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Dimdim’s New Synched Web Sharing in Free Online MeetingsYesterday

As we covered on OStatic today, the excellent open source online conferencing application Dimdim is out in a new version 4.5. If you use other free online meeting applications, there were already solid reasons to consider Dimdim instead, and the new version adds a co-browsing set of features that could make it the application for you.

SynchroLive is a new set of features in Dimdim 4.5 designed to let web users share web data, pages, online videos in more on a synched basis. After you start a Dimdim “room” and send anyone the room’s URL, users on the other end can see what you see as you view content on the web, and you can whiteboard and chat as you share.

High-end, fee-based conferencing applications such as WebEx have long specialized in things like videoconferencing, but Dimdim is pushing to stay competitive, and offers many features that other free conferencing applications don’t have. For example, you can record Dimdim meetings without paying fees, and you can also have up to 20 participants in a meeting with the free version, while many other applications limit you to 10 attendees.

As I noted on OStatic today, a lot of the utility of the SynchroLive features in Dimdim will depend on performance,

InnoCentive: The Answer is in The CrowdYesterday

innocentive-logoCrowdsourcing is a relatively recent workplace trend that isn’t going away.

On the one hand, it definitely generates healthy competition, and companies stand to win out in a big way when service providers and freelancers are openly vying for your dollar. We’ve looked at some examples in the past, like 99 designs, a site where designers enter competitions to win contracts.

InnoCentive has a different take on crowdsourcing.

Their focus is not as narrow or specific as that of 99 designs. Instead, they offer a broad reaching problem-solving approach. InnoCentive lets organizations create “Challenges” that “Problem Solvers” can then submit potential solutions to.

InnoCentiveChallenges are organized both by discipline and by pavilion (targeted, sometimes sponsored challenges clustered around general issue sets), and are posted by clients, whi

Clearing The Cache - Success or Failure EditionYesterday

Like many of us, I spend quite a lot of time on the web and come across a staggering number of interesting things. In Clearing The Cache I pull out some of my favorites and share them with you here.

In light of the Values of n acquisition, GigaOM wonders Will Twitter Become Your Personal Assistant

blah, blah! technology declares Pownce is Dead

Friendly Bit says Follow the 10 ground rules, or fail on the web

CRM Provider Entellium files chapter 11

Managing Leadership advises on Exploiting Success (via Execupundit)


.tel - Should You Care?Yesterday

Telnic | .tel for BusinessRemember the good old days when all you had to worry about was .com? (Well, and .org, .net, and .edu for special cases). Long gone, of course. Today a new top-level domain, .tel, is opening up for sale. The launch is being run by Telnic, though you should be able to buy .tel domains through a variety of registrars.

The twist on .tel is that it’s designed to store information directly in DNS records, rather than being hooked up to a web site. You can see how this works in their simulator; the basic idea is that you store information like your address and your IM contacts right in the DNS record, and anyone can do a lookup on your .tel domain to find them. With specialized applications, this information can be pulled right into your address book.

Today is the opening of the “Sunrise” launch period, when companies with trademarks can pay $400 to lock up their .tel address. In February we’ll have the “Landrush” launch, open to all but at a premium price of $150 per year, followed by general availability in March at about $20 per year.

Is it worth thinking about a

Better Opportunities Than Ever in USB Thumb DrivesDecember 2

Of all the new portable technologies I’ve adopted over the past couple of years, USB thumb drives are near the top of my list of useful, convenient accessories. I carry one in my pocket at all times, and am constantly looking for new applications to put on them.  At this point in the continuing evolution of these devices, you can get so much capacity for so little money that you don’t have to feel restricted to collecting only tiny applications on them. In case you haven’t yet adopted a USB thumb drive and put good applications on it, here are some ideas.

Only a few years ago, many people carried USB thumb drives that topped out at 256MB of capacity, and those were pretty expensive. Now, you can get this 8GB SanDisk drive for under $25, and I’ve seen other 8GB drives for under $20.

What if you want more serious capacity, for backing up key files, or loading up lots of applications? Check out this citation, from 2006, of a 64GB USB flash drive going for $5,000.  Times have changed dramatically since then.