http://www.friedbeef.com Solving Everyday Problems With Simple Technology - Freeware, Productivity, Useful Tips & More Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:28:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   We don't do too many interviews here at Friedbeef's Tech, but social entrepreneurship on the web is something I'm passionate about.  Here are some quick insights on what drives a social entrepreneur, and the challenges they face, and for that we're talking to Mike Tee from Elevyn.com. Elevyn helps to connect ... http://www.friedbeef.com/3-questions-answered-about-social-entrepreneurship-on-the-web/ You may not know his name, but you almost certainly know his work.  Michael Hart founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.  Single minded in its mission "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks", the official ... http://www.friedbeef.com/interview-with-project-gutenbergs-founder/ VS Two Malaysian blog advertising networks Nuffnang, and Advertlets recently launched within a month of each other, and I just had the privilege of interviewing the founders of both projects. The main purpose of this interview would be to give a voice to these two companies on how they would compete ... http://www.friedbeef.com/advertlets-vs-nuffnang-the-battle-for-malaysian-blog-advertising/ Trying to get your fresh site content crawled quickly can be quite a mean feat. With the sheer number of blog aggregators and search engines around, it can place a significant burden of time on a blogger who wants to ping as many of these services as possible ... http://www.friedbeef.com/get-your-fresh-content-crawled-faster-interview-with-autopingercom/ An inspiration to those hoping to make a living out of their blog, Liew Cheon Fong of LiewCF.com is Malaysia's first and possibly only full-time professional blogger. He was also kind enough to take time off his busy schedule to do a quick email interview with me. You are seen as ... http://www.friedbeef.com/interview-with-malaysias-first-full-time-blogger/ For a country which has been harping on IT development for years, Malaysia has a shockingly low broadband penetration of 2.5%! One site, RedesignMalaysia.com, aims improve the quality and coverage of broadband in Malaysia, and wants to achieve this through the compilation of relevant news articles, highlighting areas that lack coverage, ... http://www.friedbeef.com/interview-with-redesignmalaysiacom/ A truly seamless collaboration work platform has been a holy grail of sorts for many firms, especially global ones which work in decentralised teams. One of the largest issues that face corporations today is the over-reliance of email as an end-all communication tool within the company, which just doesn't ... http://www.friedbeef.com/interview-with-the-ceo-of-cynapse/ If you’re a Firefox user like 52% of this site’s visitors, you would have probably heard of ‘Spread Firefox’, which is a community aimed at promoting the use of Firefox as alternative browser among the general Internet population. I recently managed to catch up with one of its active ... http://www.friedbeef.com/an-interview-with-a-firefox-evangelist/