That was the week, that was....

A great score for UnCut

Great kudo's to the UnCut Video team, who got a great review in techweb, rating them the best community video site -- that's good for a product still in beta! It also got featured on ted's blog...

Under the boardwalk

AOL Pictures launched "Boardwalk", the Public photo experience. It is now officially in beta at http://pictures-beta.aol.com. Give it a try. The team held a very fun "Dinner and Demo" night on Thursday, and got great feedback.

Calling all Mashups !
We need your help on widgets and mashups that can be demo'd one evening at Web 2.0 Conference. This is a great opportunity to show off a cool widget, mashup or product. Got some ideas? Please send them in. We will me meeting next week to discuss this.

Google Homepage Widgets
Not sure if everyone knows about this, but we've been working with Google to deliver some aol widgets for the Google personalized page. We havesubmitted 6 Google modules so far. You can add them to your personalized Google homepage on http://www.google.com/ig. Thanks to Pratibha and team for doing this!

A couple of prototypes
FS demo'd AOL Journals feeds on a mobile phone, offering a middle layer to determine phone types/attributes. Looks good, and may help us get further ahead with mobile work.

Also, Danny worked for a few hours on "Buddy Card", essentially a way to put your AIMPage Buddy Info on other sites, and link you back to AIMPages. Check it out here (example is below). Note, it's a dev box.

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And finally...
Lots of photos on Roaring Camp on the AOL Pictures Beta. Check it out, and comment on them!

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In Memory: Leo Pot

Today is one of those days that feels "empty" or "numb". I attended a funeral for Leo Pot, who died on July 4th from Cancer. Such a nice man, very successful with his businesses, and a great family. Funny, sharp, witty. He shared a glass of wine or two with me, and gave me thoughts on life after leaving my last job. More important, he has a wonderful family. It's hard seeing his 3 young daughters at the funeral, each dealing with grief. Live each day to the fullest. Make sure you get the most out of what you do, and spend time with people you care about. Rest in peace, Leo. "On July 4, 2008 Leonardus Leo Josephus Pot, loving father and doting husband, left his earthly existence peacefully, at home, in the company of his family. Born in the fall of 1956 in Oegstgeest, The Netherlands to Martin and Joanne Pot, he would go on to complete a Bachelor's deg...

AOLers : Don't let people say silly things about your company

Don't let people say silly things about your company Yes I mean it. Your company. I read the blogosphere, and often see articles on some feature or product that has been launched. Then I follow the comments. You get the normal AOL bashing, some people who like it, some people who bash and have never used the product being reviewed. All the normal stuff. But Frank Gruber set an example for me last year. When he spots these comments, he follows up with a comment and (if possible) contacts the person who wrote the it. Often the comments don't have contact info or use real names. But if they do, Frank will email them as follow up. And the response is normally good. If Frank can do it (as busy as he is), so can we all do it. The latest blog that struck me was this article " Yes, People Still Use AOL " on Silicon Alley Insider. The first comment was negative, the third was negative. ...

Pizza - with egg on it? A Paris delight!

Tonight at a late night snack after lots of walking, pizza... And boy did it taste good. I have never had pizza with egg on it, until in Paris. But though it looked a bit odd, it tasted yummy. What's on your pizza? Tags: pizza , paris , france

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