Monthly Archives:: May 2007

IDEA #58 – Politics: Who Should You Vote For?

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TweetThis idea comes from Josh Manuel of StateOfBrain.com (website that allows you to submit links and apply an emotion to it — rather than just giving a thumbs up/down) (btw, it’s for sale at web2.0forsale.com — although I can’t imagine he’s serious about that selling price). Here’s Josh’s idea: Develop a website where a user [...]

IDEA #57A – Social Networking via your RSS subscriptions

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TweetThis post below is guest written by Michael Wales. It kind of extends off my last idea post — RSS Reader Influenced by your Peers. He talks about basically a service where you could upload your OPML file (what RSS feeds you subscribe to), then it would compare that against the pool of other users [...]

IDEA #57 – RSS Reader Influenced By Your Peers

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TweetI thought I had written this one out, but I can’t seem to find it in my archives. The problem: There are so many RSS feeds I’m subscribed to — I’ve been using Netvibes, but it’s just no longer feasible for me; I miss tons of stuff everyday (and I know I do). I’m moving [...]

IDEA #56 – Web Hosting Company using Amazon S3

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TweetI wonder if anyone has built a web hosting business off Amazon’s S3 storage/bandwidth services ($0.15/gig storage; $0.20/gig transfer). GoDaddy is minimum $3.99/month for 5GB storage and 250GB transfer — which would equate to $50.75 at Amazon S3. But how many people use that much space or transfer? Typically sites use less than 500mb of [...]

Stats – I love snooping around

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TweetIf someone has their web statistics information not password-protected, then I like to look But I wish there was a service out there (if you know of one, let me know) where I could input a URL and it would automatically test every possible URL that could possibly show their stats program. It would look [...]

Posts/Mentions of Steve Poland in Tech Publications

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TweetMentions in Publications: Apr. 9, 2007 – Forget the eBay Exit, Sell on Web2.0ForSale Business Week VentureBeat CenterNetworks Mashable Wired Writings: May 20, 2009 – Online Publishers: Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow Oct. 9, 2006 – 5 Reasons Why Google is Looking to Purchase YouTube Writings at TechCrunch: Apr. 18, 2007 – TechStars Summer Camp [...]