Tai Mingshen

The Google Operating System blog describes how to export your subscribed RSS feeds from a feed reader and import them into iGoogle. Exporting feeds from iGoogle into a different feed reader is also explained. The method makes use of an OPML file to transfer the subscriptions.

Visual Literacy has made a fascinating periodic table of visualization methods for communication, engineering and business.

The Extreme Presentation Method also has some interesting chart selection recommendations.

Having just read an article on Problogger entitled “How to Restart a Dead or Dormant Blog“, I’ve got a pang of guilty conscience for not having updated Tai Mingshen during the last few months. I don’t feel too guilty, however, since my time has been well spent discovering other forms of social networking, including microblogging and wikis.

It’s so easy and immediate to post and receive replies via Twitter, FriendFeed and business-oriented instant messaging such as Chatterous and Yammer. It’s so gratifying to share and update information via wikis (once you get over the worry of your contribution not being 100% correct or complete).

I’m amazed at the ease with which social networking is being integrated using services such as Meebo, Ping.fm, Google Talk, Digsby and Scrapplet. Not to forget RSS feed aggregators (Google Reader is my favourite), which are essential for keeping up-to-date with blogs that post more often than Tai Mingshen!

Although I prefer web-based tools because of the availability of my accounts from several PCs, I’ve got to admit that Adobe Air desktop applications are usually more appealing to use. TweetDeck is a beautiful application for keeping those tweets under control.

Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895) was a British artist and portraitist. This painting, Juliet, hangs in the Sunderland Art Gallery in England.

Information Architects in Japan has just published their Web Trends Map 2008. They’ve taken approximately 300 of the most influential and successful websites and grouped them on the greater Tokyo-area train map. There’s a clickable map, PDF, wallpaper images and A0 poster available.