Exchange Spirit

Professional Blogger's Journal

2006-02-20T14:24:00.000-08:00

I've just created a new ressource for professionnal bloggers. This site show you the last posts from a personnal compilation on professionel blogging.

The list featured on the site contains initially :
Performancing : Help Bloggers Succeed
Problogger : helping bloggers earn money
Link Building Blog : Patrick Gavin and Andy Hagans on Link Marketing
Search Engine Roundtable : The pulse of the search marketing community
Search Engine Journal : Fair and Balanced search engine news
Creating Passionate Users

You can also find old ressources directly using the search box provided by Rollyo.

Enjoy !

Airset now integrate Skype functionnality

2005-11-15T03:02:00.000-08:00

The official announcement

-- Easier Conference Calls: AirSet organizes your life into the groups
you interact with most frequently -- family, friends, work colleagues and
social groups. Now you can select a few members from any AirSet group and
schedule a conference call through Skype with one click.
-- Quickly See Online Status of Group Members: The Skype online status
icon appears next to each AirSet group members' name so you can quickly see
who's available in each of your groups for a telephone call or IM chat.
-- Chat with Group Members: You can also select one or more members from
the group list and initiate a chat using the Skype Instant Messaging feature.

AirSet's Skype integration is currently available for Microsoft Windows XP
and Windows 2000 operating systems using Internet Explorer 6.0 or later and
Firefox 1.0 or later. Support for the Apple Macintosh OSX operating system
using Firefox 1.0 or later will be available soon.

The Airset Website : http://www.airset.com/

The 40 faces project

2005-11-14T15:17:00.000-08:00

Philipp Lenssen have presented an original project today. The idea behind "40 faces" is to put 40 photos of bloggers on one page. When a blogger post a new thing on his blog his face is show up in front of the page. Right now, 130 bloggers are in the list and there is good references inside.

It's pretty funny. Keep the good work Philipp.

A Web 2 French Blog

2005-11-10T16:14:00.000-08:00

I've just wanted to introduce my second blog to you. It's about "web 2" and it's all in french. I hope this blog can help french speaking people to discover web 2 stuff and to ask themselves the right questions.

The title for my blog is : Webdeux : La révolution d'un web en live !

Literraly it means : WebTwo : The web revolution in live !...

If you speak french you can read me here : www.webdeux.info.

Enjoy...

A post from Flock...

2005-10-21T02:22:00.000-07:00

Flock is a new browser. I'm just dicovering.

http://www.flock.com/

Basecamp : Writeboard Included

2005-10-12T03:10:00.000-07:00

It's just so cool. Now you can create a writeboard and collaborate on a document edition very easily.

Basecamp official news

PodSpider : A podcast search engine

2005-10-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

From Search Engine Journal :

The Website : http://www.podspider.com/

PodSpider, a podcast search engine, was launched yesterday by RapidSolution Software in Germany. PodSpider, the podcast search engine, says that its service “leaps beyond the Apple iTunes directory” by providing access to over 20,000 podcasts and “the largest directory of podcasts available in the English language.” The PodSpider portal also offers a service to sync up your MP3 Player with the PodSpider database.

Really interested to full up your iPod Gigabytes with your favorites podcasts.

Writeboard : Online Document Edition

2005-10-03T07:14:00.000-07:00

Today, 37 signals unveils this new tool : www.writeboard.com

Here is what they say on the official website :
Writeboard makes it easy to...

Write without fear of losing or overwriting a good idea
Compare different versions of a document
Collaborate with colleagues on copy, proposals, memos, etc.
Subscribe to documents via RSS and be notified of changes
Keep your writings organized with Backpack integration
Writeboard is perfect for...

Authors, journalists, PR folks, editors, and publishers
Bloggers or freelance/independent writers
Letter writers, songwriters, poets, comedians, creatives
Students, professors, and groups collaborating on a paper

...and plenty more! Writeboard is great for personal and business use (check out some example uses). Read more about Writeboard below or create a free writeboard at left.

Personnally i've tried it and it's really simple to use and i think it will be great to collaborate on document writing with world teams.

Web Communication Strategy

2005-09-28T14:38:00.000-07:00

I've created a brainstorming diagram for achieving a good web communication in a SMB or a small group.

What do you think about that ?

Skype for SMB with Skype Groups

2005-09-16T02:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Skype Journal to show that !

Skype Groups allows small business group or internet teams to set skype as the central telephony system.

Skype Groups is given a new direction to the skype experience.

What do you think about that ? Express yourself, you're on "exchange spirit" ;).

GMail for Business

2005-09-15T05:39:00.000-07:00

I've just discover that i have new option in my Gmail when i turn the language to English.

It's the "Send Mail as" possibility.

What's the meaning for this simple option for a company? With this, a company could buy a domain name (.com identity) and also use a powerful mail tool to manage e-mails.

What's the meaning for Gmail users? They can send mails with other personnal mail identity. Gmail could be a centered place to send and receive your mails.

I'm back...

2005-09-15T05:30:00.000-07:00

Today i'm an INPG Engineer. I'm back from my 6 months internship in Mexico and i'm now searching for my first official job like an engineer in networks and computer science.

I've worked on a global communication strategy for Small and Medium Business. The goal of this strategy is to transform your co-workers in "knowledge worker" with a combination of free web tools to collaborate online...

Stay tuned...

Blogger and images upload

2005-06-24T12:11:00.000-07:00

Today Google unveils a new possiblity for bloggers. You can now upload image with your posts. You don't need to use the hello bot to put an image in your post. Right now, it's more simple. A point more for Bloggers.

Backpack is here ! Organize your mind and projects

2005-05-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

Finally backpack is here. The creator of the basecamp web hosted program, have maked the "little brother" of basecamp for managing smaller project, private project.

Here is a list of the type of project you can manage with this :
Plan a personal/business trip
Keep track of what your competitors are doing
Plan a home improvement project
Collaborate on a new business idea
Keep track of houses you're considering buying
Gather information for a research project
Keep a list of gift ideas for friends and family
Brainstorm product/company names
Build a list of recommended restaurants, and plenty more...

But i think that possibilites are endless... I'm just starting to use it and i will tell you more on that in the near future.

Google - My Search History

2005-04-20T18:02:00.000-07:00

Today Google unveils a new tools from its Google Labs : My Search History.

This new service stores your searches online with different statistics and allows you to encounter all the results you've found relevant for your search. You won't forget any page you see.

For using this service, you need a google account (Gmail, Froogle, Google Groups...) and that's all. The next time you enter google.com, you will find at the top the "My Search History" link.

Apparently the service will also adapt itself to provide you the links in the manner you think they are relevant. It's some kind of search personnalization.

I'm really waiting for a big integration of all the google services in the GBrowser...

Stay connected.

SkypeIN Official Beta Launch

2005-04-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

Skype has announced the official launch of the SkypeIN service.

And at the same time, they have counted more than 100 000 000 downloads.
Now with SkypeIN you could buy a "real PSTN number" in Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Sweden, the United Kingdom and in the United States.

You can also receive 10 minutes of voicemails.

Skype seems to follow it's exponential growth. I can't wait for their video plugin...

Gmail Web Clips - RSS in your Gmail

2005-04-15T17:55:00.000-07:00

Today, Even Williams unveils a new Gmail Feature called Web Clips.

We can hope that in a moment we can read our favorite feed within our Gmail account. Google seems to be a little late concerning RSS management. But this addition is pretty smart because they alternate between RSS feeds content and Adwords/Adsense content.

I think that the upcoming Gbrowser will be a killer app with everything we needs to manage RSS feeds and more.

Stay connected...

GMail in your langage

2005-04-14T16:56:00.000-07:00

Did you know that your favorite mail tools can be used in your langage ?

It's really useful for those who don't understand English...

To change the language, you just need to go to your settings and change the language to your preference. Et voila !

At this time, google gmail could be used in all most spoken langage :

chinese
japanese
english (uk)
french (just added)
italian
spanish
portuguese
netherlands...

You can now enjoy Gmail in your langage.

Google Local Services and Maps

2005-04-12T18:33:00.000-07:00

A few days ago, google unveiled an upgrade in its maps service.

Google Map now includes satellite view. I personally enjoy that the satellite view covers also Tijuana. The photos are about 2 years old but it's really helpfull to find anything.

Today Google unveiled a new feature for mobile phone. Google Mobile local allows you to locate a local business within your area and also the directions to reach them. Surely you can locate a map with the 10 local business results to help you find your needs. You can also find directions on the SMS Google Service.

But all these features are only for the lucky fews from the united states. I think that local services will be developed for foreign country in a while. I know that in France google buy domains names for that type of services.

Wait and see...

Manage your news subscriptions

2005-04-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

Have you heard about RSS feeds ?

It's for Really Simple Syndication. With this technology you can manage easily your favorite information sources (if they provide a RSS feed).

I have tested some RSS agregator and finally choose Bloglines.

I really appreciate the service and their notificator program that reminds you in your desktop when new things happen. The easy bookmarklet link is also a great thing to subscribe, in just a few seconds, when you encounter a page of interest that provides a feed.

Stay connected...

GMail with 2Gb and WYSIWYG Editor

2005-03-31T21:53:00.000-08:00

As I had predicted a week ago (to my closest partners) my Gmail account is growing at this moment.

In fact, Google announced today that it has plans to go to 2Gb, and for the anniversary of Gmail Beta Service, it seems that the gift from google is not a release (like a lot of a google addicts think) but an increase in the storage space in response to Yahoo's recent announce to move to 1Gb.

And now, you can also send mail with rich text formatting options.

Thank You Google and Happy birthday GMail !

PS : My account has grown up from 10Mb when I started writing this article to 1058mb... ;)
PS2 : For those who don't have an account, i can invite you (more than 100 invites left). Just mail me or leave me a comment.

Web Project Management

2005-03-30T20:51:00.000-08:00

You want to manage your project with a blog, to-do lists, milestones in a simple way ?

Try Basecamp !

You can try the full features (ftp files upload, several project management,...) for free. And you have a free light release forever.

More importantly, you can manage all that with RSS feeds and your favorite RSS Reader.
From my point of view it's a really simple platform which can help internal project communication and synchronization.

Enjoy !

Skype 1.2 is out !

2005-03-23T20:13:00.000-08:00

Today Skype released a new version of its famous software.

http://www.skype.com/company/news/2005/v1_2.html

In this new version, your contact list is stored on a distant server (like MSN and ICQ), you don't need to backup your "friends contact" anymore.

Some improvements in the sound quality were done.

Download and upgrade your version.

Skype Revolution !

2005-03-11T08:11:00.000-08:00

This day Skype proposed two new features (in Beta) : SkypeIN and SkypeVoicemail.

SkypeIN allows you to buy a PSTN Number in France, United States, Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom (for the moment). For 30euros a year, you can have a number like this 0870 XXXXXX (in france) and PSTN user can call you directly into your Skype software.

SkypeVoicemail allows you transfer your call to your voicemail when you're not ready to answer. This function cost 15euros a year and it's included in the SkypeIN subscription.

Now you can leave me an audio message 24h a day. My nickname : jeff26.
Enjoy the Skype Revolution...

Google Desktop Search

2005-03-07T19:27:00.000-08:00

You want the Google Research Power to find everything in your computer ?

Try the Google Desktop Search : http://desktop.google.com/

The First release (today) now support Firefox, PDF / Music / Images / Video files.

A must for finding everything in a couple of seconds.

Enjoy !