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Blogging from Flock

If there is one thing in the world that bugs me more than pop-up ads, annoying sounds in ads, and installers, it is internet hype.  Hype is what the internet is about this year, from myspace and the facebook to AJAX and now Flock, based on the opensource Firefox.  Flock is part of the Web 2.0 hype, in which everyone is socially connected through everything on the internet, with such overrated tools like Flickr and del.icio.us.  I am trying out the built in blogging function in the browser. I really don’t see what’s so great about the hype surrounding Flock.  If I want people to see my bookmarks, they can go to my site.  If I want people to view my photos, I will not direct them to the hyped Flickr, which in my opinion lowers the quality of the images, but instead I will direct them to my gallery that uses the excellent beta version of Plogger.  Yes kids, the word of the day is hype, and that is exactly what Flock and everything Web 2.0 is. The blogging utility isn’t even that great, with no way to assign a post to a specific category or multiple categories. It does let you add technorati tags, but that is not shocking, as Technorati is a Web 2.0 service. While Flock uses Web 2.0 apps heavily, it lacks some common sense Web 1.0 functionality.

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Steal This Movie

A filmmaker’s answer to movie piracy. This clip was great and truly does expose in about a minute how shady the movie companies can be.

Trusted Computing

I was browsing the internet and somehow came across this videa about Trusted Computing. The video is really well done in the way it was filmed (animated) and how it presents the information. Check it out here: Trusted Computing.

Mint Continued

After having the program for close to a whole day, I am still in love with it. One thing keeps bugging me though. I would love to deploy the stats system across all my websites (or at least the ones with heavy traffic), but doing so would cost too much money. A large number of people have been asking Shaun Inman to lower the price, or give discounts to people who purchase multiple licenses. I think for a 1 site license, it should be no more than $20. I also think that $50 for a 5 site license would be very reasonable.

Have a Mint

Yes, it’s true, Shaun Inman’s wonderful stats software is available. Visit haveamint to see it in action and to purchase your copy. So far, from what I’ve seen on my install, it is very nice.