Facebook is the new Outlook …

I find Facebook just as buggy but far more of use in my day-to-day life management tasks than Outlook has ever been. It weaves email, IM, real-time contact management and contact updates. Plus I know far more than I ever would want to know on an hourly basis about how my friends are feeling (those whom are inclined to share).

This article from Tech Crunch ordains Facebook as the ultimate killer web app versus just a social network.

Hug a developer today.

If you fall into any categories of afflicted developers presented in this video send your resume to Colossal Squid Industries.

Before Seinfeld and Shoe Circus.

This spot (with Bill Gates) was $10,000,000 cheaper, and is viral because it says so on the tool bar below.

Heard this week @ Colossal Squid

“Oh – I haven’t seen the cupcake execution yet.”

Amy Rubin, Project Lead

The French make the most of their dongles.

If there are any geeks in promotions agencies this will make them hot and bothered.  A combination USB/RFID dongle.  First – I enjoy saying “dongle.”  Second – while this article details usage within the French rail sector, an RFID scheme I imagine can wirelessly reward customers at POS locations.  Third – a USB tie-in to an online rewards program (mycokerewards-ish kinda thing.)  I don’t know how much these suckers cost but I’ll find out after I have more coffee.  

I presume this has absolutely nothing to so with SEO, but there are digital stalwarts who need to see “S-E-O” in articles to know we’re thinking about it. 

via engadget

"Missile" on Google Maps

This “missile” lives in the ethereal world of Google Maps.  If this is for real it’s amazing.  On second look it appears to be an aircraft with wings painted black. 

Or is it?

A few years ago a B2 stealth bomber showed up parked on a U.S. Airforce base, and automagically disappeared once it hit the press.  

via Digg

Here’s a guy caught “napping” on the roadside after a long night.

So if you’re gonna get busted carrying-on on the rooftop, get caught with the one you’re supposed to get caught with.  I think.

I want Sterling Cooper as a client.

Talk about letting go of control of your brand.  

Exhibit A is Twitter feeds from Don_Draper, Peggy Olsen and others (comedian Jimmy Barrett) that allow agency blokes and wannabe’s to vicariously join in the agency fun.

Exhibit B is a fan site for Sterling Cooper that aggregates web news including tweets from the characters and legal wrangling of parody sites.

Wet bars and couches make ad agency meetings awesome.

via David Armano

Google Chrome – open source browser with porn mode to unveil tomorrow.

Details on Google’s “rumored” open source browser “Chrome” (complete with porn mode –  they call it “incognito”) for stealth browsing.  

via Google Blogoscoped

Update update:  get it here.

Update:  Google posted info on their site verifying, with formal unveiling tomorrow (Tuesday 9/2/08)

Update your status. What are you doing now? Running like hell.

Survival Tweeting.  The Gustav Information Center is an amazing Ning social network.  An aggregator of all things Gustav it provides Twitter updates from the National Weather Service, hourly weather models, and wikis for tracking missing persons and Katrina learnings.  

Uses Google Maps for shelter locations. 

via Bill Cammack