Web Strategy Micksup

Barnes and Noble have launched a “how-to” application called Quamut.
(Video review has been removed until I can find a better screencast app…)
First thing to note is that I’m not sure how to pronounce the name. Not a great start. Then they have a clever but equally mystifying tag line (which appears to be trademarked) - [...]

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Quick review of Hot or Not extension Restyleme (via Killerstartups).
Basically you upload a picture and people give you the thumbs up or thumbs down across a range of categories like hair, accessories and smile. So it’s not saving the planet, but it is a little bit of fun and you might get some honest advice [...]

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Look, it’s a Barcamp

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Finally we have the barcamp sleep over in Sydney.
Woohooo!.
Make sure you come and make sure you make everyone else come!
Register for Barcamp Sydney 3 Now

See you there.

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Screencast.com trial period - 7 years

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I noticed on Screencast.com that they are giving me a 7 year trial period. Wow, they are really patient. Or maybe they know I’ll hit the 200mb long before that.
But it raises a good question that [...]

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I’m going to start trying to do an application review each day. I found a cool way I can use Skitch and Jing to put myself in the video and still make it a quick screencast.
Here is my first one;
EMC Digital Footprint Calculator Screencast  - (warning, old screencasts app used, so it’s a bit ugly…)
EMC [...]

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*SMILING PUG* - HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY,
FROM THE SWEETHEART PUG, MEL C *-*Originally uploaded by *SMILING PUG*
I love the Company - Customer Pact which I think the Get Satisfaction guys put together.
Read it and if you’re nodding agreement and are prepared to wiki in blood then go for it. Join the team.
I’ve [...]

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charade #16 answer
Originally uploaded by ndrwfgg

(Note: If you are one of my really geeky friends, you can probably click away, but you’re friends might be interested.)
Recently I did a workshop for Government people who wanted to know the basics about web 2.0 applications (blogs, micro, wiki’s, etc). It was good fun and there [...]

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3gb in my MPB - FREEDOM!

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Just installed an extra gig into my MacBook Pro.
And it worked first time.
Maybe I have shaken off that curse I earned when my dad bought a 100% compatible Commodore 64 Disk Drive and Hardball didn’t work.

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Dave Tilefile

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Offering hundreds of options in a web application is easy. Picking the right defaults is tougher.
I went to a corporatey event in the tech space last week when Ernst and Young held their first ‘EAST - EArly Stage Tech’ event. Dave [...]

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There is a big of buzz around FriendFeed right now and lots of people as asking why.
I did a quick video review of FriendFeed here if you want to see what it’s about.
Follow Mick Liubinskas on FriendFeed here. 
Basically it let’s you aggregate your the feeds of different applications and networks and show them in one [...]

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I just saw the Commoncraft video of Twitter in plain English as shown below. It’s beautiful in so many ways.
Firstly, it’s just a pleasure to watch. It’s fun and light and easy.
Secondly, it tells the story to the point and with a lovely light layer of interestingness (Van Halen Rawks!).
Thirdly, Twitter was able to be [...]

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I disagree with Mike from TechCrunch’s conclusion that Guy Kawasaki’s AllTop is lame. RSS is still only known and used by the geeks and the time is coming where the average netizen wants to read more stuff they are interested in. Right now they go to a few news sites and maybe search to find [...]

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Quick review tonight of Socialthing. It basically pulls in a lot of feeds (Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Digg, Youtube, Delicious) and let’s you interact as much as possible. Like Friendfeed, but apparently even easier. These guys would benefit from a little widget to let me plug a micro version on my blog?
In testing, I had a [...]

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Barcelona-45Originally uploaded by Dr Claw’s keeper

Last week at a media conference, Saturday night at a 30th birthday dinner and lots of places, I hear people talking about the Social Network Fad.
Yes, Facebook may not triumph.
Yes, Social networks as we know them today will not be the same next year.
NO, social interaction is not [...]

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Mike from Techcrunch hits sxsw and ‘the haters’
Originally uploaded by bigmick

Here I am with a torn ligament in my foot and 400 days worth of work to do wishing I was hanging out with the crew (mainly Brian Solis and all that wine) and I get a tweet from TechCrunch saying he is [...]

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