Recommended Reading

Great articles found around the web that I thought were worth sharing and adding to the conversation.

Why a Facebook Smartphone? – Kyle Baxter →

What better way to get more people using their platform and using it even more than they do now than by (1) making the other platforms—iOS and Android—commodities, and (2) making a device that makes Facebook the operating system? Speaking of Facebook. If Facebook does want to be web or the platform that everyone uses [...]

Gowalla is Going to Facebook →

About two months ago, my co-founder Scott and I attended F8. We were blown away by Facebook’s new developments. A few weeks later Facebook called, and it became clear that the way for our team to have the biggest impact was to work together. So we’re excited to announce that we’ll be making the journey [...]

You’re Not As Busy As You Think – Chris Brogan →

My first steps towards becoming less busy were all very simple and tactical. I set my phone to do the fewest possible notifications. I get a warble when someone texts me. Besides that, I don’t get a notification when email arrives, when someone comments on a social network, or any of those. And guess what? [...]

10 steps to better blogging – Dan Frommer →

Dan Frommer says that he mostly wrote this for himself as a way to keep these notes in a place where he will be able to easily find them, but I think we can all find some great use from them as well. Particularly from steps #1 and #2.

Say No to SOPA – Jeffrey Zeldman →

Great article by Jeffrey Zelman explaining why this bill is not such a good idea. No wonder the likes of Twitter, Google, Facebook, Mozilla, AOL, Yahoo!, Ebay and others are coming together to fight it.

Instacast HD, Your Podcast Dashboard — Ben Brooks →

The new Instacast HD app is out and here is what Ben Brooks had to say about it. This is a must have for any podcast listener with an iPad. It may even be the reason you need to buy an iPad if you love podcasts and still don’t have an iPad.

Workspace – Trent Walton →

I always enjoy Trent Walton’s writing… This time he gives us an insight and view into his workspace and how it contributes to his day to day productivity.

Facebook Not Building A Phone* – MG Siegler →

MG Siegler: Here’s all you need to know though: Facebook is building a phone because Facebook has to build a phone. They can say all they want about being everywhere, partnering with everyone, peace and love, yadda yadda. The fact of the matter is that mobile is the future of computing and it’s currently controlled [...]