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• Ok, no matter where you stand on the acquisition

  This has to crack you up.  Microsoft to Yahoo: come back, this isn't over! - Engadget Posted Feb 13 2008, 06:24 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: Microsoft, mindless linkage, commentary

• My New Zune 8

  I was hesitant to try and squeeze my collection down into an 8GB "best of" set of music, but the advantages are totally worth it. The load time switching multiple tracks in a random playlist seems faster here than on the hard drive based models... Posted Jan 10 2008, 07:57 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: zune, Microsoft, commentary, music

• My New Years Resolution

  I could say it's to work out more, pick up guitar again, code more, learn Spanish, blog more, etc, but the truth is that I needed a resolution that went up one level so I get more time back to do all that and anything else. So my New Years resolution... Posted Jan 03 2008, 06:04 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: commentary, TV

• Switch #2: From PSP to DS

  When I got my PSP the DS was the ugly step-child with a limited selection of games and sub-par graphics. The PSP was sexy, played videos, had better graphics, and a gorgeous screen. A lot has changed in the last couple of years. The Wii was sort of like... Posted Dec 27 2007, 01:24 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: commentary, games, xbox

• I've switched

  No, not that switch yet, although seeing ScottW get a 5.1 on the Vista experience score on his Macbook Pro sure makes it tempting. I've finally given up on IE 7 as a default web browser in Vista. Some some reason it crashes constantly on me. At first... Posted Dec 22 2007, 10:16 AM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: Microsoft, commentary, development

• Not from the Facebook Conference, but... Penny Arcade! - Facebookery

  Still funny. Penny Arcade! - Facebookery Posted Dec 05 2007, 03:16 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: Facebook, mindless linkage, commentary

• They advertise the hell out of scrabble

  But do they do it right? If you've played scrabulous on Facebook then you've, no doubt, experienced the cramped feeling of your scrabble board surrounded by ads that are reaching out, tapping you on the head, and saying "look at me!"... Posted Nov 03 2007, 03:54 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: social networking, Facebook, commentary, ads

• What Apps do you Rock on your Phone?

  Apparently the iPhone club ran out of cool people to "tag" in their little discussion about what pages they browse to most frequently on their expensive phones. Well, since my phone has had an SDK for a lot longer than theirs I'm going to... Posted Oct 23 2007, 01:50 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: social networking, Facebook, commentary, opinion, video, music

• What I'm Reading and Writing - Testing a WLW Plugin

  I have a shared items feed from google reader , but I've been struggling with how to share that content more broadly through my main blog feed. I didn't like mirroring my shared items since it felt like content stealing and I share more than I... Posted Oct 21 2007, 04:29 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: social networking, Facebook, blogging, community server, Microsoft, mindless linkage, commentary, Forums, marketting, Live Writer Feed Inserter Thingy

• Are You Ready for Smarter Spenders Bursting Your Bubble?

  Is your company, web site, or business model ready for the smarter customer spending habits being created by data transparency? The world of data transparency is one where anyone can access, slice, dice, pivot, and extrapolate on their own about your... Posted Oct 19 2007, 12:06 AM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: social networking, commentary, opinion, marketting

• Offline Google Reader

  Here is a little glitch I ran into with Google Reader. I'm hopeful someone on that team picks this up, but maybe I'm giving their bug/idea search too much credit. The problem is that Google reader isn't always ready to go offline. Before my... Posted Oct 16 2007, 07:13 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: blogging, commentary, opinion

• Fixing The Problem with Niche Communities and Sub-Groups

  In the next release Community Server will support "Groups". I love the feature, but it could create a new problem for community site managers. How do you manage the creation and population of these sub-communities on your site? I tend to agree... Posted Aug 23 2007, 09:08 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: social networking, Facebook, telligent, blogging, community server, commentary, opinion, Forums, red sox

• The Opposite of Community Server is?

  I had an amazing week in Dallas despite the 112 degree daily heat index. It seriously felt like walking outside was getting into a hot car. Getting into a hot car was more like deciding to stick your head into the oven. Helping out with Planning for Telligent... Posted Aug 19 2007, 02:40 PM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: social networking, Facebook, telligent, community server, commentary, work

• The New AT&T Lives up to the Name

  After all of our troubles with phone companies I didn't have a good look on my face when I checked my cell phone minutes Wednesday night. Having just started a new job with a completely remote team and lots of phone conferences in June I knew it was... Posted Jul 27 2007, 02:17 AM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: commentary

• My River of News is Dead... Someone Fix Google Reader

  I'm not sure what the devs at Google are doing lately, but whatever it is they need to rollback to a previous version because my river of news has been dead for days. Sure, it still works, but only in the way that your old, beaten, hand-me-down, car... Posted Jul 25 2007, 02:03 AM by Josh Ledgard's Blog Filed under: commentary