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A new generation of (Social) Web Browsers

Dj Saint-éthique — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:34:53 -0000

Being on the internet for about 10 years and trying to keep up with what's happening on it (and around it) I have been trying out several webbased services,tools and of course community's lately (call it web 2,0 if you want to ....)
Among those some of my favorites are of course the pioneers like del.ico.us, MySpace & Flickr but also more recently Podomatic, Imeem, WorkHack.com and many others.
Google analytics and other search engine tools and/or monetizing stuff (oh those fancy ict-words...) look verry prommising to... (still checking it out ;) )
Al those accounts and profiles and login pages and "pimping" or keeping these accounts updated and stay updated about what's happening in that wonderfull multi-profile/purpose-cyber-network started to become (even with del.ico.us) a big task...
Some apps (immeem app , Myspace-Im ,... ) already had a part of the solution but today I discoverd the existense/development of a new type of so called "Social webbrowsers".
Basicly it started off when I was checking out how MySpace users send comments to several friend with one click. I don't want to spam my friends but was looking if there was already a solution for something wich is defintly very usefull (keeping some old-school net-tiquette in mind of course).
First thing I discoverd was http://www.buddywave.com/ wich is already real nice application/browser(even if for now it's windows only and mainly useful for MySpace pro's. Layouts on MySpace have had their worst time (I hope) thanks to development of some decent on-line lay-out tools but BuddyWave makes it a real piece of cake to make a real nice design and manage your content in a browser-like environment...

This quote ont http://www.buddywave.com illustrates it quit well:

"BuddyWave, its like Viagra for Myspace."

BuddyWave is just like Internet Explorer but built exclusively for Myspace users. Actually we built it for ourselves (recovering myspace addicts) but figured you might enjoy it as well. Whether you are the coolest cat on the net or your sputtering social life is in need of a jump start, Buddywave will take you to that higher level.

So if you are an MySpace Addict (and OS Windows) defenitly check it out. (although I sincerly hope they would rather become the Firefox or Safari for Myspace ...)

Back home I continued my research on these "social webbrowsers" and I stumbled on "Flock" (Mozilla bassed) (MAC OSX TIGER at home... so no buddywave (for now???) ) and was immediatly hooked on it. Instalation and imports in a sec :) , real nice skin but on top of this a browser wich (will soon) integrated and manage (hopefully) al your profiles and accounts seemlesly.

Right now it does for Flickr an PhotoBucket what Buddywave does for MySpace (making your uploadinglife and profilemanaging a lot more practical) Flickr already had his own apps but this browser wil (again I hope verry soon) implement more types of community's, profiles , blogs, and other web2,0 applictions.
Del.ico.us is already integrated in your browser favorites functions and a lot of nice extensions can be downloaded.

No doubt about it I'm a Big Big Fan and very eager to see where this wil lead to.
So be sure to check that out also if you want to keep up with al your nice proiles, (photo)blogs, newsfeeds, and so on and so on

MySpace no longer mine???

Dj Saint-éthique — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:16:42 -0000

Today I had to find out that a MySpace profile I created aproximatly one month ago has been deleted :(

There was absolutly nothing offending or illegal on it. It was a page I created for our beloved Kinky Star Mobiel that has been used ore useful to a lot of friends and musicians and it would have been the right place to pay it a tribute.

Ok its a car and not a band or a human being but so what... we really loved that car. They could at least tell me they would (or did) delete it.

Or maybe they were just hacked once more or needed more Space for stupid movieclips.

Whatever happened or whatever they had to do some info would have been nice.

Anyway it's not worth spending much more words to it than :

MySpace is dead ... Long Live Imeem !!!

Bugs IMEEM

Dj Saint-éthique — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:49:47 -0000

To help the more than talented developers of imeem :

I noticed it's to say a friend using meebo noticed that he receives my messages send thrue imeem using my icq account shows the text between html tags ...

My Easy Listening favorites

Dj Saint-éthique — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:27:23 -0000

Some of my favorites I could already track down on imeem

My Head

Dj Saint-éthique — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:30:37 -0000

Kinky Star records

Dj Saint-éthique — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:34:21 -0000

Kinky Star Records is one of the few truly independent labels in Belgium. Based in Ghent and releasing records since 1998, Kinky Star has created a surprising universe within the Belgian music scene.
The label never limited itself to one specific style, but signs the music it loves. This is always music with soul, and it's of no importance whether it's made with guitars, a computer or two turntables and a microphone. Maybe this diversity was a bit difficult to understand for outsiders in the beginning, but looking back on the Kinky Star catalogue now, no one can deny that the label has been well ahead of its time.

With De Bossen, Sexmachines, Starfighter and Dr Pepper Family, Kinky Star announced the revival of pure rock'n'roll long before The White Strokes. The electro experiments of Vive La Fête and Monky Pussy were released long before the actual hype of 80s cold wave. With't Hof Van Commerce Kinky Star was the first label to believe in the quality of Flemish hiphop. And without Kinky Star you wouldn't have heard the timeless surf classics from The Revelaires and The Whodads. The huge talent of the musicians in Kinky Star bands is also shown by the fact that they play along with dEUS, Mauro, Daan, Dead Man Ray, Das Pop, Olla Vogala and Sophia, and by the success of Flip Kowlier's solo career and Ultrasonic.