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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Gowalla Over Foursquare
Enter Gowalla. Gowalla is similar to Foursquare in that it is a location based social network with a game element. You can get points for visiting certain places and there are “trips” you can take that involve checking in at multiple locations. Successfully completing a trip earns you points. Continue reading
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Tagged dodgeball, foursquare, gowalla, location based networks, social games, social networks
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Properly Using Twitter & FriendFeed
Basically to boil it down, I keep my Twitter stream fairly focused while my FriendFeed stream is anything but focused. FriendFeed is for those that desire information overload. Continue reading
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Tagged friendfeed, social media, Twitter
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Is Facebook Winning the OpenID War?
My question is, “Is Facebook winning the OpenID war?”. Not that there is really a war going on persey. I’m sure some people will make the argument that the two technologies are different (and on some level they very much are), but from a end user perspective they accomplish a similar goal and since a lot of people already have Facebook accounts the userbase for Facebook Connect is larger than OpenID. Continue reading
Michael Koby’s Most Used Paid iPhone Apps
A few days ago we looked at the free iPhone apps I used the most, today we’re going to look at the paid apps that I use. Continue reading
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Michael Koby's Most Used Paid iPhone Apps
A few days ago we looked at the free iPhone apps I used the most, today we’re going to look at the paid apps that I use. Continue reading
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Hulu to Start Charging, Viewers to Stop Watching
Earlier today, news made the rounds that Hulu, an online television show streaming website, will begin charging for their service in 2010 (EW Article). Continue reading →