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Google Social Search is Live

webPublished October 26, 2009 at 3:57 pm No Comments

Well not long after I posted the idea of social search engines and Sean’s Web 2.0 argument, Google launched their social search initiative in Labs today.  The idea is that along with your usual results from Google, you will now also get information about your search from your social circle.  Will Google succeed where so
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Netflix and PS3 – together finally

webPublished October 26, 2009 at 3:09 pm No Comments

Finally, something to get excited about for my PS3 and it was not Sony who did the work. Remember when I told you I would be first in line if Netflix made a disc for PS3?  Well lied, I was probably not the first but none the less, I am eagerly waiting for my disc
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Sean Parker’s Web 2.0 – A new reality without Google?

webPublished October 26, 2009 at 6:41 am 1 Comment

Sean Parker, a partner at Founder’s Fund, presented at the Web 2.0 Summit that stirred a lot of conversation on the tech blogsphere.  How can one person stir up so much noise? Sean’s presentation titled, The New Era of Network Services, theorize that the internet is methodically shifting away from information services that aggregates data
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Media – The cost of ownership

webPublished October 21, 2009 at 5:03 pm No Comments

Back in the day, I use to put 20 dollars aside every week.  It was my happy money.  My friends and I would forgo lunch and head out to Bestbuy on Tuesdays to pick up a just released DVD.  During that night, and almost every subsequent night thereafter, I would watch the just purchased DVD
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Lone Star Ruby Conference 2008

coding webPublished September 6, 2008 at 11:59 am No Comments

The LSRC has definitely gotten better for me as I am now developing a stronger understanding of not just Rails but Ruby. I am still not a hardcore developer but I am thinking that will change this year. This year the focus was on how to make things move faster, here is what I learned:
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