Posts tagged with opinion

banking2.0
Aug 11, 2010
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Mint vs Yodlee vs Quicken

Over the weekend, due to compelling reasons I’ll get to later, I took a deep-dive into the two most popular online “Banking 2.0″ products: Yodlee and Mint. My overall impression: These guys really have a long way to go.

This isn’t really a review of either. Instead, it’s more of a wish-list… for what I wish either Yodlee or Mint were, but alas, they are not.  Read More

Google-Buzz
Jul 23, 2010
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Twitter vs Buzz

First, I admit that I haven’t used Google’s Buzz much. I have it linked to my Google Reader to share articles, but that’s it. On the other hand, I’ve been using Twitter quite a bit.

Tonight I saw that Mashable posted a link to their Buzz stream, so I followed them.

And now I’m perplexed by a few questions: Why would one choose Twitter over Google Buzz, or Buzz over Twitter? And why would anyone use both?  Read More

Twitter T
Jun 24, 2010
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Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: Syndication and Respecting Social Network Cultures

Or: How to NOT Alienate Your Friends and Contacts

I saw today that Twitter is releasing a new service/app that provides another level of integration with competing-yet-complimentary social networks.  Read More

Nosferatu
Aug 13, 2002
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Bears of Blue River

One summer when I was in high school, in the marching band, the Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle, visited our fair city of Shelbyville, Indiana. He came to make an appearance at our illustrious and world-renowned “Bears on the Blue River” festival. I wish I could say it was a day I’d never forget, but to be honest, I hadn’t thought about it until just now.  Read More

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