I reported on this before, but Wincent today has launched Synergy 3.1, completing the addition of Audioscrobbler support. And, looks like he’s pulled a few ideas out of the beta cycle to put into 3.2. Nice.
Category: Asides
Hotness: Civil Netizen redesign
I’ve been watching the Civil Netizen guys for awhile, since they’re one of the few apps besides Flock built on top of Firefox that I’ve found in the wild. Well, they’re getting close to one-point-oh, and the latest designs, by veteran buddy-o-mine Wolfgang Bartelme, are looking hot.
Ben Brophy’s Linkwalla adds xFolk support
Ben Brophy‘s databaseless personal link aggregator, Linkwalla, has recently been upgraded to v0.9.7. Aside from Flickr and Ma.gnolia integration, the output is now marked up in the xFolk microformat.
ConceptShare nearing launch…
Our friends from the great white north are nearing the launch of ConceptShare — a collaborative design product that looks very complementary to apps like Basecamp and Bugzilla (if only I had this when I was at Flock!). They’ve finally released a video tour of how it works — and it’s looking awesome. Oh — and don’t forget to wish Scotty Brooks a happy birthday (Nov 13)!
Jimbo Wales has left the building?
Maybe I’m missing something, but isn’t it kind of significant that Jimmy Wales, one of the main drivers behind Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikia, has stepped down as chair of the Wikimedia Foundation? Or is this just normal board reorganization within a non-profit? According to Jimmy, he’s too busy. Okay, I could probably buy that.
Save your dough!
Bugmenot launches Retailmenot, a collaborative coupon site. Along with Trezr, hell, why should I spend full price again? Via Digg.
Skip the Profilactic, get the real thing
You might have noticed that a new identity aggregator is in the throes of launching. Essentially a mashup of Suprglu and ClaimID, it’s starting to get at the Rhyzomatic idea I posted awhile ago. Well heck, just push for single sign-on and this kind of service would be rendered irrelevant.
Flooding the network
Kareem Mayan sent me a link to a couple art projects about privacy in the era of ubiquitous knowledge (even if you don’t know you’re being watched, you are — so get over it).
Symantec/Norton on OpenID/Cardspace train
For posterity (emphasis added):
Users, and not Symantec, will control their identity information, Salem said, addressing the main criticism that led to the demise of a similar effort from Microsoft called Passport. Also, Symantec will not create new technology standards, but plans to use Microsoft’s CardSpace and the open-source OpenID technology, Salem said.
Worth a look: iScrybe
The merger of on and offline “synchronization” looks brilliant in iScrybe, dripping with GTD productivity. Via Digg.
Factory Joe 