Online Collaboration

What to Do When An Employee Asks to Telecommute: Online Collaboration "If it hasn’t already happened, it’s coming: one of your employees is going to ask you if they can telecommute. It may even happen this week, as it’s Telework Week. Many office-based jobs can now be done from anywhere with the right technology. The possibility of employees working remotely is something that is better to think about before the question comes up, rather than finding yourself grasping for an answer in the moment."

RSS Graffiti rocks.

Testing this news feed thang called RSS Graffiti.

Facebook friends! - Employer link in profile fix.

Facebook friends! - Employer link in profile fix.: "I finally figured this out. By default, facebook doesn't search for the employer, even if there is an existing facebook presence, so it adds a generic blank page for the employer with a 'like' button. I want that hyperlink to take my friends to my actual fb business page obviously, using a firefox webtools plugin I can access the employer_id field in the form and edit that by pasting in the correct number...voila! Please click 'like' at marinegraphics.com if you can appreciate this!"

Rentalship Is The New Ownership in the Networked Age | Epicenter�| Wired.com

Rentalship Is The New Ownership in the Networked Age | Epicenter�| Wired.com: "When Pierre Omidyar had a broken laser pen to dispose of back in 1995, he took a bet on humanity’s inherent trustworthiness and listed it on his new website AuctionBay. The site, since renamed a more manageable eBay, was conceived as “a place where people can come together” and generally be trusted to behave honestly — a community of buyers and sellers who, thanks to a novel feedback system, proved remarkably decent in their communal behavior."

Cloudstock: The Woodstock for Cloud Developers | Cloudstock, a free industry developer conference to explore leading-edge cloud technologies and platforms.

Cloudstock: The Woodstock for Cloud Developers | Cloudstock, a free industry developer conference to explore leading-edge cloud technologies and platforms.: "Often innovation and agility is hampered by non technical issues like complex business processes with a lot of red tapes, fullfillment issues, procurement delays, or simply the cost of building an infrastructure. By combining the eBay eCommerce APIs, the Paypal payment APIs, with new cloud computing platforms, developers can more freely innovate by leveraging the following key cloud properties:

Self Service user experience with delegated administration model. Cloud is empowering developers by giving them the capability to react quickly to changing business conditions, and go live much faster. They can deploy code more often, on their schedule, and tune their application capacity to adapt better to user demand.

Infinite capacity. On the cloud, developers should get the illusion of infinite compute capacity, removing traditional physical datacenter boundaries. Resources can be flexed on demand, or automatically to react to load characteristics."

The Programmable Web

The 80legs Blog: "In fact, in an older but still applicable interview with Berners-Lee, he talks about why a open, linked data web is by far preferable than APIs for data access.

There is a foundational, DNA-level need to share data. Without openness, you loose the full value and impede any future innovation in the process.

APIs absolutely have benefits – but only when we are not beholden to them – when we can use them rationally, strategically, and carefully. And when data isn’t at the crux of your site, service or application."

Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatars

Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatars: "Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site?"

Peter Gabriel | Article | Scratch My Back

Peter Gabriel | Article | Scratch My Back: "The project is groundbreaking for two reasons. Firstly, it's a collaboration. All the artists whose songs Peter has recorded here are returning the favour by each recording a song of his. The fruits of this exchange - or song swap - will be heard on a forthcoming companion volume, I'll Scratch Yours. 'The intention,' explains Peter, 'was that we would each do the songs in our own idiosyncratic way.'"

What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Oil For 60,000 Miles?

I was always wondering that! "Know the recommended service intervals in your car handbook? This pulled pork BBQ-like sludge is what happens when you don't follow them. More mistreated BMW 328Ci schadenfreude below."

FireFTP - The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox

Many people wonder what to use to ftp files. Here's a free app that runs under firefox.

FireFTP - The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox: "FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers."

Google LatLong: Santa, Santa, when will you be here?

Google LatLong: Santa, Santa, when will you be here?: "As I slowly emerge from my tryptophan-induced coma, I find my thoughts drifting merrily toward the next holiday on the calendar. And, like any kid trapped in an adult's body, I have to admit that I'm no more immune to the heady anticipation of Santa's arrival than I was as a wide-eyed eight-year-old lad.

I remember putting up the tree, stringing the lights, and wrapping the presents, the smell of freshly-baked pies tickling my nose and the sound of Christmas carols floating through cinnamon air. My dad would hang a wreath on the front door. My mom would tie a big red bow on the dog. And, in a small digression from this Rockwellian scene, we would call NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, to track Santa."

Twitter Support :: Introducing: Twitter Lists!

Twitter Support :: Introducing: Twitter Lists!: "By popular demand, Twitter users can now organize users they follow (or users that they don’t) into groups, or “lists”. This article will help you get started with some lists basics and hopefully get you ready to make your own!

Before we get started, it should be noted that following a user is not a requirement to add someone to a list; if you want to add a user but not necessarily regularly follow them, lists allow you to do that."

Google Wave to be released to 100,000 testers Wednesday - CNN.com

Google Wave to be released to 100,000 testers Wednesday - CNN.com: "'This should be something everybody uses and something everybody knows,' Jens Rasmussen said.

In Wave, e-mail-like communications can be edited by several users simultaneously. And users can chat about certain sections of Wave documents in real time, where all users see what a person is typing as it is typed. If a person comes to the conversation late, they can replay everything they've missed."

About - Platial.com

About - Platial.com: "In 2007, Platial and Frappr teamed up to create the largest social map service for both people and places!

Platial maps, The People's Guide to Who and What's Nearby, a free resource where hundreds of thousands of people around the world share and discover all kinds of Places. Anyone can map just about anything including their towns, lives, travels, feeds, files, photos, video and stories in one simple interface.

'Frappr! Maps are like a triple mash-up of an online guest book, a hit log and a map -- three services that, combined, create a fun and visually appealing environment that will keep Web site visitors coming back for more.'
-- Kun, Frappr! Co-Founder

Platial and Frappr! Maps are free and can be embedded on any Web page, blog or online community that supports flash or javascript embeds, including MySpace, Friendster, Xanga, Typepad, Wordpress, Google, Facebook and Hi5. We are the world's largest social map service. We help turn your ordinary Web pages into interactive, fun and engaging destinations. Frappr! Maps give Web site owners and visitors an easy and unique way to visualize and interact with each other. Visitors can add their name, photo and message directly on a Web page embedded with Frappr! Maps, and the Web site owner gets real-time stats on where visitors are coming from and how often they visit"

Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites

Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites: "Check to see if your desired username or vanity url is still available at dozens of popular Social Networking and Social Bookmarking websites. Promote your brand consistently by registering a username that is still available on the majority of the most popular sites. Find the best username with namechk."

Map of the Internet

DoD is working to develop stance on social Web sites | font, span, windowtext

DoD is working to develop stance on social Web sites | font, span, windowtext - News - Jacksonville Daily News: "The Department of Defense has issued a study of social media Web sites and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is filling out waivers to keep theirs, Marine officials say.

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III directed a study of social media sites — including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube — in hopes of establishing a policy by October, according to Associated Press reports. The study is being done to address security challenges and the communication value the sites have to the DoD.

Until the study is complete, there is not a department-wide ban of social networking and Web 2.0 tools, though restrictions may occur due to bandwidth or security concerns, according to the AP."

Onehub • Virtual workspaces for online collaboration and file sharing

Onehub • Virtual workspaces for online collaboration and file sharing: "With Onehub you create virtual workspaces called Hubs to share information, documents, and files more easily. You can choose from the many Onehub Widgets to help you organize and manage your projects. Your team will benefit from having information in a central location so they can work smarter and be more productive than ever. Watch a 2 minute screencast to discover how to create your own Hub."

World Blind Sailing Championships Finish in New Zealand

"The 2009 International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World Blind Sailing Championships finished after five days of racing on 21 March, bringing together some of the best athletes in Sailing from around the world to Lake Rotorua in New Zealand.

Host country New Zealand held the reigns on the water, winning first place in the B2 fleet with athlete Paulien Eitjes. New Zealand also took second in both the B1 and B3 fleets, with athletes Dick Lancaster and Dave Allerton pulling in their respective events to top positions."

Twittervision 3D

OK people...This is nothing short of you standard everyday modern miracle!

What is Twittervision?
A real-time geographic visualization of posts to Twitter. Samuel Morse, meet Carl Jung.
How do I get on Twittervision?
Join Twitter and post. You must have a location and an image defined to appear on the public feed (and to be located on the map).
How can I easily change my location?
You can change your location as often as you like. Simply submit a Twitter post with your location as L:New York, NY (or wherever), or L:work. Please see the Twittermap FAQ for acceptable location examples.
What's up with the like & dislike buttons?
We want your input about what posts you like and dislike. Twittervision Favorite and Least Favorite lists are now available!

"What Hath God Wrought?" — Samuel F.B. Morse, 1844

Sit back and enjoy the show!