Digg Dialogg: Tony Hawk (video)

Dang, it has been months since I've had a chance to add to the blog here. I enjoyed this video interview and thought I'd share it. Digg Founder Kevin Rose asks users' top questions to skateboarding legend Tony Hawk...

"What Blogger Should Do"

Evan Williams (evhead) has done a nice job at outlining what myself and many others have been pondering - are sites like digg, flickr, Twitter and friendfeed signaling the "death of blogging"?

I for one have been using some of these tools to share links and blurt out thoughts, and have been "neglecting" this poor little blog. Because of this, I'm planning some changes to my own format that will likely use friendfeed to pull in more of my activity on digg, twitter, flickr and the like. Full blog articles will become secondary and less frequent.

That said, you should read this full article. It suggests some interesting ideas that may help blogging platforms stay relevant.

Adobe Delivers Flash Player 9 with H.264 Video Support

"HD Quality Web Video and Audio Now Available With Adobe Flash Player Update... Adobe Flash Player 9 now includes H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray® and HD-DVD® high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities. The latest update also features hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced, full-screen video playback for high-resolution viewing across major operating systems and browsers. The combination of Adobe Flash Player 9 and Adobe Flash Media Server 3 (also announced today) enables the delivery of HD quality video to the broadest online audience. Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3 is available immediately at http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"

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Streamy - The Digg Killer?

via digg: "Streamy is one part Pageflakes + one part Digg. Users get their home page which is divided into topical sections but then via the wisdom of the Streamy crowds you get personalized recommendations on other stories and publications." Go to the site to request an invite to the BETA, or check out the video overview below.


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