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February 27, 2008
Ed Kohler I'm no prude, but the idea of speaking at a seminar about RSS only to have a post about Silicon Valley escort services pop up in my Google Reader doesn't turn me on. For that reason, I whipped together a...






Ed Kohler If you've ever seriously shopped for a home online, you've probably had some frustration with the search process. For example, it can be very difficult to find out how long a house has been on the market, what the original...






February 26, 2008
Ed Kohler Last night in St Paul, Minnesota, a group of local bloggers and members of the mainstream media got together to discuss ethics in new media. The event (considering it was in Minnesota on a Monday night) was heavily covered online...






February 25, 2008
Ed Kohler Presidential Watch 08 has a fascinating map that illustrates how online political sites interact with each other. The blue and red dots represent the left and right sides of American politics while the yellow dots represent mass media outlets including...






February 22, 2008
Benjamin J. Higginbotham Yesterday I wrote about how no one can seem to get IMAP right when it comes to e-mail clients. Today I thought I would list the features I think would make a freaking amazing system. If you have items you...






Ed Kohler The MacBook Air is one thin computer. That's the selling point. Apple has done an impressive job associating thinness with coolness since the launch of the laptop. But could Apple's "You can't be too thin." campaign be extrapolated by young...






February 21, 2008
Benjamin J. Higginbotham I'm extremely flustered with e-mail right now. When it comes to options for retrieving e-mail we have POP3 protocol or IMAP4 protocol. POP3 is basically one way and only works with the inbox and only the inbox. You can grab...






Ed Kohler After my recent post explaining why a MSFT/YHOO merger would be good for the combined company because it would establish an obvious #2 for pay per click advertising dollars, I was pleased to learn that I was not alone in...






February 20, 2008
Ed Kohler The Tribune Company's new owner, Sam Zell, addressed the Chicago staff about his dislike of approval signatures, the need to be more creative, try more things, fail more often, but learn from mistakes among other topics in this hour long...






February 18, 2008
Ed Kohler I'm working from the assumption that pay per click advertising is the most profitable form of advertising served by Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft today. It may not be the largest share of advertising on Yahoo or MSFT's site's today -...






February 17, 2008
Ed Kohler Google Maps' new StreetView feature is proving to be a very powerful addition to their mapping suite. However, it currently falls short of its full potential. The biggest problem with the service today is that StreetView doesn't point at the...






February 15, 2008
Ed Kohler Navigating the University of Minnesota can be tricky for first-timers due to the name 1-way streets and intersections. Luckily, Google Maps marks the direction of each street. But they also go one step further by marking the 1-way directions for...






February 14, 2008
Ed Kohler IT Conversations has been cranking out some great content lately, including interview with techies and recorded presentations from conferences. I highly recommend checking it out. I was catching up on some archived content earlier today and had a chance to...






February 13, 2008
Ed Kohler Apparently, I've complained about restaurants not having adequate power outlets for long enough for people to take notice. I'm now receiving photos from people who've found restaurants that actually do have accessible power, like the one above taken at...






February 12, 2008
Ed Kohler Here is a common scenario among bloggers who write about their local communities: they have a variety of news sources to choose from when they're citing a local story. For example, in Minneapolis we have two large local daily newspapers,...






February 11, 2008
Ed Kohler Is the world ready for resume revision histories? Imagine using Google Docs to write your resume. It's not a bad choice since you don't have to worry about losing it in a hard drive crash. Just login to your Google...