http://kotrotsos.com My Digital Hub. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:21:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image via WikipediaWould it be great if somehow my attention profile would provide me with inspirational pieces or feedback?. Like it would know what I most likely would find interesting even before I would? That would be totally possible. I started using Zemanta and I can see the possibilities with this ... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/06/13/semantic-web-and-the-inevitable-loss-of-inspiration/ ReadWriteWeb has an interesting article regarding noise and in this particulaire case- the one that FriendFeed generates. By aggregating your social network chatter, and everyone elses it can provide a good overview over all the discussions going on- but it is also littered with noise, noise about cats-dogs-rain-going to bed ... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/05/18/noise-in-2008/ Amazing never released footage of a Well party dating back to 1989 (gasp) , so way before the web- social media- twitter etc. http://kotrotsos.com/2008/05/06/fantastic-interview-with-howard-rheingold/ So I can finally start coding for realz now. I can't wait to see the performance- or lack of of App Engine. In case you don't know what App Engine is. Google App Engine lets you run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy ... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/04/19/finally-i-have-got-my-google-app-engine-account/ viewNode("ebb2783865aa4",{ width: 425,height: 274}); http://kotrotsos.com/2008/04/18/inside-mahalo-with-robert-scoble-at-fastcompanytv/ Yes....Company X. Y and Z. Your app really looks like that... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/04/17/eric-burke-knows-whats-up/ Bryant Hayward pointed me to a search engine called searchme.com . At first I would honestly expect to see yet another  searchengine that has some cool algorithm to index the pages by. But searchme.com really blew me away. What it does different and actually does very good is the way ... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/04/15/the-future-of-search-searchmecom/ http://kotrotsos.com/2008/04/07/this-might-actually-work/ Well, the results are in...Didn't do to well. One big surprise. I never guessed Hyves would be voted top european company. Kudos for them- but I really don't believe it. Hyves is one of those things that just doesn't feel right- but you have to use it, cuz everyone does ... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/04/04/results-of-the-next-web-awards-and-predictions/ Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is ... http://kotrotsos.com/2008/03/17/gripping-and-facinating-ted-talk-jill-bolte-taylor-my-stroke-of-insight/