Asus EEEPC: a born-again user.

Dario Gallo, through his blog "Bloc de Periodista", was one of the first "ordinary" computer user who convinced me about the importance on relying more on webwares and the Internet for our daily computer needs. Now, I took the liberty to translate his last comment about the Asus EEEPC. Besides all the "experts" opinions, it is always good to listen to some down-to-earth common sense:

"When I started in Perfil.com, I asked for a Blackberry to be connected to the internet anywhere I was. Since Gmail and Gtalk are the two programs I use most, the Asus EEEPC I bought in December, was left in a corner. But lately, I've taken some days off and many times I went out to eat. The Asus came back with all its splendor. This image is from Wednesday night while Boca was playing, and in a bar in Palermo I began to review my mails, chatting with Perfil.com redaction and eating a steak. Look at the proportions. It makes your mouth water when you compare the size of the steak with the size of the notebook. The waiter, when he served me, threw a piece of information:''I have never seen a computer so small''.

Trackthis: Follow your packages through Twitter.

Who would have thought that Twitter could become a Web 2.0 business-oriented service. With TrackThis, a service which allows you to follow a shipment via FedEx, UPS, DHL and USPS with only a shipping number or code, this dream has come true.

How does it work? You tell it a package tracking number from FedEx, UPS, USPS, or DHL, and it will Twitter you back whenever there's an update from the shipper.

The advantages to use Trackthis:

First, you can attach a descriptor to your query (like "lamp shade"). Second, you can use Twitter to easily change your message delivery options: you can quickly turn on or off SMS updates for Trackthis alerts, for example.

Clever and useful...

Powerset, a Semantic Search Engine.

I have written a few posts about this semantic web buzz and webwares like Twine or Zemanta. Now, some words about this new semantic search engine called Powerset.

So far, this is no threat to Google. Powerset searches only through Wikipedia' s articles and complete the datas with Freebase. So, it is still difficult to compare with other nonsemantic search engines.

Powerset works differently. It doesn't only focus on keywords. It tries to analyse the meaning of a web page according to the search words used.

Checking through some blogs'comment section, it is clear that people are that impressed. I would say that many seem disappointed by the search engine performance. But, most people agree that this is a starting point and that we are looking towards the future.

Powerset on Twitter:

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HelloTxt: all-in-one service for microbloggers

You have multiple social network accounts and want to update each one of them at once. HelloTxt is a musttry service for you. Now, you can even post multimedia posts like pictures and videos.

To post to Facebook, Twitter, Jaiku, Myspace and Bebo, you don't have to be registered. But if you are, you have also access to: LinkedIn, Plaxo, Hi5 and many more.

What are they saying about HelloTxt on Twitter:

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Working Online: Five Musthave Tools.

Webwares are all about working online. And if you are working online you need those five webwares, reports ReadWriteWeb.

1)Multiservice IM (Miranda)
2)Crossplatform and screensharing tool (Yugma or Yuuguu)
3) Custom search engine (Google Custom Search Engine)
4)Startpage (Netvibes or Pageflakes)
5)A blog with your name and contact info

The detailled story, here in RWW.

Favotite Web Apps.

A couple of weeks ago, ReadWriteWeb held a competition to know what web 2.0 apps most excite its readers. The complete listing here.