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The personal website of Alex Weber

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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20110914

List of If This Then That recipes

via Boing Boing

ifttt.com is like Yahoo’s Pipes, but easier to use. Here’s a list of 728 useful “recipes” sorted by popularity. Popular … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110914

It’d be great to have an app that remembered how you found cool stuff online

via Boing Boing

Clive Thompson has a great rumination on a missing piece of the Internet toolsuite: a mapper that watches your browsing and … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

Facebook Officially Unveils Smart Friend Lists

via TechCrunch

Earlier this week, we reported that Facebook had quietly activated a nifty new feature: smart friend lists that use algorithms … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

Twitter Opens The Kimono On Web Analytics; 3 Million Sites Now Using Tweet Button

via TechCrunch

It’s well known that one of the missing parts of Twitter’s offerings for publishers is an in-depth analytics platform. Last … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

PicPlz, Fashism & 29 Others Implement New Aviary Photo Editing Tool for Mobile

via Mashable!

Aviary, a four-year-old startup that offers a set of free photo, design and audio tools, is launching a new plugin for … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

Virgin America to launch new in-flight entertainment tech (Boing Boing is in the mix)

via Boing Boing

Virgin America, the airline that offers Boing Boing Video as an in-flight TV channel, is today announcing a re-vamp of its … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

ITA-Powered Google Travel Launches; Kayak Says Its Flight Search Is ‘Superior’

via TechCrunch

We heard a few months ago that Google is planning to launch an ITA integrated-flight search product. For background, the DOJ … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

Hands-on with Windows 8: A PC operating system for the tablet age

via Ars Technica

It’s not finished yet, and Microsoft still has plenty of work ahead of it, but … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

Microsoft demos NFC-based tap-to-share for Windows 8 devices

via Engadget

There’s not a ton of details on this just yet, but Microsoft confirmed during its Build keynote today that Windows 8 … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110913

Feature: The quest for the golden Nintendo game

via Ars Technica

One Friday afternoon in 2010, Pat Contri got the Facebook message of every … Read More >>

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