continue

Could social media implode from too many friends?

First came Web 2.0, which begot social networking, which morphed into a much easier term to hype called Social Media. While Web 2.0 is considered to be more of an umbrella term for a new philosophy for how ... continue

FriendFeed Announces Another Update

FriendFeed's on a roll. First came the real-time updates, then the addition of support for Facebook and other social networks -- and now, the company has announced an update to its API that lets you take ... continue