Renaissance 2.0
Most of us have multpile email accounts, which means multiple logins IDs and passwords and website addresses or email clients. Add to the mix all of the internal messages we receive such as on FaceBook and MySpace, which includes wallposts, comments and bulletins and we’ve got a virtual tidal wave of messages coming at us…
Everyone is excited about Seesmic but it is going to be in private BETA for a long time before it is open to the public. In the mean time, why not try the original video twitter, Hictu ? They launched a year ago in December 2006 and have not garnered much press or attention for…
What’s up with the title, Identity Crisis? What’s this going to be about? No, it’s not going to cover the warning signs of psychosis or methods for treating schizophrenia. The title is merely a tongue in cheek description of a common dilemma that most of us Internet surfers deal with on a daily basis. Far…
I’ve always hated the fact that we still, for the most part, have to manually input contact information from a website that we want to keep in our address book. How is that possible in these incredible web 2.0 days with all of the social networking websites and new technologies popping up all over the…
Tangler is your father’s message board and forum all grown up and socialable. It’s a whole new way for groups to communicate. Here are some of the features they offer: Real time discussion Instant alerts for new messages Insert pictures, video and flash content Customise the look of your group Directly link to your groups and…
Searchles is a unique service that lets you create playlists of videos from google, YouTube and MySpace (more to come). Their MyTV feature is the most impression and fun part because it lets you edit any of these videos online and actually select the portion of the video you want to play and share with…
Skreemr is an excellent music search engine. Not only does it find songs but it provides almost everything you ever wanted to know about the song and the artist! Here is an example of a search result for the song called “Stolen” by Dashboard Confessional. The top of the result after File is the name…
Every once in a while there comes a new website or software application that makes my mouth drop open and gets me totally excited. I just had that experience with a new screenwriting social network called PlotBot ! I’ve tried countless writing websites and software packages that claim to be the ultimate writing tool but…
It is becoming easier and cheaper to run your own internet TV station and broadcast from your webcam. The newer services also allow you to save all of your favorite videos in one place from multiple video sites such as YouTube, MetaCafe, Yahoo video and more! In essense, they become a sort of social bookmarking…
Sending video mail (vMail) is much easier these days thanks to the following services. Many of them don’t even require any software downloads or installation as in the old days. All you need is a webcam and a computer with Internet access and you are good to go. Here are some of the best vMail…