Monthly Archives: September 2008

Blogging is a big game

By Andy DeSoto | Published: September 6, 2008

For a nonprofessional like me, blogging isn’t work. Rather, it’s much more like a big game, and here are a few reasons why.

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Observations from a first-generation Facebook member

By Andy DeSoto | Published: September 5, 2008

Most of the time, the early adopter set is a super-geeky and tech savvy bunch that’s wormed its way into beta testing a service through high-powered connections, scrounging for invitations on blogs, or a similar tactic. However, today’s most popular social network actually began by locking early adopters out– only allowing .edu-registered college students to join. As a result, two very different types of users have arisen within Facebook.

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Forget Firefox, scrap Safari: enter Google Chrome

By Andy DeSoto | Published: September 2, 2008

Regardless of what Google’s doing with its terabytes of personal data, I still recommend that you download Chrome immediately, if you haven’t yet. It’s clearly going to be an enormous winner in the browser space and is only going to save time and effort for its users. In one fell swoop, the reign of Internet Explorer, Safari, and up-and-coming Firefox might soon be put to an end.

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