Chris Tech Blog

Freakin awesome online scrum workflow toolbox. Definitely the best one I have located and first 5 users are free.

Great comprehensive article on Buzz along with the full press event/rollout from Tuesday. There are still holes in the documentation of this service (such as what certain graphic elements in the interface actually do), but hopefully those holes will be filled soon. Posting this to Buzz too.

Solid article on Google Chrome as your primary development browser. Good stuff from a good source.

Watched the release event live today. Pretty awesome looking product. Waiting for my Gmail to get the service (could take a day or two to populate to all users). Most of the buzz talking about it being a Facebook killer – really it just killed FriendFeed today for sure. It was like watching the launch of FF all over again. Weird. And it’s interesting how Facebook is the one social platform that matters that was absent from the “feeds” that Buzz can grab in this release.

Also nice to hear that Apps support is coming in next rev. This will be huge for Google Apps clients as it is a way to implement a “wave”-like experience today without hosting your own Wave server.

This looks like an interesting SaaS tool for managing and tracking your online “presence”. May need to take a closer look at this for work use – could be a good way to automate searching for mentions and branding.

Interesting new service that lets you create a verified Twitter identity in a few minutes. Now, even if your not a celebrity or large corporation, you can obtain an indentity verification that you can share with Twitter and other services. Its free for personal use and the setup could not be easier. Set my account up in a few minutes and it modifies your Twitter avatar with a verification seal. Neat stuff and worth a look if you want to have a verified account presence on Twitter.

skribit officially grows up and out – sheds beta designation. This is one of those truly unique ideas that is implemented well. I wish these guys lots of success. Check it out and put it on your blog today. Oh, and while you are at it, send me a suggestion for content in my skribit widget (that’s fun to say). If you are reading this on my Posterous, jump over to cjsparno.com to check it out.

My team uses Firebug and I occasionally scratch the surface of what it can do. It’s one of those tools with so much capability that it scares me a little. This article over at w3avenue is a good starting point for getting to know Firebug and what it can do for you. Just wish there was a full version out for Google Chrome. Maybe someday.

New version 1.5.0 of Firebug out today – sweet! The only reason I still keep Firefox around (instead of using Chrome for everything). What would make my year is the release of a true working version for Chrome instead of the bogus Firebug lite (which does not work with a lot of sites).