http://spencersmith.net Web 2.1 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:33:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mashable broke the news yesterday that Facebook is creating Facebook Lite. What is Facebook Lite? Well I'm glad you asked. According to their article It is a completely stripped-down version of the Facebook platform. From what we can tell, it is almost like a Twitter (Twitter) stream: you can see ... http://spencersmith.net/2009/08/will-facebook-lite-take-down-twitter/ Once Facebook followed Twitter down the path of microblogging by integrating status updates into a News Feed for it's users homepages, the next logical step was searching. According to Facebook's Official Blog today: Facebook "began testing new versions of Search with a small group of people on Facebook. Based on the ... http://spencersmith.net/2009/08/facebook-following-twitters-lead/ Google Voice, formerly Grand Central, is slowly opening to the public. What does that mean for you? A cheaper phone bill.  Once you sign up for Google Voice,  select a local phone number for free.  Most cellular phone companies offer either free incoming plans or unlimited calls from a specific ... http://spencersmith.net/2009/03/use-google-voice-for-free-phone-calls/ I found a  good video that visualizes the current credit crisis very well, minus one major change. The video claims the insurgence of sub-prime loans began after September 11th. However, according to a 1999 New York Times article Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing ... http://spencersmith.net/2009/03/the-credit-crisis-visualized/ Today while checking twitter updates, I noticed a new "feature" on my homepage.  As you can see from the screenshot on the left, Twitter has implemented a new text box directly below the user's statistics.  I first noticed the text box this afternoon, and it was a link to Twitter's search site. ... http://spencersmith.net/2009/03/twitter-gearing-up-for-ads-2/