Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Newgie
Newgie.com
Newgie.com is a news website that ranks stories based on the interest that other users have shown.
Newgie is a newbie. It's still in it's infancy. The potential for this news site is yet untapped. Of course there is Diggs. Some one has to give Diggs a competition. when there's competition, applications tend to improve. So it's good for all of us.
I gravitated to an article right away after I signed up. It was a USA Today column about Mortgage. It was very easy to save it as my favorite so that I can read it later on. I like this feature alot!
My blog post will include:
1 A brief description of the site and what it does.
2 My opinion about the concept of ranking articles based on user activity
3 My comments about the general look and feel and usability of the site. All Constructive comments are welcome, whether I find something that you like about the site, or SPECIFIC ways that the site can be improved.
I welcome all of your comments.
To answer #2, I like the concept of ranking articles. It allows me to vote for my favorites. It's democratic in a way. However, the people who are better at navigating the internet can influence the readership of an article. A certain population can control the news feed. It's like the bloggers who has a better handle on RSS feeds can get more readership. People are lazy, we tend not to search too deep for quality news or writings. A good book gets more readers only after it's been made into a movie.
To answer #1, I like the categories, and communities feature. After skimming through the article about mortgage, I join the community call 'The Housing Bubble'. The community have saved up numerous articles pertinent to the subject. The site also has a front page which allows me to save the news feeds from major news source. It's very similar to the Homepage, or PageFlakes.
There are now different choice for people to look at news and get information. The more they can control their media the better I belive. The more influence and voting choice we have regarding our news the more interest we will take in the subjects and explore other opinions on the same topic.
Newgie.com is a news website that ranks stories based on the interest that other users have shown.
Newgie is a newbie. It's still in it's infancy. The potential for this news site is yet untapped. Of course there is Diggs. Some one has to give Diggs a competition. when there's competition, applications tend to improve. So it's good for all of us.
I gravitated to an article right away after I signed up. It was a USA Today column about Mortgage. It was very easy to save it as my favorite so that I can read it later on. I like this feature alot!
My blog post will include:
1 A brief description of the site and what it does.
2 My opinion about the concept of ranking articles based on user activity
3 My comments about the general look and feel and usability of the site. All Constructive comments are welcome, whether I find something that you like about the site, or SPECIFIC ways that the site can be improved.
I welcome all of your comments.
To answer #2, I like the concept of ranking articles. It allows me to vote for my favorites. It's democratic in a way. However, the people who are better at navigating the internet can influence the readership of an article. A certain population can control the news feed. It's like the bloggers who has a better handle on RSS feeds can get more readership. People are lazy, we tend not to search too deep for quality news or writings. A good book gets more readers only after it's been made into a movie.
To answer #1, I like the categories, and communities feature. After skimming through the article about mortgage, I join the community call 'The Housing Bubble'. The community have saved up numerous articles pertinent to the subject. The site also has a front page which allows me to save the news feeds from major news source. It's very similar to the Homepage, or PageFlakes.
There are now different choice for people to look at news and get information. The more they can control their media the better I belive. The more influence and voting choice we have regarding our news the more interest we will take in the subjects and explore other opinions on the same topic.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Deals Plus
"DealsPl.us is an online social shopping community driven by its users and community. It offers a distinctive place where user can share great bargains gathered from throughout the internet. dealspl.us was founded on the principles of Web 2.0 design philosphy"
well sooner or later some one will come up with this website. It has a similar concept to Digg. Digg is where the people vote on the best stories. Here, Deal Plus, the people vote on the best deals! What a great idea! I wish that I had thought of this. I'll join to check it out. I even like the clever name. DealsPl.us. This names reminds me of Del.icio.us because it uses the spelling and combines the .us for the address.
well sooner or later some one will come up with this website. It has a similar concept to Digg. Digg is where the people vote on the best stories. Here, Deal Plus, the people vote on the best deals! What a great idea! I wish that I had thought of this. I'll join to check it out. I even like the clever name. DealsPl.us. This names reminds me of Del.icio.us because it uses the spelling and combines the .us for the address.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Amie Street
Here's an inovative path to music on Amie Street.
We've been looking for a new mp3 freee down load site. Edonkey free site has been shut down!
An awesome new music website called Amie Street, where all songs start free and rise in price based on their demand among. Amie Street members sign up with no credit card and immediately begin to listen to and download great independence bands.
Amie Street combines the best elements of social networking, online music retail and discovery engines. It’s the destination for independent artists to promote and sell their music, and where fans can explore, recommend and buy that music. Users sign up for free, and immediately begin to discover, sample, buy and download quality independent music. All songs on Amie Street start free and rise in price the more they are purchased. When a member finds a great new song, she can recommend it to her friends and the community and earn credit for more music downloads as the song rises in price.
HOLLA
wWohoo, I got qa holla back from Elliott!
This is Elliott from Amie Street. Would love to talk to you more about Amie Street. Send me a message if you have any other questions.
Thanks Elliott. I checked out Elliott's music and downloaded one song from him. Plus I found MeganPalmer who does acoustic music. Wonderful site... Rock on!
I am really digging her song 'Everyday'.
Look for me: lexly87 on Amie Street.
We've been looking for a new mp3 freee down load site. Edonkey free site has been shut down!
An awesome new music website called Amie Street, where all songs start free and rise in price based on their demand among. Amie Street members sign up with no credit card and immediately begin to listen to and download great independence bands.
Amie Street combines the best elements of social networking, online music retail and discovery engines. It’s the destination for independent artists to promote and sell their music, and where fans can explore, recommend and buy that music. Users sign up for free, and immediately begin to discover, sample, buy and download quality independent music. All songs on Amie Street start free and rise in price the more they are purchased. When a member finds a great new song, she can recommend it to her friends and the community and earn credit for more music downloads as the song rises in price.
HOLLA
wWohoo, I got qa holla back from Elliott!
This is Elliott from Amie Street. Would love to talk to you more about Amie Street. Send me a message if you have any other questions.
Thanks Elliott. I checked out Elliott's music and downloaded one song from him. Plus I found MeganPalmer who does acoustic music. Wonderful site... Rock on!
I am really digging her song 'Everyday'.
Look for me: lexly87 on Amie Street.
Writing Strategies
Here are my strategies for keeping a journal. First write in word and save it in my travel drive. I will dedicate one travel drive to the writing project.
Next if it’s worthy, I’ll post it on Wordpress.com because it has the ability to organize post by tags.
I have a Moleskine ruled journal but I only use it if I don’t have a computer near by. I like to use my Sony Vario laptop which has no internet distractions. It is a bare bones word processing typewriter. I have on old edition of Microsoft words. I like to type on the word processor because I find my thought like to jump around and this is the best way for me to edit.
For printing I’ve decided to save everything in the travel drive and then print for the desk top.
One thing about the travel drive, if I need to upgrade to more memory, I hope that if I buy the same
Websites that spurs creative writing:
Luis Urrea and Will Self - fine writer and blogger.
Ramdomaccessmemory. - Writings by random memory
dandelife - Organize your Autobiography in a time line
Crystal Palace
Elegant gifts and collectibles
Christmas time is coming up and we've been looking for unique gifts. In architecture school, I've study the Crystle Palace designed by Paxton.
I'm putting the Eiffle Tower on my wish list. Which is your favorite landmark? These elegant gifts are provocative, at a great price range. This idea would be great for student of architecture. I can admire the Golden Parvillion of Japan, the Taj Mahal. The website is organized into several different typologies and geographic regions. I would like to combine these terms into a geotypologies.
The Crystal Palace miniature landmark souvenir collection has long been the gift of choice for visiting dignitaries and heads of state for years. These miniature landmarks are detailed, nothing else like it.
Christmas time is coming up and we've been looking for unique gifts. In architecture school, I've study the Crystle Palace designed by Paxton.
I'm putting the Eiffle Tower on my wish list. Which is your favorite landmark? These elegant gifts are provocative, at a great price range. This idea would be great for student of architecture. I can admire the Golden Parvillion of Japan, the Taj Mahal. The website is organized into several different typologies and geographic regions. I would like to combine these terms into a geotypologies.
The Crystal Palace miniature landmark souvenir collection has long been the gift of choice for visiting dignitaries and heads of state for years. These miniature landmarks are detailed, nothing else like it.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
LifeKnot - why not?
- Find Your Perfect Activity Partnerlifeknot members create activity profiles listing any of over 1,100 member-suggested activities: hiking, skinny dipping, skiing, buddhism, beekeeping...
- lifeknot lists over 1,100 member-suggested activities across 45 categories.
- Many activities you won't find anywhere else. Many listed on this PDF.
- lifeknot helps people find others that share their interests and passions in any activity imaginable.
- Lifeknot will compare your Activity Profile against those of other members to show you the people with whom you share the most in common.
- lifeknot is a FREE.
I like their infinity like logo.
I wonder what mountain that is?
Layout HQ
I have a mySpace but the layout is really boring. I'm looking to spice things up a bit. I like free stuff. There are a rash of new layout applications out there. Here's one that I really like. It's call LayoutHQ.com - Myspace Layouts.
The site has 100% custom myspace layouts created by a part-time graphics artists Jason Sanzone, Todd Dickerson and Ashley Allen. They add 20+ layouts week and will take requests on the site for custom layouts. There are several that I like particularly is the Lambourghini. There's even a Christian Theme layout. These artists are having fun and they got some $k111s (skills-for those of you who are not hip to the leed speek.) I want to find a theme of leed speek. /\/\4d $k111$! Boy isn't that annoying? I hope myspace will be more groovy now!
My favorite right now is the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern. You can change it everyweek to keep things fresh. It's all about customizing. That's your brand, your look and feel of the mySpace. I wish to know more about creating layouts but I can ask these artists to custom design me one. I think that I would want a painting that I did as a custom layout!
LayoutHQ.com - Myspace Layouts
The site has 100% custom myspace layouts created by a part-time graphics artists Jason Sanzone, Todd Dickerson and Ashley Allen. They add 20+ layouts week and will take requests on the site for custom layouts. There are several that I like particularly is the Lambourghini. There's even a Christian Theme layout. These artists are having fun and they got some $k111s (skills-for those of you who are not hip to the leed speek.) I want to find a theme of leed speek. /\/\4d $k111$! Boy isn't that annoying? I hope myspace will be more groovy now!
My favorite right now is the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern. You can change it everyweek to keep things fresh. It's all about customizing. That's your brand, your look and feel of the mySpace. I wish to know more about creating layouts but I can ask these artists to custom design me one. I think that I would want a painting that I did as a custom layout!
LayoutHQ.com - Myspace Layouts
qotd-Can't get you out of my head
what song is stuck in your head?
yes it's tracy chapman and it's from her debut album 'tracy chapman' album cover by matt mahurin one of my fave photographer and also album. i've been trying to learn that fast song car for ages now but not that good yet.
I third the Modest Mouse
and second on beck - like sea change a ton.
Oh Hallow Ground is a scary good album!!
Long december
fables of reconstruction
Sting
yes it's tracy chapman and it's from her debut album 'tracy chapman' album cover by matt mahurin one of my fave photographer and also album. i've been trying to learn that fast song car for ages now but not that good yet.
I third the Modest Mouse
and second on beck - like sea change a ton.
Oh Hallow Ground is a scary good album!!
Long december
fables of reconstruction
Sting
Ten Authors
If you are bored, take this list, remove the authors whom you have not read, and replace them with authors that you have read to make ten authors.
Vladimir Nabokov
Henry Miller
Virginia Woolf
Mervyn Peake
Evelyn Waugh
Marcel Proust
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Dorothy Parker
Jane Austen
Colette
Anais Nin
wow this ad sense from google is spooky. I took this list from a blogger at SCAD and there it is the ad appears!
http://www.scad.edu
Vladimir Nabokov
Henry Miller
Virginia Woolf
Mervyn Peake
Evelyn Waugh
Marcel Proust
.
Dorothy Parker
Jane Austen
Colette
Anais Nin
wow this ad sense from google is spooky. I took this list from a blogger at SCAD and there it is the ad appears!
http://www.scad.edu
Monday, October 16, 2006
Set your DVR
most of the CSI spin offs because we are hooked on it!!
Here's what I'll be watching with the wife:
Mon: 10pm CSI Miami CBS
Tue: 8pm House FOX (DVR 8pm NCIS CBS)
8pm Standoff FOX- excellent show
Wed: 8pm Bones FOX
10pm CSI:NY CBS
Thu: 9pm CSI CBS
Fri: 8pm Ghostwhper CBS
Sat:
Sun: 9pm Cold Case CBS
10pm w/o A Trace CBS
Update: Shark is a new favorite! The blonde actress is hot and smart!
My DVR is set to record Medium on Lifetime because it's too late on Sunday to watch it.
for a full list of tv: sytycd.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/tvs-season-...
Friday, October 13, 2006
Capote
good movie.
I didn't know that the lady who wrote 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' is Nelles Lee Harper. She was a chain smoker in the movie. I had the book by Gerald Clark but never read it. I'm curious about 'In Cold Blood' and Mocking bird.
Last Friday, we saw 'Black Dahlia' I came from the movie confused. Maybe I'll read the book.
I didn't know that the lady who wrote 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' is Nelles Lee Harper. She was a chain smoker in the movie. I had the book by Gerald Clark but never read it. I'm curious about 'In Cold Blood' and Mocking bird.
Last Friday, we saw 'Black Dahlia' I came from the movie confused. Maybe I'll read the book.
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