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Amazon Web Services has added a new and more flexible way to manage an account. They have added the ability for: Consolidated billing across multiple AWS accounts Volume pricing across more than one AWS account Way to track the cost of a project across an organization. The new billing feature lets you designate one AWS ac...

Google responded to everyone on the Gmail blog about some of the open questions around Google Buzz. They addressed some of the privacy concerns around your Google Contacts and how your Buzz network operates. They cover: More visible option to not show followers/people you follow on your public profile Ability to block anyone who starts following you<...

Over the next several months Google Buzz begin rolling out APIs for developers. Our plans involve full/read write support for updates with the Atom Publishing Protocol, rich activity notification with Activity Streams, delegated authorization with OAuth, federated comments and activities with Salmon, distributed ...

I have explored the sharing and social networking options within my Google Reader. My network has not really grown or evolved. Ocasionally I found someone who had liked an article I really liked and I would add them to my Google Reader network. Since I started using Google Buzz it has brought this social network out in front. It is forcing me to clean up my Google Contacts and starting grouping my network. I spend my entire day in Google Reader. It is logical to build a busine...

It just drives me nuts that I can't get good data access to my credit cards. I just want an easy download of ALL my credit card transactions. You'd think you could but Chase now B of A. You just can't easily. Ok...I was able to download an easy spreadsheet for last year at American Express.

I was setting up a demonstration event web site to show how events can become more social. I setup new accounts for the event at Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Facebook has their Fanbox tool that easily allows you to build a widget or badge to showcase your Facebook page on your web site. Twitter has their profile widget that quickly puts your Twitter st...

Just came across a cool web application called Bundle that lets you see how people like you save and spend their money? You can use Bundle to compare yourself by age, location, income and household status. I love the tools out there that help us understand our money and spending.

Over the next few weeks Google is rolling out the ability to upload all file types to the cloud through Google Docs, giving you one place where you can upload and access your key files online. Google Docs now supports files up to 250 MB in size, which is larger than the attachment limit on most email app...

I love data. When I find great sources of data I have to record it. Here is RAW and API data from the Federal Government. OpenSecrets Open Data It has: Campaign Finance - PAC and individual contributions to, and expenditures by, Candidates, PACs and Party Committees Lobbying - Clients, registrants (generally lobbying firms), lobbyists and bills lobbied...

We launched registration for Google I/O this morning. The third annual developer conference will be at Moscone West in San Francisco on May 19-20, 2010 You can register for Goo...

Keep hearing discussion discussion on my social networks about whether or not global warming or global climate change is real.

I found a much more colorful visual of where government spending goes. It is in the UK, but still very cool. They did a much better job visually displaying the data then I did on my Oregon or California State Budgets. Where Does My Money Go? Pretty cool visualizations of Government spending. I predict much more...

I was just playing around with a new visio diagram to help me keep evolving a Ubiquitous Oriented Architecture.