charles.gagalac

Instead of offering incentives to business users, Microsoft should offer incentives to everyone to use Live Search. I’m sure Microsoft could bribe a few people with some discounts for Vista, Office, or Xbox. ⊗

When I saw “He’s dead, not dead — who cares?” on the Google News main page, I thought it was a story about Sinbad. ⊗

All hail Mike Hirshland, aka VCMike, for his Web 2.0 Reading List. ⊗

Ever wonder what happens when you talk about Twitter too much? Robert Scoble’s obsession with Twitter has got me thinking. Would Twitter exist without Robert Scoble? ⊗

Of course, Reverend Al Sharpton is jealous of Senator Barack Obama. Sharpton can only use a presidential candidacy as a platform for his issues, whereas Obama can actually run for the US presidency. ⊗

My Final Four: Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, and Ohio State. ⊗

Companies that deploy open suggestion boxes, like Dell’s IdeaStorm, are only setting themselves up to inherently overpromise and underdeliver. ⊗

I nuked the OpenSolaris partition in favor of FreeBSD. OpenSolaris never felt right. I’ll wait a while for OpenSolaris to mature a little more before making another attempt. In the meantime, I’ve got FreeBSD to play with. Unlike my brief experience with OpenSolaris, I was able to set up the dvorak layout. That alone makes FreeBSD a lot better than OpenSolaris. ⊗

What a noob! And a hypocrite to boot! ⊗

Watching Robert Scoble’s ScobleShow is pretty addictive. ⊗