Jailbreaking My iPhone: It’s All About The Customization…

It was just a little over three months ago when I bought the iPhone 3GS. I have spent plenty of time getting to know the phone, downloading applications, and testing the limitations of what this thing can and can’t do. I quickly found out that even the most basic features, such as customizing the home screen, icons, changing themes was [...]

The Quick on QIK

Qik, simply put is software that lets you stream video live from your cell phone to the web. Qik allows anyone with a supported mobile device to broadcast live video to the web with relative ease. Last month, Qik became available for my windows mobile phone, the HTC Tilt Aka Kaiser.  I have tested it [...]

Six Alternatives To Twitter

When it comes to microblogging, the first word that pops into everyone’s mind is Twitter. Twitter will always be the heavyweight simply because they were first.  Twitter should be just one of your primary microblogging tools. We all know what happens when we keep all our eggs in one basket. Listed below are six great [...]

Tools for branding and promotion in social media

My last post touched on 10 tools that business and individuals can use for listening in social media. In this post I want to highlight some of the more popular tools, and touch upon some general thoughts for personal branding and self promotion, using social media. Remember the key to your success is your network. [...]

10 tools for listening in social media.

This post highlights 10 tools for discovery and managing url and brand chatter. If you’re doing business online or offline, these tools are essential. As the saying goes, “keeping your ear to the street.” 1) Google Blog/Web Search: Google web search should be your obvious first choice for listening. Web search will sometimes drown you [...]

Toluu+Tags = A match made in heaven

Today, Toluu launched the long awaited feature that its members have been patiently waiting for. The new feature is the ability to label and discover new feeds using tags. Just as you would use Diigo for labeling, sorting and discovery of new bookmarks, you can now do the same with your rss feeds on Toluu. [...]

Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap

—————————————— Sweetcron is the latest new shiny toy in self-hosted lifestreaming. Sweetcrons main selling point is the ability to store your lifestreaming data on your own server,and on your own domain. There was much awaited anticipation of this application. It has garnered lots of publicity for the past few months. I finally installed Sweetcron and [...]

Make FriendFeed & Twitter your social portal

Created by Ray Grieselhuber, Gridjit uses the FriendFeed & Twitter API extensively to create an interactive social portal home page.  It visually organizes your FriendFeed and Twitter time lines into columns. It spreads out your time line by user, and shows that users’ most recent posts, in arrangeable blocks, distributed vertically across the grid. This [...]

Toluu just got better

Toluu is a one stop social supermarket for discovery of new rss feeds. How Toluu works is quite simple. Once registered, you will import your current OPML file into the system. The service will then search for other users with interests similar to yours. This is almost like a dating service, and will display the [...]

Does this happen to you in Toluu?

Your in Toluu and find a feed you really like. You go to add it not realizing you already have it. —————————– Share/Bookmark

4 Friendfeed Yahoo Pipes.

4 Friendfeed Yahoo Pipes. This is for all you stats junkies. New Friendfeed Yahoo pipes courtesy of Tim Hoeck. These pipes will show who comments on your items the most, and who likes your items the most. The other 2 pipes will show, who you like the most and who you comment on most. ———————- [...]

Do you Toluu? I certainly do!

———————- My wife peeks by the computer and notices my twitter account open, she asks what do you mean you just Toluu’d? So why not a better time to break it down to her about what Toluu is.  Toluu is a like a supermarket for rss feeds i tell her. Toluu imports your current feeds [...]

Cleaning up my Google reader with the help of Toluu.

———– The other night I did the deed that I have been putting off for so long. I cleaned out my Google reader account. I deleted everything including the dead weight I set off to, “trim only”. It was refreshing to finally have conquered this task, a true victory indeed. Rebuilding my G reader was [...]