After reading a story about netvibes throwing a party at the TechCrunch site, I decided to go check it out.  Since this isn’t a post about netvibes, I’ll just describe the site as a sorta Yahoo-like customizable page where you have all of your RSS feeds, etc.
The thing I wanted to discuss was my experience with […]

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I’ve spent a couple of days creating and testing  both a CozmoTv widget, and a SplashCast Player. Both of these media players, essentially embedable widgets, have the ability to take YouTube videos (shows), and create channels out of the shows. Users are then able to create widgets out of selected channels, and embed the widgets to […]

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After reading a post on the socialmedia.biz webiste regarding the departure of collumnist Bambi Francisco from MarketWatch amidst a conflict of interest controversy, I decided to investigate further.  Since Ms. Fransicso was leaving to head up Vator.tv fulltime, it made sense to start there.
Basically, Vator.tv is a site that targets entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and investors with the […]

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It was just a few days ago when I heralded CozmoTV as the next coming of widgets that would revolutionize the use of social networks as a viable tool for marketers.  Uh, wait a sec.   So you say I should try Splash Cast Media? Ok, lemme give it a whirl.
 After testing Splash Cast, it’s clear […]

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In the latest effort to pimp out my myspace page, I’ve added a cool new gizmo called CozmoTv.  The CozmoTv hub www.comzotv.com is basically where users are able to create their own portable widgets, add channels to these widgets, and embed the resulting code into their portable social network pages (right now it looks like […]

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In a move seemingly to avoid controversy before it happens, Reddit announced that they would be removing links on the front page that they didn’t agree with. It’s always great when a community centered site is at the mercy of those who operate it.
We got tired of having links appear on the front page that we didn’t […]

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I originally saw this video on the Ning Developer Blog. It’s interesting to note that the original youtube video  had over 2million views on youtube and was added a little over 2 months ago. While I don’t know if the project organizers are intending to bring about increased awareness of their project, it’s interesting to note […]

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Dear Larry, Sergey, or any other big wig at Google or anyone at all that might be listening and can lend a helping hand:
(Directed to Google peeps) Although I realize that I’m only one of the millions of Google minion that bow to you and use you for searching, IM, chatting, office-stuff, e-mailing, mapping, and most […]

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This weekend was pretty busy for me, I attended several functions where I met up with some old friends that I haven’t seen in years.  One of my friends I saw at one of these functions I’ve been friends with for close to 30 years, and although our lives have intertwined and our path’s have […]

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To quote Yul Brenner “is a puzzlement”.   That’s how I feel about the recent twitter phenomenon. I suppose I understand the concepts, portable presence, letting family and friends know what you’re up to, yada yada yada.  For me, RIGHT NOW, I prefer the old-fashioned IMing, text-messaging, or even the ancient calling on cell-phone methods of […]

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