• That Tall Dude – Quality blog, not afraid to ask tough questions, and one of the most humble guys you’ll ever meet.
• Twitter Stars – Mark Davidson is Web 2.0
• Max Gladwell – Max does some great stuff on ecological and social change.
• The Entropy Report - Scarab does a great job of gritty truth here.
• Slap/Pop – Lou has got some really cool stuff going on here, but he needs to write more.
• Chronicles of Beast – Beast is a pro-runner. Looking forward to doing the Vermont100 with him this summer.
• Evil Science Chick – So cool it hurts.
• Mellisa Maples – I just love seeing things from the Turkish bazaar!
• prp2 - Peter is one of my favorite people. Great Stuff.
• puntiglio - Again, Soren is one of my favorite people. Great stuff.
• The Musings of a Young Intellectual – Christy does some incredible poetry here.

That’s all for now. If you were not listed, please do not be offended. I’ll be doing a “Part 2″ tomorrow!

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

This used to be so easy.

The answer there is the web service Pownce.

Pownce offers an innovative way to interact with all the different levels of friend or family or colleague.

So here’s some ideas on how to use Pownce to it’s maximum potential.

First, you’ll notice that pownce has a very twittery interface. you can use this just like you would twitter, to leave short notes to your friends or the public. But it offers a unique ability to share files, links, and calender events from the same small interface. You can make these things viewable to 1 friend, all friends, the public, or no one. Targeted file sharing is the main reason I use pownce. I run across a song, or short movie i like, and I just zap it to the people that I know will like it. You can even use the event and message systems with your GTD system.

Now, another thing you might notice about pownce is that it asks you about other social networks you use. You can keep a full list of them on your profile or home page and make a nice centralizer here. Giving yourself and your friends a nice pivot point to take in anything you are doing.

Other than being extremely efficient it also looks pretty damned cool. If you’re running Windows or Mac you can check out the AIR client here. (Hopefully Adobe will get AIR over to linux sometime soon. I really enjoy a lot of programs running on AIR.)

You can also take pownce a little further with a pro account for about $20 a year. Pro comes with a larger file share size, no ads, and customizable CSS.

Loki.
I Listen.
My Pownce
cat: internet

He had the face of a jackal.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Tags: pownce, web 2.0, AIR, Adobe, whoring, jackal, css, file sharing, social networks, internet, computers, TechGeek, GTD, Mac, linux, Windows

New to Flock

• Gmail and Yahoo built in! Saves me a lot of time and memory right there.
• Picasa support. Pretty cool. I might have to start using Picasa
• MyWorld, the already multi-purpose Flock summary page, is even more robust.

I’ve written about Flock on several occasions, so flip through my blog if you want more. It is a very happy day for TechGeeks with no life(me!).

-Loki.
cat: internet

Force feed the homeless.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Tags: flock, flock 1.1, internet, web 2.0, gmail, yahoo, google, TechGeek, Picasa

I am based out of the South Eastern United States. I am considering all options and trying to build a portfolio. I would be happy to contribute to small magazines/ezines/blogs for free.

Quick Summary – I’ve been writing for 13 years. I wrote mostly poetry early in the life, as well as short fiction. Later I began to write non-fiction fairly often, as can be referenced in this blog. I worked as a copywriter for some time. I am a writer, photographer, and all-around writing catch-all.  My writing has a unique voice, I think that it really speaks for itself.

I have experience in many fields, including(but not limited to):

• Blogging
• Web 2.0
• Journalism
• All forms of Windows and several Linux Distributions
• Poetry
• Short Fiction
• Hiking/Trailing
• Photography
• History
• Pharmacology
• Therapy
• Psychology
• Philosophy
• Theology
• Copywriting
• XHTML
• proofreading/editing
• Entrepreneur/Small Business
• Technology; Computers, Video Games, Phones, Gadgets
• Nutrition and Health Supplements
• Politics

My writing background includes:

• 2 Years This Blog. 5 Years of web presence prior to this blog.
• Several months as co-host of the Something Kinda Techy podcast
• 4 months on the Twitter Travels team.  Co-Founder.
• 2 Poems published in the Canadian magazine, Waxing & Waning
• Several articles for The Entropy Report , Editor: Drake Frost
• Guest Blog at P.R. Seitz Books. Editor: P.R. Seitz
• Book Reviews for P.R. Seitz Books
• 2 Months Proofreading for Delegate2
• Speaking of Poetry, a self-published CD of Spoken Word
• Some articles and media at Associated Content.
• A consistent twitterer. I am often found helping people in web2.0 matters here.
• Currently a CNN iReporter in the Second Life world. If you would like to speak with me there, my SL name is Jayell Alter.

My regular work has included:

• 8 Years of Retail Management
• 1 Year of Call Center Technical Support
• 6 Months of Warehouse Shipping and Receiving
• 6 Months of Copywriting for a major eBay company
• 6 Years as an eBay Seller
• 2 Years as an entrepreneur, with my own graphic design company
• 3 Years as a Freelance Journalist

Contact me privately with job offers or comments in general. You may also reach me by phone with the widget below.

- Jack Lhasa

1, ubuntu 7.10(Gutsy Gibben) – Release of the year no doubt. Smooth and easy clean install. They’ve probably doubly general user appeal with this release.
2. Flock – Flocking is the best thing since Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button. If you use a lot of web 2.0 sites, this cuts browsing time in half, easy.
3. Tomboy Notes – I would get nothing done. as a writer,without Tomboy. Also great for GTD.
4. Pidgin – The messenger of choice again after a clean install. It’s everything you need for IMs and IRC.
5. Thunderbird Mail – Evolution was the browser of choice last time, but Thunderbird is too entrancing.
6. Dwarf Fortress – Best crazy addict roguelike, world-sim. Runs easy in wine.
7. Exaile Music Player – Wins mostly because it works more consistently than it’s alternatives, Amarok, and Listen.
8. Limewire/ktorrent - TIe – for best downloading utilities..
9. OpenOffice – for the real writing.
10. GRAMPS – gotta love this genealogy thing I’m doing for the parents.
11. Sound Juicer – for makin’ the .ogg’s.
12. k3b – for burning anything.

Did I miss anything? Tell me in the comments, if I missed your favorite app! Oh, I already see one i left out. GIMP, for all things photo editing.

Loki.
I Listen.
Sometimes I See.
01.09.08.
.ubuntu.

Give some love to Vee, for helping me with the research on this article!

Up there somewhere with the sun shining down on me.

Blogged with Flock

Tags: 2007, ubuntu, ubuntu must haves, must haves, applicatons, programs, Flock, Tomboy Notes, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Dwarf Fortress, Bay 12, exaile, limewire, ktorrent, openoffice, writing, GRAMPS, Sound Juicer, k3b

BUT for now, we have the first installment of the Best of Web2.0—

Basically, these are social, or technically linking systems. helping people find others with similar interests, old friends, and much more. So what are the top Web 2.0 sites? Here goes:

1. Wordpress – The best blogging atmostphere ever. It’s like there are REAL writers here.

2. Jaiku. – Where life mets life mets chaos. Microblogging at it’s best.

3. last.fm – Stay hip to your social circle here, or just try like hell to get Elvis Costello to #1 played artist of the day.

4. Del.icio.us – Book marks that are smart. View your friends book marks to find lots of new content.

5. StumbleUpon – Simple. It makes the internet fun again.

6. Gmail – Email finally done right. It’s fast, easy, and works with everything. not to mention almost 4 gigs of personal email storage.

7. Anothr – Get your feeds IMed to you. It makes the news much easier to read. Fully customizable with the RSS family.

8. flickr – As cool as picture sharing can get.

9. netvibes – If you use a customizable home page, switch to netvibes, it’s the best.

Did I leave anything out? Let me know in the comments. But Facebook was left out on purpose!

-Loki J
ubuntu phase 9ish

[edit - 10.30.07 02:53 for typos and digg.com link]