How to Suck at Facebook - The Oatmeal

via theoatmeal.com

Classic, this about sums up the entire experience for me some times.

The Yammer Blog - Archive

via blog.yammer.com

Look into Yammer as a corporate communications platform. Trying to find ways to get away from traditional email and IM to have remote conversations in our virtual office. There is currently too much clutter and the tools are forcing us to work their way versus us working our own way with conforming tools. Will present case and see about trial run, maybe this week. Fascinating application of private microblogging and messaging. Shown here is the desktop app component which can be customized for our corp ID.

Google Chrome 4.1, Now Available

via googlesystem.blogspot.com

New version out, and I missed the fact that it auto updated already. The auto translation feature is pretty cool and works well (although some of the "engrish" is a little funky at times). Google Chrome keeps getting better with each iteration and has lost none of its superior performance.

QR Codes have arrived

Sure, they are not new, but they are now so easy to create and use, I had to play. Created a code for my Google Profile and put it in the profile for my Posterous blog. Also grabbed a free iPhone app called "QR App" that lets me point my phone at one of these codes and takes me right to the URL embedded within it. So cool. Need to add this to my Google Profile b-card and then I will be all set.

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Marsh by our house

Lots of cranes and other birds have been visiting lately after heavy rains last week.

Facebook | Chris' TechBlog

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What a handsome lad. And now with a Facebook fan page. Join me at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-TechBlog/91231147299 if you are on Facebook.

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Combined Feeds with FeedBurner

At long last I have pruned and optimized my FeedBurner settings, consolidating my Posterous and Chris' Tech Blog feeds into one feed (without any duplication). This is part of a major overhaul I have undertaken to clean up not only my content but its location and the overall workflow I am employing to stay connected with my friends and followers on the web. I hope you enjoy this consolidated view and let me know what you think - I hope to publish a new flowchart view of this new way of working soon. 

My Bold Move - Deleted FriendFeed Account

I took a bold step today to clean up my social networking and blogging ecosystems - I deleted my FriendFeed account. It had become a distraction. Many of my friends had already moved off the service and only 1/3 or less of the people I follow on Twitter and elsewhere were on FriendFeed. Creating "ghost" accounts for 200+ people was not worth the effort. And much of what I liked about FriendFeed is now in Google Buzz. So in the spirit of Spring Cleaning, I have taken a first step to de-clutter and organize my streams of information. I am sure I will have some regrets as I really did enjoy FriendFeed in its heyday, but the time had come to move on, so I did. If you followed me on FriendFeed (which I doubt many of you had), my permanent home is here with personal contact on Facebook and broadcasting/short messaging on Twiiter. In the coming weeks, I will be figuring out how best to integrate Buzz into this equation. For now, I will experiment with Buzz and learn my way around - hoping they will fix some of the shortcomings that currently make it less than ideal.

Mozilla borrows from WebKit to build fast new JS engine

via arstechnica.com

Its about time, Firefox has been getting its butt kicked by Chrome and Safari for months now. Many users have given up on Firefox specifically for this issue (including me). Let's see if this is just hype or really something to look forward to.

First Look at SnapGroups: A Delightful Tool For Lightweight Discussion

via readwriteweb.com

Looks like a great service akin to Google Groups (only a little nicer interface).