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Amazon S3 Service Level Argreement

Amazon Web Service S3(Simple Storage Service) which allows you to store data on what they call the internet cloud now has a Service Level Argreement. The SLA was announced on the AWS blog.
…we commit to 99.9% uptime, measured on a monthly basis. If an S3 call fails (by returning a ServiceUnavailable or InternalError result) [...]

Tiltviewer is very cool

TiltViewer allows you to browse Flickr’s most interesting images in a 3D space.Technorati Tags: tiltviewer, flickr

Amazon Fresh May Succeed Where Webvan Did Not

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has a post about Amazon Fresh, which is Amazon’s entry into delivering fresh groceries to the home. It’s clear from the comments in the post and the comments from readers that people are skeptical.
Check out Amazon Fresh - a new invite only service from Amazon that looks eerily similar to the [...]

Why is your website slow? YSLOW has the answer

I just picked up YSlow from Yahoo. It’s a Firefox plugin extension the Firebug addon for Firefox.
YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they’re slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular Firebug web development tool. YSlow gives you:
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Twitter - the most recent way to waste time

John Dvorak tries to find something redeeming about Twitter.
C’mon John, wasting time has a long past time. Twitter is just the most recent way to spend time doing useless stuff.
I hope it goes away, I’m already tired of people talking about Twitter.

Sites to check out

Stickam.com - uStream competitor where you can broadcast your own show
techdirt.com - heard about it on Twim
Drobo.com - automated data storage
sitevista.com/cssvista/ - edit css for firefox and ie at the same time

Wow, this is stunning


Google Gears - Is this the beginning of the online-offline integration?

I’m liking what I see here. I have downloaded for my Google Reader and will have to check it out.

Where are your customers on the Participation Ladder?

Steve Rubel, of Micro Persuasion, has an interesting take on a Forrester report He focuses on the Participation Ladder and observes the importance of deciding where your target customers sit on the ladder and the implications for marketing strategy.