http://paler.com/news/ News OpenACS 5.0 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:57:21 GMT http://paler.com/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://paler.com/news/ 126 48 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135320 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135320 A while ago I wrote about how youtube was catching myspace and facebook.  Well, according to Google's trends it has overtaken them.  But what is still surprising to me is how strongly Facebook is still growing (as mentioned in this BBC article called Facebook over? Only in Islington).  Facebook doesn't look to have "saturated" any of its markets, whereas Myspace looks to have saturated the US according to the Trends graphs.  Bebo, on the other hand has yet to get off... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:57:21 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135189 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135189 Google's trends tools give you the ability to peer inside Google's saerch logs - seeing the relative popularity of search terms such as:How well the PS 3 is doing versus the Wii and Xbox 360 (the PS3 is gaining on the Wii globally with the Xbox 360 drifting lower)Trends also cover web sites, so you can compare how Kelkoo is doing versus pricerunner and other price comparison enginesAll in all a very pretty tool.  You can freely compare your traffic to your competitors'.  Th... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:37:55 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135090 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135090 Adblock Plus (Firefox only) blocks most adverts, speeding browsing, and reducing the visual clutter on many sites - banner adverts, adsense etc..  Some website owners object to its use, anticipating reduced revenues.  There doesn't appear to be much downside from the user's perspective.If it is widely used, it may prompt a conflict between those trying to display advertising and those trying to block it.  With the default settings it doesn't manage to block ads on Google, for ex... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:12:44 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135088 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=135088 Mike Masnick from Techdirt describes how people have been able to raise their profile by giving their content away (their music or videos), and then sell scarce goods on the back of it (their appearances or premium merchandise).He envisages large changes in the music and video market as the content becomes more of a trailer for how much fun you can have at a live concert (for example).  Where freely released videos of gigs are the band saying "Look how much fun we had at this gig! W... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:05:41 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=133774 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=133774 Craigslist is receiving spam which can foil normal methods to prevent automated submissions (CAPTCHA and IP restrictions).I suspect that eventually sophisticated submission software will be targetted at small sites which don't have sophisticated preventative methods, such as paler.com.  To prevent submission, new ways of restricting comments will be needed.  Users won't want to give our credit card details to all and sundry (and not everyone has credit cards).  For now, sites su... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:50:01 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=122362 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=122362 Paler.com has moved to a new, faster server. Pages should be delivered to you faster as a result. The software it uses has been upgraded, too. If you notice any problems, please let us know Sun, 18 May 2008 20:16:43 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=59875 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=59875 Bookmarking links have been added to many pages, so that visitors can more easily bookmark pages using Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook and Reddit. The External hard drives page now includes links to Backup software and Online backup sites. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:36:33 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=32454 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=32454 A new page on TVs with links to TV reviews and price comparisons. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:31:38 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=7853 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=7853 Easy to learn and addictive "conquer the world" game. Very dinky. Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:29:02 GMT http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=7851 http://paler.com/news/one-entry?entry%5fid=7851 Barry Schwartz discusses how more choice makes people miserable. Video on the Paradox of Choice Too much choice can lead to people not choosing, worrying that their choice will be the wrong choice. They then feel miserable that they didn't make a choice. More choice leads people to expect too much, and so they don't chose as nothing meets their raised expectations etc.. The Science and Art of User Experience at Google Video offering a couple of tidbits on what Google thinks it is d... Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:23:12 GMT