India: Stop Looking At Me, Google!

When you're president of a nation whose mountainous borders are dotted with gunners out to kill you, directions to your house are the last thing you want to send them. Even though Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam spoke more on behalf of developing nations during his complaint to Google Earth, the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament couldn't have been far from his mind.

Improving Weblog Usability

Website usability guru Jakob Nielsen published his top 10 weblog design mistakes, and the list plus his commentary are interesting reading.

Splogbomb Sends Bloggers Sniffing

Something's rotten in the Blogosphere and it's not completely clear where the stench originates, or whose effluence is compounding the matter. After the recent Blogger splogbomb, the chorus can't agree on whether the smeller's the feller or if the denier's the supplier.

A New RSS Reader Hits Town

There's a new web-based RSS reader in town. It's called inform. What differentiates inform from others is that you can easily dig deeper into any news story by drilling into its relevant topics, people, places, industries and organizations.