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Announcing the Notches Toolbar by Tim Marman

We released the first version of the Notches Toolbar today . From the start, we’ve always felt that reviews need to be delivered contextually and thus have emphasized partnerships over simply aggregating reviews. At the same time, we recognize that partnerships...

Technology really only matters when it creates new possibilities by Tim Marman

I've gotten a bad rap over the years as a "gadget guy". Every time something new is released, people have come to expect me to have it. I'm definitely a gadget guy, but I think people often miss why I buy gadgets. Unlike, say, Alex , you'll...
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The Enterprise, The iPhone, and the Role of Silverlight by Tim Marman

With its recent announcement to support ActiveSync on the iPhone , Apple is clearly going after the enterprise user. The problem, as Colin puts it, is that the decisions that consumers make decisions on a radically different set of criteria than organizations...

Readybot cleans your kitchen by Tim Marman

Robot wars be damned, I want one of these things . Syndicated from Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog | Slashstar ( rss )

Being better than free when copies are ubiquitous by Tim Marman

The digital world fundamentally changes what a copy means for copyright. I wrote about this in the past from the legal perspective, suggesting an implied license to reproduce and a greater reliance on other rights. Kevin Kelly has a great post up about...

MTA's new Trip Planner by Tim Marman

MTA recently launched a new service called Trip Planner .  I've used it a few times since I'm still learning some of the buses and trains around our new offices, and it seems to work pretty well. What I like about it more than HopStop is that it...
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Firefox 3 Beta 3 by Tim Marman

I've been using the recently released Firefox 3 Beta 3 for a few days on my home machine. It's not quite ready for prime-time - I've found that in particular a lot of AJAX stuff, like on Twitter, doesn't work. Not sure if the implementation is just not...

Facebook opens up with a JavaScript API by Tim Marman

Facebook just announced a new JavaScript Client Library that allows you to make Facebook API calls from any web site . In other words, you can start building Facebook applications are live outside of Facebook. I agree with Charlie that this move " makes...

Scoble, Facebook and Data Ownership by Tim Marman

I've sort of ignored the whole Scoble/Facebook fiasco, with people arguing on both sides who "owns" the data. Jimmy Gutterman misses the point a bit , because Facebook has already opened up the social graph through the Facebook Platform API. What they...

When will the NFL Network standoff end? by Tim Marman

Like so many others , I was furious when I couldn't watch the Packers-Cowboys games a few weeks back. The NFL Network is only carried on satellite which is simply not an option for many of us in urban areas like NYC. For those who haven't been paying...
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