Sat 01 Jan. 2005

Xangadotting

Yes, Xangadotting.

Now I’ve heard absolutely everything.

(via Slashdot)

I’ll bet on these

Without being all too specific, here are some areas (in no particular order) from which I anticipate significant developments will come in 2005:

14 Minutes a Day

tingelinde:

…a study to be released by Stanford next week that shows an average of 14 minutes a day being devoted to dealing with Windows problems…

(..)

14 minutes a day is 85 hours a year. If you value your time at five bucks an hour, the Windows solution may be far and away the most expensive.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?
 

My Best Blogs of 2004

Actually, every single one in my blogroll… some deserve special mention, though:

Dave Winer
Irrespective of what some may say: We all owe this man a great deal. I know I do.

Jon Udell
Simply one of the best.

Robert Scoble
Blogging Tour de Force!

Many2Many
Always many valuable promptings to follow up on.

Roland Tanglao
Prolific, Positive & Bryght.

John Battelle
Specialized, keen observations.

Robin Good
Lots of good energy and ideas.

unmediated
Out of the box. Good value.

Marc Canter
Challenging, can-do, entrepreneurial, go-get-em energy.

Then, there are the great German bloggers:

Der Schockwellenreiter
Inimitable. Essential reading (german only, but then there’s Google…)

Oliver Wrede
Thoughtful and discerning.

randgaenge
Skilled and creative. (Radio Useland put to expert use).

Industrial Technology & Witchcraft
Mac bloggers par excellence (german only, but then there’s Google…)

Danke, Thank You.

New services…

A few new services come to notice:

  • mo’time:
    Blogging plus Instant messaging - also multiple- and group blogs
  • IlohaBlog
    A beta service with soon to be released Open Source application
  • reger.com
    Activity-specific blogs? (…ok)
  • tBlog:
    Free weblog service with their People FInder friends network
  • Sideblog
    Attach and manage a small, separate blog on the side of your main blog

Happy New Year!

A wish for peace, health and prosperity.