http://www.mixx.com/users/biznickman Mixx of activity by biznickman en-us I had the opportunity to sit down with Sean Greene, the Co-Founder of LaunchBox Digital in Washington, D.C. LauanchBox Digital provides entrepreneurs with seed funding to help get their startup off the ground. Wed Dec 26 21:53:07 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/43943/interview_with_sean_greene_of_launchbox_digital thingy_43943 biznickman http://www.socialtimes.com/2007/12/interview-with-sean-greene-of-launchbox-digital/ National ID cards on the way? | Recent congressional vote on standardized, electronically readable driver's licenses raises fears about imminence of national IDs. Photos: Biometrics on guard | February 14, 2005, 4:00 AM PT | Declan McCullagh Sun Dec 16 23:20:36 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/35925/national_id_cards_on_the_way_cnet_news_com thingy_35925 biznickman http://www.news.com/National-ID-cards-on-the-way/2100-1028_3-5573414.html There had been a lot of of speculation about Facebook joining OpenSocial once the platform had stabilized. It looks like other social networks are going to be able to leverage the power of the Facebook platform. Wed Dec 12 20:51:26 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/33078/breaking_facebook_to_take_on_opensocial thingy_33078 biznickman http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/12/breaking-facebook-to-compete-with-opensocial/ Facebook has just announced that they will be updating their Beacon system. Stories will no longer be published “without a user proactively consenting.” Fri Nov 30 02:31:50 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/20531/breaking_facebook_updates_beacon thingy_20531 biznickman http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/breaking-facebook-updates-beacon/ That would be madddd money. Does that violate Amazon's terms? Thu Nov 29 20:05:25 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/19550/the_faebook_scam_yes_that_s_faebook_without_a_c comment_7050 Microsoft is planning to provide as part of Office 2008 for Mac — the final version of which is due January 2008 — technology that will allow users to export PowerPoint 2008 presentations onto their iPods and/or iPhones. Wed Nov 28 23:31:54 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/18901/office_2008_for_mac_to_feature_iphone_sync_capability thingy_18901 biznickman http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=988 Well lucky for me I not only taste dog food on a daily basis but I also experience massive amounts of traffic. Hopefully much of that traffic will start coming from Mixx! Wed Nov 28 22:55:22 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/18233/there_s_no_money_in_the_long_tail_of_the_blogosphere comment_6667 Robdiana you may be right but I'm not sure that I agree with this. If you had a blog that was specifically about dogfood, you would be selling a lot of dogfood (at least theoretically) and that's no small market. Although maybe dogfood isn't exactly longtail. I know that I spend my days tasting various types of dog food ... don't you? Wed Nov 28 22:28:22 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/18233/there_s_no_money_in_the_long_tail_of_the_blogosphere comment_6657 I added this to my blackberry and it was relatively useful. I would be awesome if it could pinpoint you :) Wed Nov 28 22:25:03 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/18643/google_maps_for_mobile_gains_location_seeking_abilities_sans_gps comment_6655 Dave Winer likes the idea of smaller niche Digg sites. That's nice when your closes 25 friends read every article on the web. What happens for those that don't? Tue Nov 27 03:39:12 UTC 2007 http://www.mixx.com/stories/16538/the_next_step_in_digg_clones_scripting_news thingy_16538 biznickman http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/11/26/theNextStepInDiggClones.html