February 2006

Latest news

by Ryan Lane on February 27, 2006

So Edgeio has finally launched. They say it’s the new and better eBay. I’ll go and and play with it latter this week.

Combined with Google Base there will be even more ways to make money selling stuff online. If you want to see what a product looks like for sale on google base go take a look at Magic the Unicorn

I can’t wait until craigslist integrates some sort of simple payment system.

Ask no longer has Jeeves but it does seem to keep trying to be competitive . They have a new design and a bunch of cool new features.

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This is a test post from a widget

by Ryan Lane on February 24, 2006

I’m testing out a newish widget that allows for easy posting. this one is called WordPressDash and it’s pretty nifty.

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this WEEK in TECH

by Ryan Lane on February 16, 2006

I just wanted to share that I love this WEEK in TECH or tWiT. It’s my new most favorite podcast. If you’re in to nerdy talks about technology then this is for you. It’s fun and casual and informative. Add it to your playlist.

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people-to-people lending

by Ryan Lane on February 13, 2006

Prosper is like eBay but for money. I am very intrigued by the concept. I might even have to try it out.

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Multi-Touch Interaction

February 13, 2006

I’m sure most of you have seen the video of Multi-Touch Sensing circulating around on the net of the cool new interactive touch screen that you can use with both hands and all of your fingers. There’s more about the project on their website: Multi-Touch Interaction Research. The technology is based on the FTIR (frustrated [...]

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Photo sharing made easy?

February 7, 2006

The Seattle Times has a article about Vizrea. It’s a new Seattle start-up that um is going to make getting your cell phone photos online easy. Well, that’s nice, but Flickr does a great job at it. Competition is good though.

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Ads in games

February 3, 2006

So I was thinking… How come no one is selling the rights of their virtual character for ads yet? Think about an online multiplayer shooter, where you have a few top players who frequent. They could easily sell the rights to their avatar to either be skinned or look like a product in game. There [...]

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Dundas Chart for .NET

February 2, 2006

This is exactly the sort of thing that is totally wrong with information design. This product it nice in that it’s flexible and offers nice graphing/charting abilities in a web application. However their examples are the all wrong. Take a look at their animated charts. most of them are too slow and the animation doesn’t [...]

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