Having followed XMPP since it's inception in 1999 and developed software around the platform, I can see some widespread activity in the greater web, rather than just discreet deployments as an IM platform.

The XMPP community is talking about social networks and how XMPP could have a role in connecting these in a pub-sub fashion. An interesting article (spotted by Tamir) on Social Media Today points towards this type of connectivity.

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I remember when Netscape started up in 1994, I'd just moved to the USA to help setup Dr Solomon's the anti-virus company. I remember Mosaic that preceded it and I now use Firefox and Safari. It seems a shame that after AOL's attempt to keep it going it's finally been killed off.

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In the endless quest for systems that make life easier I came across Podcast Maker for Apple OSX today. It's BRILLIANT!, it's a classic example of a software application that simplifies a 'manual' process. <a href="http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker/" title="Podcast Maker">Check it out</a>, you'll be surprised. <img src="http://www.davidbanes.com/wp-content/TargaPodcast.podcast.jpg"

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