Toluu has a added a small new feature to your Activity Page that turns out to be a big usability enhancement, here’s what Caleb, Toluu’s founder had to say about it:
I found that many times I had no idea what a feed was about but, I didn’t want to click on it and then have to click back if I wasn’t interested I wanted a really quick way to get some more info so that is how the tooltip came to be it shows the 5 most recent post titles from the feed and you can click a title and go directly to the source
With this new enhancement the Activity page has just gotten much more useful, and it’s good news for bloggers as well. Those of us who are total marketing geniuses and not only put 2 silent Ks in their blog name, but also give no context clues about the content, can now rest easier. All you would have to do is hover over ‘The Knight Knetwork’ and you’d see my 5 latest posts, giving you a chance to visit a post with an interesting title and see what you really think about my writing and subject matter. Here’s an idea of what you’ll see:
Kudos again to Toluu for adding enhancements that really increase the usabillity of the site, and don’t forget to Toluu ‘The Knight Knetwork’, those silent Ks actually speak volumes.
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Twitter’s purchase of Summize, the Twitter search tool, has been verified. Not only that, but the integration on the Twitter site has already been completed @ search.twitter.com. And the best news of all is that (so far) twitter is NOT hosting the Summize service! I don’t know how accurate these visual tracert results are but it appears that the two services will be separately hosted for now, and that’s probably a good thing.
Tracert of Twitter.com
Tracert of Search.Twitter.com
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Mike is actually a wonderful person to follow if you use friendfeed, I just thought this was a little ironic. Friendfeed has many uses and like one of them is to promote your own work and you can bump it to the top of the feed and at the same time let people know you appreciate them sharing your work.
Mike Fruchter Invades Friendfeed
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Does Amazon’s new Page Recommendation and Product Reccomendation in one widget make sense? I see the logic from the programmer’s point of view, both processes have the same first steps - scan the text and check for relevance with another data source. As a blogger and reader I’m not as sure there’s a connection at all. This is a common programming pitfall. When you are deciding on features and design you have to remove yourself from the backend of the program as much as possible and focus on what makes sense from the users perspective. This may mean separating features that have a lot in common programmatically into different parts of the interface.
I’ve installed the widget and we’ll see if it adds value or not, having the ability to tweak the results would be nice as I can certainly see the value in recommending books with a similar subject matter. If the widget trys to sell me some Roomba filters and printer ink then it won’t be adding value to my site, it’ll just be trying to sell something and what does that have to do with page recommendations?
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Let me preface this post by telling you this is THE most heavily researched and thought out article that I have ever written. Untold hours of testing and deep discussion led to the creation of this list and if you disagree with it’s ultimate conclusion then I question your humanity and ability to function as a part of polite society. Are we clear on this? No half-thought off the cuff disagreeing comments (this means you too friendfeeders!) This is serious business! I don’t care if Robert Scoble, Louis Gray, Leo Laporte, or anyone else with a following all come in here and disagree with the #1 item on this list… in my eyes their credibility will have been destroyed. Ok.. the list in reverse order:
5 - Krispy Kreme Original - Good but on the bottom of the list
4 - Dunkin’ Doughnuts Original Donuts - Cake donuts win the battle of the originals1
3 - Dunkin’ Donuts Specialty Donuts (2 and 3 were almost too close to call, individual exceptions may exsist)
2 - Krispy Kreme Specialty Doughnuts - Did you try the Oreo? mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
1 - Hot Now -Original Glazed Doughnuts - Nothing is better, nothing else even comes close!
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I’m seeing a very interesting increase in traffic coming in searching for the term ‘VX11000′. This would presumably be the next in the V, enV/(enV2), and Voyager series from Verizon, although that’s certainly not guaranteed. The Voyager was Verizon’s response to the iPhone and while an amazing peice of equipment, it certainly didn’t come close to meeting the iPhone killer hype that was piled on it.
If you’re reading this and have come to the site by searching for the VX11000, please leave me a comment and tell me why! What prompted your search?
The Knight Knetwork is pleased to announce the newest site in the Knetwork - The WeeWar Times! If you aren’t familiar with WeeWar, it’s a turn-based strategy game you play from your browser. WeeWar is an amazing site and is one of the most innovative games around when it comes to giving players control. A useful API, attentive developers, and an addictive game have created a vibrant community. The WeeWar Times was launched as a news site to serve that community and will provide an outlet for News, Tips, Interviews, and Map Reviews.
