links for 2008-07-12

• protagonize: interactive fiction & collaborative story writing community
  Unleash your inner author
  (tags: writing collaboration literature fiction web2.0 storytelling)
• Welcome!
  Postarant.com is the place where you can finally get it all of your chest!
  (tags: rants post feelings)
• Searchme Visual Search – Beta – rev. 2.0.1
  Visually search the internet and preview before you go there
  (tags: search searchengine visualization web2.0 searchme semanticweb engine visual)
• Answerbag.com | Ask Questions, Share Answers
  Have a question? Ask it! Know an answer? Share it!
  (tags: answers reference knowledge community web2.0)
• PerfSpot Member Login | Login to PerfSpot
  We’re here to help make creating your own PerfSpot easy!
  (tags: community music network web2.0)
• Spaz: An Open-Source Twitter Client for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
  Client for Twitter
  (tags: twitter air opensource software client web2.0)
• The Conversations Network
  The Conversations Network is a listener-supported non-profit podcast network brought to you by a global team of passionate audio/video producers and editors.
  (tags: podcast audio podcasts media interviews podcasting mp3 technology web2.0)
• Your Social Compass | Loopt
  Loopt transforms your mobile phone into a social compass
  (tags: apps business cellphone community web2.0)

An Invite I’m Passing On

I signed up for the preview of AT&T’s Pogo Browser.  It sounded really intriguing.  Imaging browsing the web in 3D.  It was the sort of thing that web dreams are made of and the promise was an experience that couldn’t be had in other ways.

So, I signed up and got one of the limited invites and downloaded the large install package.

And installed it.  It took a LONG time and I had a computer that met it’s hefty installation requirements.

Go to run it under Microsoft Vista and crash, crash, crash.  It didn’t matter how I tried to run it, I got the infamous crash message and let’s see if Microsoft has an idea.  Nope.

So, I did give it the ol’ college try over the course of a few days but could never get it to even load.

So, this morning, I’m removing it.  The uninstaller is up to three hours uninstalling.  I’ve had time to vacuum my car during the uninstall process.  I just loaded up another browser to see if I’m unique in my problems.

Interesting article here.

I can’t even venture an opinion yet on this new web experience.  At this point, I can’t even get it to run.

It sounds like a great concept and I wish them well.  My computer and I aren’t ready for it yet.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Tags: Pogo, Browser