Why is everyone bitching because this app was not approved? I’m trying to find out where the outcry is coming from… Why is it a bad thing that Pull My Finger was removed? Editorial control (ie real human actually looking at apps) is what we’re all begging for on most platforms. […]

If you like customer service horror stories, then you’ll love this one.
The Story
In February of this year, our heroine, yours truly, called CapitalOne to pay off one of her 3 credit cards with this company and to change her address and phone as she had recently moved and her forwarded mail was coming […]

Ever seen some arrogant jerk get knocked down a peg? Here’s an example of just that…

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Excerpt from:Arrogance Sucks

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An evening at the Churchill Club . Rene Bonvanie's Blog . Blogs . Serena Communities
<<Whereas a year ago doing a Web 2.0 “thing” was considered a rogue activity that started under a desk, it now has become a fact of life and an imperative to not only attract new employees and satisfy the millenials, but […]

This is one of those things that you don’t want to miss. It’s limited to a few hundred developers and priority is being given to those devs who are hacking. Please request an invite here and add your name to Upcoming if you want to attend. We’ll be sending out invites shortly […]

10 Promising Web Platforms - ReadWriteWeb
FireEagle in the top 10 (and BOSS mentioned in comments).
(tags: fireeagle ydn yos yahoo boss search geo)

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Alec Saunders is looking for an intern. Great opportunity!
…a producer who can devote energy to recruiting guests, managing promotion, and producing and distributing the actual audio podcast via various outlets. There’s no doubt in mind that a passionate individual without the demands of running a startup could do a much better job than […]

20% RTVIP

See more here: Blogworld Expo Discount Code

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I was super-excited to add twitter counter since in saw it on Jeremiah’s blog today, but looks like it’s crazy slow. Guess twitter is full of braggarts like me

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I hate Vista. Seriously. After hours of trying to get the damn thing to install on more than 3 PCs, running the beta for 6 months and then running the OS from Jan 07 to May 07, I hate this OS. Leopard had me at hello, but Vista pissed me off within […]

Zimbra Goes Offline
At a conference for developers in Portland, Ore., Zimbra, a Yahoo (YHOO) company, is set to release a beta version of Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, an e-mail program that organizes Yahoo Mail, AOL, Google’s Gmail and work and business e-mail accounts in one place
(tags: zimbra oscon opensource yahoo ydn)

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Dear Open ID - Webmonkey
OpenID makes so much sense, but the reluctance to embrace fully is comon. I understand the difficulties of new standards and how much of an impact that is to development schedules, but I’m still surprised at the time it’s taking to fully support this.
(tags: openid)

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I’m honored to be asked back to be the person behind the camera for the SecondLife stream. If you wanna check it out, sans SecondLife, the stream is below.

More: BlogHer 08 In SecondLife

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ryan kennedy’s blog » Customer service starts with the customer
This post reminded me what a pain in the ass it can be to get the run around at large companies, ahem. For this reason, I invite any of you that is experiencing the run-around with a Yahoo! property to tweet me at ‘duzins’. […]

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been head down in some great books. The books I’m discussing today were the ones that really motivated me to post. One I bought, two were sent to me for review. For the rest of the books that I have received lately, I either have not […]