An hour long tour of Second Life, presented to Google employees

A very cool visualization of Twitter chatter on a Google map. Addictive!

“What Twitter does…is to merge a number of interesting trends in social software usage—personal blogging, lightweight presence indicators, and IM status messages—into a fascinating blend of ephemerality and permanence, public and private.”

David Pogue reviews GrandCentral

Cool looking new restaurant in the Presidio

Monitor Twitter on your phone without the SMS fees

Luna Park (a great restaurant in the Mission) is now offering a takeout / delivery service. You can place your order on the web.

The Twitter buzz continues.

“BrainCast Beta provides you with a free, easy to use, internet & phone based message/memo recording & reminder organization system…”

See how much all of your crap is worth.

A list of competitors to Digg

Impressive!

SXSW re-cap

New Flickr feature

“…the focus was very much around the financial costs to build and deploy these web applications (as opposed to elements like lines of code or revenue). It also touched on what it costs in monthly maintenance”

Slides from the “The Figures Behind The Top Web Apps” session at SXSW

“Enterprise 2.0 will happen in your organization entirely by itself, whether you encourage it, discourage it, or even consign it to benign neglect.”

There is an interesting trend going on with Enterprise 2.0. Motivated employees aren’t waiting for the blessing of an IT department before they start using Enterprise 2.0 tools / technologies.

Merlin Mann is the man!