From the daily archives:

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

The Engadget Interview: Mike Ramsay, CEO of TiVo – Engadget – www.engadget.com…
Veteran journalist and Engadget correspondent J.D. Lasica cornered TiVO CEO Mike Ramsay in a hallway at the Web 2.0 conference, where the head of the pioneering digital video recorder company talked about TiVo DVD recorders, government meddling in new technologies, and what the future [...]

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One blogger’s new friends

by Jim on 19-Oct-2004

I know this is extremely stale news by now, but for those who might not have otherwise known about it I think it’s worth posting…
September 1, 2004:
The waves of disappointment directed at Friendster this week illustrate the power of employee-driven community-building using blogs (good) and failing to comprehend and appreciate that power when things don’t [...]

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If you’re interested in psychology and have ever taken a Myers-Briggs test (the one that classifies you as ENFP, INTJ, etc.), ACM’s Queue has a fascinating article on how these personality types function within effective software development teams, particularly small ones. Specifically, the author studied:

The effect of the project leader’s personality on team performance;
The [...]

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Caterina.net: Freak Words

by Jim on 19-Oct-2004

You know you play too much Scrabble when…
Caterina.net: Freak Words
Scrabble maniacs who, when not competing at tournaments, hang out in coffeeshops, belch loudly and yell out things incomprehensible to even Jeopardy Prizewinners, such as: “GUACAMOLE with an F!” And their friends respond “CAMOUFLAGE!”

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I’ve been trying to figure out how to broach this subject at work, and with whom if I did. This paper should help a lot.
cameronreilly: Trevor Cook on Corporate Blogging
Trevor wrote this article on the benefits of corporate blogging for AFR BOSS.

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cameronreilly: What hit the Pentagon on 9/11
What hit the Pentagon on 9/11
A friend just sent me a link to this site which has a well-put together Flash animation detailing some of the evidence that suggests it wasn’t a Boeing 757 that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. I’ve seen a lot of this stuff before, [...]

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Cool, you can check out your Netflix queue in your newsreader. Not terribly useful, but cool.
Netflix – Rent DVDs Online – Try Free
Netflix offers RSS feeds as a convenient way to pass information about your Netflix account or that is publicly available on the Netflix site to your RSS reader or an RSS-associated website [...]

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*sigh* Twenty bucks says my DirecTiVo won’t be able to do this… suck-ola.
TiVo, Netflix sign movies-on-demand deal | CNET News.com…
Netflix and TiVo on Thursday announced a partnership to develop a movies-on-demand service as well as efforts to secure content from Hollywood studios.
And in related news:
Netflix, Warner Bros. in video-on-demand test

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I suspect my cats would like this a lot, heh.
DrQue.net– Andrew Que’s corner of the net

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Robs Blog: Gmail Tools & Plugins

by Jim on 19-Oct-2004

Robs Blog: Gmail Tools & Plugins
Plugins and tools to make Gmail easier to use are starting to pop up on the web

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