Unhandled Perception

How Twitter’s owners and top executives say Twitter was founded is different than how Twitter was actually founded.

Mainly, the official version leaves out the role of a major cofounder. Some early Twitter investors also wonder if it also leaves out a scandal.

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/…

My 2005 Ice Dragon entry, called “A Tale of Two Tarts” was apparently printed without my knowledge or permission in a magazine and I am apparently the victim of copyright infringement.

Read the article about how Cooks Source Magazine not only stole an article but what their response was.  Shocking…

Link: http://illadore.livejournal.com/30674.html

Codepad is an online compiler/interpreter, and a simple collaboration tool

Not too sure why you would use this as it seems a little dangerous (your code is stored on their server).  Enlighten me, why would I need this?

Link: http://codepad.org/

The world’s largest online video sharing website, YouTube, started a two-day pilot project that has brought live video streaming to YouTube Channels for select accounts, set to end tomorrow. The company says it has teamed up with four current content partners, including: Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood.

Link: http://business2press.com/…

Flattr is a social micropayment platform. Help support the people you like – and enable them to continue to do what they do! And add your own things to Flattr and receive support from others.

Link: http://flattr.com/

Looking to ship something big and expensive?  How about shipping something a great distance?  If you want to locate the cheapest solution then give uShip a try.  You basically, for free, put your item out for bid.  Shippers respond with a shipping cost and you select the best one (make sure to read their ratings).

This is a great way to say 10%-50% on shipping costs.

Link: http://www.uship.com/

Sorry, but MapQuest just didn’t react fast enough to the awesome mapping provided by Google.  For me its too little, too late.  When I hear MapQuest it reminds me of the days on AOL.

Thoughts?  Do you use Google Maps?  Would you go back to MapQuest?

Link: http://new.mapquest.com/

Crackle, Inc., a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company, is a multi-platform next-generation video entertainment network that distributes digital content including original short form series and full-length traditional programming from Sony Pictures’ vast library of television series and feature films. Crackle is one of the fastest growing entertainment destinations on the Internet today, offering audiences quality programming in a variety of genres, including comedy, action, sci-fi, horror, music and reality. Crackle reaches a global audience through its impressive online and mobile distribution network.

If you like Hulu then Crackle is worth a look.

Link: http://www.crackle.com/

Let’s face it, you cannot be monitoring your website 24-7 but still for webmasters who are generating revenue from their websites, you need to be there as soon as possible to fix things up when there’s a downtime, or else you’ll potentially suffer a revenue lost. For those who are not making money from their website, there’s still a hit on reputation if the site has gone down for hours (or days) and the owner wasn’t aware. You could lose visitors, or worst, loyal followers.

Link: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/…

Open Menu Search is now online at its final home at Open Menu.  lets you search for a restaurant serving the food you’re looking to eat.  For the first time a search engine can drill down through a restaurants information to the menu and menu items.

Open Menu Search: http://openmenu.com/search/

Mobile Versions: http://openmenu.com/search/m/

Posterous is the dead simple way to put anything online using email. We launched in July 2008 and we’ve been steadily growing and adding features.

We love sharing thoughts, photos, audio, and files with our friends and family, but we didn’t like how hard it was… so we made a better way.

Even after reading and looking around the site I’m still unclear exactly what its niche is.

Link: http://posterous.com/

A new website is attempting to get ‘the masses’ rallied to quit Facebook.  QuitFacebookDay.com already has 24865 (at the time of this post)  members pledging to quit.  Wow.  That’s like .005% of Facebook’s user base.  That’ll tell em.

I have no intention of quitting.  Are you going to quit?  Leave a comment on your thoughts about Facebook.

Link: http://www.quitfacebookday.com/

You should see the new Privacy settings in Facebook.  The new settings should in your account by now.

Link: http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php

Modern Web-building technologies allow designers to realize their most daring and creative ideas. Enhanced interactivity and a remarkable visual appearance can be achieved by means of such tools as Flash, JavaScript and Papervision3D, to name just a few. These strengths usually impress and entertain visitors and thus are often used for conceptual artistic presentations and promotional campaigns.

In this post, you’ll find a collection of amusing websites that, by combining unconventional (and sometimes bizarre) ideas and clever JavaScript and Flash effects, will entice you to play on them for an embarrassing long time.

Link: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/…

Problems like broken links, spelling errors and usability problems drive visitors away. Search engine issues stop visitors before they arrive. Find and fix problems before your customers or C-level executives find them.

Great tool for running comprehensive reports on your, or your clients, website.  SortSite gives you all the information about problems and issues with the website before your visitors find them.

If you’re looking for a sample, for a single client, check out Veign’s Website Check.

Link: http://www.powermapper.com/products/sortsite/