This is pretty much my own list of the Star-Ledger columns I wrote from 1998 through 2008. (I started writing the column in 1995, and I’m still at it.) I’d had this list as a Word document on my computer, but I figured I might as well share it. It is somewhat raw and unfiltered. And sorry, but this doesn’t have links to columns.
2008
12/30: Essential and useful tools for collaborating with colleagues
12/23: Primer on making the most of digital photography (photo books, slideshows, etc.)
12/16: Companies, nonprofits, etc., using online video
12/9: Deal blogs and comparison shopping
12/2: Overview of options for building a website (or having others build one for you)
11/25: Hire others to do your work with DoMyStuff.com, oDesk, etc.
11/18: Kyte and other tools for broadcasting video from a cellphone
11/11: Family time, screen time, and Pew research
11/4: Websites to watch on Election Day
10/28: Quick ways to build mobile websites, as with Kyte.tv
10/21: Printers, phones, and other devices that should be easier to use
10/14: ScanMyPhotos and other ideas for digitizing snapshots
10/7: Niche social networks, like Birdpost
9/30: Facebook marketing ideas
9/16: Making a movie, with iMovie, in a couple of hours
9/9: Online sharing, with digg, delicious, etc.
9/2: Evernote
8/26: How Twitter can be useful
8/19: Interesting companies from LaunchBox Digital
8/12: OpenID, Facebook Connect, and the future of passwords
7/29: Niche shopping spots
7/22: Apple’s iPhone 2.0 software
7/15: Interesting uses for USB
7/8: Social travel sites
7/1: Atlantic essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
6/23: File format woes and documents becoming inaccessible
6/17: Adobe Air and other “cloud computing” services
6/10: Apple’s iPhone 3G
6/3: Email add-ons, like Xobni
5/27: Social networks for mobile phones
5/20: The web’s online design resources
5/13: Offbeat guides to New York City
5/6: Maybe there should be a moratorium on new software
4/29: Microblogging
4/15: Ideas for disconnecting and avoiding information overload
4/8: Content management systems
4/1: Predictions for apps with iPhone 2.0
3/25: Artists and writers who have found a following online
3/18: Personal outsourcing
3/11: Niche virtual worlds, like vSide
3/4: Google and user-generated map info
2/26: RockYou, Slide, and slide shows
2/19: Video hubs for hotels
2/12: You don’t need your TV
2/5: The switch to the Mac is easier now
1/22: Facebook applications (some love them, other don’t)
1/15: Zunafish and other web trading spots
1/8: End of DRM
1/1: 10 startups from 2007
2007
12/25: Interface overload
12/18: E-books, the Kindle, and e-book readers
12/11: Short films, like with iTunes
12/3: Add a website to your holiday card
11/27: iPhone jealousy
11/20: Texting websites
11/13: Spots for foodies, like foodblogs and recipe searches
11/6: Updating your online status, with Twitter, etc.
10/28: Easy website building, with Pagii and Weebly
10/21: PowerPoint alternatives
10/14: Niche cameras
10/7: People-powered search, like ChaCha and Askville.com
9/3o: Get your kid to teach you Facebook and social networking
9/23: Converting all your movies, photos, and record albums to a digital format
9/16: Web jargon, like trackback and permalink
9/9: FuzzWich, Aniboom, and simple, DIY animated shorts
9/2: ZoomInfo, PeekYou, and other people search and profile spots
8/26: Blogs as conversation spots, via comments
8/19: Geni
8/12: Weight loss sites
8/5: Predictions for Apple:
7/29: PAYjr, Minti, and teaches kids about money and finances
7/22: Houseblogs and DIY home project blogs
7/15: Disconnect between Web 2.0 and today’s OSes
7/8: Online t-shirt companies
7/1: iPhone reviews
6/29: Where to look for iPhone coverage
6/26: Ten startups to watch
6/24: Pre-release iPhone accessories
6/17: “The Sopranos” finale
6/10: Online maps
6/3: On-demand publishing
5/27: Online video instruction
5/20: Scrapbooking and Scrapblog
5/13: 15 rules for email
5/6: Discovering art online
4/29: Kids should avoid computers
4/22: Shareware getting ignored
4/15: Hoaxes everywhere
4/8: Firefox add-ons
4/1: Web 2.0 homepages, like Netvibes
3/25: iPhone frenzy
3/18: Web 2.0 music sites, like Pandora and iLike
3/11: Answering questions about Web-based software
3/4: Web 2.0 roundup
2/25: Parenting blogs
2/18: Opening a store, like with CafePress
2/11: Resources for newbies
2/4: Google Book Search
1/28: No column
1/21: Digg and reader-rated news
1/14: Stock art and photos
1/10: iPhone
1/7: Wish list for 2007
2006
12-31: No column
12-24: 2006 was the year of video
12-17: iTunes tips
12-10: Machinima
12-3: Podcasts to check out
11-26: Gifts to make with your computer (photo books, etc.)
11-19: PC-connected keyboard and making music with your PC
11-12: Merging of TV and Internet
11-5: Comcast Blast! and super-fast Internet access
10-29: Primer on PDFs
10-22: Digital video beyond YouTube
10-15: GrandCentral
10-8: iPod stereos/speakers
10-1: Online privacy and social networking
9-24: Spam false positives unavoidable (“I am not a spammer”)
9-17: The Flickr phenomenon
9-10: Niche music stores
8-6: Nike+iPod Sport Kit
7-30: Web 2.0 Office competitors
7-23: Data retrieval, for thousands of dollars
7-16: Reasons to use photo organization software
7-9: Quickest ways to build a Web site
7-2: Social bookmarking
6-25: Online tutorials
6-18: Flash memory
6-11: Digital photo accessories
6-4: Info “stranded” on your computer
5-28: Black bear resources
5-21: Browser options and add-ons
5-14: No column
5-7: Offbeat travel spots
4-30: .Mac
4-23: Note-taking software
4-16: Podcasting gets easier, especially with Odeo
4-9: Wait to buy a PC
4-2: “Thomas” phone
3-26: YouTube and video sharing
3-19: Mashups
3-12: Multifunction printers
3-5: Travel recommendations
2-26: iTunes lectures
2-19: Email filters and how to use them
2-12: Original TV-like programming and Amazon “Fishbowl”
2-5: Keep backups on-site and off-site
1-29: Books by bloggers
1-22: Life hacks
1-15: Album art and liner notes for the digital age
1-8: Vigilance (i.e. privacy) when “sharing” online
1-1: Crystal ball for columns I’ll write in 2006
2005
12-25: Top developments of 2005
12-18: Video podcasts and the video iPod
12-11: del.icio.us and organization excesses
12-4: Free, legal music
11-27: Flock browser
11-20: Web 2.0 (Writely, etc.)
11-13: Gmail hacks
11-6: Liveplasma and new interface for information
10-30: Fontifier and handwriting fonts
10-23: Legality of selling or giving away CDs (and keeping digital version)
10-16: 37signals and project management
10-9: $100 laptop
10-2: CEO blogs
10-2: RSS made easier
9-25: Zinio magazine reader
9-18: Giving up my CDs
9-11: Sketchblogs, WetCanvas!, and amateur artists
9-4: No column
8-28: Being your own PC guru
8-21: BroadbandAccess wireless from Verizon
8-14: Non-blockbuster software, like Moneydance
8-7: Mass customization
7-31: Remote-control PC support
7-24: No column
7-17: Projects inspired by the open source movement
7-10: Open source moves beyond geeks (Firefox, etc.)
7-3: Sharing video clips online
6-26: Services/products for “business” on vacations
6-19: Apple OS X 10.4, Spotlight, and search as the new OS
6-12: Web building tools
6-5: Tagging
5-29: Learning to play the piano
5-22: Geeks on Call
5-15: Podcasting
5-11: Upgrading digital cameras (ran on a Wednesday)
5-1: What first-time digital camera owners should expect
4-24: Meetup fees
4-17: Wikis
4-10: Branigan, author of book about high-tech crime
4-3: Apple’s Pages and desktop publishing
3-27: Switching to the Mac isn’t so easy
3-20: MotionBased
3-13: Alienware notebooks PC
3-6: World of Warcraft game
2-27: iPod add-ons
2-20: Giving up Google
2-13: Handhelds waning in popularity
2-6: What’s wrong with Microsoft Word
1-30: “Mouthsounds” and CDs with books
1-23: Macintosh mini
1-16: iSight and videoconferencing
1-9: Subscription music services
1-2: No column
2004
12-26: Missing manuals from software (and what to do about it)
12-19: Exploring the “hidden,” or unexplored, features in your software
12-12: Photo organization
12-5: Blogs abroad
11-28: Photo books
11-21: Upgrade hoax
11-14: WiFi everywhere (DVR, cameras, etc.)
11-7: Film fans and their websites
10-31: Political weblogs will “call” the election
10-24: Advice for backups
10-17: WiFi as a public service (libraries, cities, malls)
10-10: Ideas for scanners
10-3: Hard drive crash
9-26: Insiderdom, via the Internet
9-19: “Tarnation”
9-12: Recipe management software
9-5: Digital slide shows
8-29: Moblogging, especially with photos
8-22: Library of Congress
8-15: Hotel Internet access
8-8: Problems with spam blocking
8-1: Short films as online ads
7-25: Political ads online (and political info in general)
7-18: How a band/artist will be “discovered” online
7-11: MUDs
7-4: Simple tips to avoid tech support calls
6-27: Researching tech support when buying tech products
6-20: Production-on-demand and InstaBook
6-13: Where and how people find music
6-6: Weblogs I like
5-30: Phishing
5-23: Altering digital photos on your PC
5-16: Power and features of digital cameras
5-9: RSS
5-2: Music created with Apple GarageBand
4-25: Digital scrapbooking
4-18: Nikon D70
4-11: Fan fiction
4-4: News from elsewhere
3-28: Internet radio
3-21: Spyware and legislative/regulatory action
3-14: Instant messaging
3-7: Fan sites and their creators
2-29: Web-based email
2-22: Firewalls
2-15: Photo printers
2-8: Indie computer games
2-1: iLife for Windows?
1-25: Web comics
1-18: Mars rovers and space resources
1-11: Spyware
2003
12-28: Shareware
12-21: livingwithoutmicrosoft.org and Microsoft alternatives
12-14: PC makers as purveyors of consumer electronics and gadgets
12-7: Friendster and social networking
11-30: Comparison shopping
11-23: User reviews
11-16: Windows Media Center
11-9: AOL and broadband
11-2: Vonage
10-26: Eliyon Networking
10-19: Kiosks for photo printing
10-12: Expansion cards for PDAs, like one for Britannica
10-5: Macromedia Contribute
9-28: Online calendars
9-21: End-user license agreements and Microsoft viruses
9-14: Dear RIAA, re amnesty program and MP3 lawsuits
9-7: Camera phones
8-31: Panera Bread and free WiFi
8-24: Building your own weblog
8-17: Grokker
8-10: netomat
8-3: Domain names, from buying them to .tv
7-27: RFIDs
7-20: Latest in PDAs (and the Palm Tungsten C)
7-13: Browser toolbars
7-6: Meetup
6-29: Push technology and online video
6-22: QandANJ.org
6-15: Amazon and PayPal donations
6-8: Starwars.com Hyperspace and subscription fees
6-1: Home networking
5-25: Photobots.com
5-18: Language learning resources online
5-11: Web site defacements
5-6: iTunes Music Store (ran on Tuesday)
5-4: Photoblogs, audioblogs and mobile blogs
4-27: Fictionwise
4-20: CDT spam study
4-13: Bluetooth
4-6: Plagiarism
3-31: Foreign publications and translation services, re the war
3-24: “Dear Raed” and other war sites and weblogs
3-17: Ten Second Films
3-10: Long Bets
3-3: Burn Rate card game
2-24: RealNetwork’s SuperPass
2-17: Update on the Ceiva
2-10: Sonic Memorial Project
2-3: Spectrum policy
1-27: Filtering software and Children’s Internet Protection Act
1-24: Are weblogs too insular for a mass audience?
1-20: Heart-rate monitors and being low-tech
1-13: Lessig’s anti-spam vow (and my qualms with it)
1-6: PublixDirect, online groceries, and dotcom ideas revived
2002
12-30: Amazon algorithms expert, Froogle, and shopping as data
12-23: Greeting cards and spam/viruses
12-16: BookCrossing
12-9: Microsoft researchers: Music/movie P2P can’t be stopped
12-2: Refurbished products
11-25: Do broadband gatekeepers put Internet at risk?
11-18: Movielink
11-11: Problems locating wireless hotspots
11-4: Google as cultural icon
10-28: Annoying, or innovative, Internet ads
10-21: Ashcroft v. Eldred, Copyfight, and copyrights
10-14: The Sims Online
10-7: Spam problem, and no solution in sight
9-30: Broadband services as a way to earn revenues
9-23: Digital camera reviews
9-16: Battle between media players and formats
9-9: No column (9/11 anniversary)
9-2: College students and legality of music downloads
8-26: CafePress
8-19: Web Lab and Ground Zero forum
8-12: E-books
8-5: Pop-up ads and aggressive advertising tactics
7-29: Censorship, Saudi Arabia, and Harvard study
7-22: Dance Dance Revolution
7-15: Latest browser wars and IE alternatives
7-8: Deep linking and the law
7-1: Developments in snapshot printing
6-24: Apple ads on the Mac/Windows switch
6-17: Webby Awards
6-10: Twofifty.net
6-3: Judging a Web site by its “cover”
5-27: AOL/MSN competition
5-20: Corporate blogs
5-13: NYCwireless and “free” wireless
5-6: OQO and modular PCs
4-29: eBay as a dot-com star (and selling my iBook)
4-22: My spam-coping strategy
4-15: Techno-nostalgia and classic gaming
4-8: Yahoo and marketing preferences
4-1: Radio Paradise and Internet radio woes
3-25: Whitney Biennial 2002
3-18: Yahoo, online help, and lack of phone support
3-11: PhotoPoint, online storage, and startups folding
3-4: PayPal, IPOs, and credit cards
2-25: Major public comments in Microsoft anti-trust case
2-18: DVD players and MP3s
2-11: Broadband policy (reaction)
2-4: Broadband policy
1-28: Enron gems, from 15 minutes of Internet searching
1-21: PCs fast enough? No, and they never will be
1-14: Digital hub update, via Gates (CES) and Jobs (Macworld)
1-7: Document Not Found and “contingency” design
2001
12-31: Internet jolted into reverse (and self-publishing online)
12-24: iPublish, MightyWords, and the e-book
12-17: Microsoft’s wallet and anti-trust concerns
12-10: iPod and other gadgets for the holidays
12-3: Lessig and Internet under siege
11-26: John Freyer and allmylifeforsale.com
11-19: XML
11-12: Wayback Machine and Internet Archive
11/5: AirPort and wireless everything
10/29: Photoshop Tennis
10/22: List of “hot” startups now an artifact
10/15: Pundits
10/8: MobileStar/Starbucks wireless Internet access
10/1: Weblogs and personal accounts of the WTC attacks
9-24: Internet’s role in reaction to terrorist attacks
9-17: Did not run due to news related to terrorist attacks
9-10: Bears at the cabin
9-3: Gator and Internet advertising
8-27: Hurricanes
8-20: Java and Microsoft
8-13: Cell phones everywhere, as the ultimate information device
8-6: Libraries as a resource
7-30: Area:One music festival and Intel gadgets
7-23: PC makers at the mercy of Microsoft
7-16: AT&T, TCI, Comcast, and the Internet in 2005
7-9: halfkeyboard
7-2: “Goodbye” notes at failed dot-coms
6-25: Microsoft and its rivals
6-18: Online wedding planning
6-11: Paytrust and the complexity of industry transformations
6-4: Startups, like idrive, revamping
5-28: Upgrading a Palm or handheld
5-21: AT&T’s “You Will” ad campaign, etc.
5-14: Electronic Literature Awards
5-7: iBook woes, and should I defect to Windows?
4-30: Medical info and doctors’ attitudes toward the Web
4-23: Kozmo, Urbanfetch and rising dotcom prices
4-16: AskTog and upgradability
4-9: Google and new search features
4-2: Web advertising slump and larger ads
3-26: Geekcorps
3-19: Micropayments and Qpass
3-12: Napster and the music industry
3-5: AvantGo and reading on a Palm
2-26: PC as a “digital hub” for a “digital lifestyle”
2-19: Viruses, like AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
2-12: Plastic
2-5: End of snapshots
1-29: YadaYada and the wireless Web
1-22: iClips and personal video
1-15: VentureWire Redux
1-8: Bluetooth
1-1: Harold Bloom and a transparent Internet
2000
12-25: Internet cafes in Mexico
12-18: Tech support via the Web
12-11: Ceiva
12-4: easyEverything
11-27: Overdosing on news
11-20: Zaplets and email with applications
11-13: GadgetCentral.com and gadgets in general
11-6: Modo’s downfall and risks in buying from startups
10-30: PlanetFeedback.com and other complaint sites
10-23: Snapfish.com
10-16: Dot-com entertainment casualties
10-9: Modo
10-2: CueCat
9-25: Everyone used to want to join a startup
9-18: “253” and hypertext fiction
9-11: Spam
9-4: Geoff Cook
8-28: Information architects
8-21: “405” (the movie)
8-14: “Big Brother” and voyeur TV
8-7: Cookies
7-31: Scour.com, MPAA suit, and attitudes toward copyright
7-24: Computer storage for portable devices
7-17: Person-to-person commerce
7-10: Your brain, wired to the Internet
7-3: Clicks and bricks
6-26: Tellme (and Internet via the phone)
6-19: Springsteen and Napster
6-12: Why dot-coms fail
6-5: Online reviews (as at Epinions and Amazon)
5-29: Banana ads for Ask Jeeves
5-22: Computer woes, crashes, etc.
5-15: DSL
5-8: Stock market and free deals
5-1: Usenet
4-24: NameBoy (domain name generator)
4-17: VentureWire
4-10: Microsoft anti-trust case
4-3: High-school reunion
3-27: Linux and Eazel
3-20: Yahoo! FinanceVision
3-13: Urbanfetch and Kozmo.com
3-6: TerraServer
2-28: Handspring, eyemodule, and modular add-ons
2-21: Email etiquette
2-14: Ads in email (and everywhere else)
2-7: Mac OS X controversy
1-31: GoTo.com (and per-click ads)
1-24: Backflip (and Web services you don’t really need)
1-17: weblogs
1-10: Value America woes
1-3: Venture-capital sites and info
1999
12-27: Epinions, Deja, BizRate
12-20: Whitney.org (“American Century”)
12-13: Free agents (Guru.com, etc.)
12-6: expertcity.com
11-29: Gift certificates
11-22: Comparison shopping
11-15: iExchange and Predict It
11-8: eHow and other how-to spots
11-1: flyswat and GuruNet
10-25: Beta launches
10-18: Amazon.com’s McCourt email
10-11: Live event guides, like Yack
10-4: No column
9-27: No column
9-20: No column
9-13: Evite and event organizers
9-6: No column
8-30: WNTI, WFMU and Web radio
8-23: Fast, simple search engines
8-16: No column
8-9: Sticky elements
8-2: Telephone-like Web services
7-26: Online file storage
7-19: No column
7-12: No column
7-5: Voice chat
6-28: Third Voice
6-21: Web sites changing names
6-14: Film industry reporting
6-7: Home improvement
5-31: Sports sites for women
5-24: No column
5-17: Thomas Edison and animation
5-10: Searchable video
5-3: SimCity
4-26: Online calendars
4-19: No column
4-12: Advertising everywhere
4-5: Free fax services
3-29: FamilyPoint, etc.
3-22: Atom Films
3-15: No column
3-8: Privacy labels
3-1: Virtual wallets
2-22: Free-PC and free iMacs
2-15: The GO Network
2-8: The Brain
2-1: NetZero and free Internet access
1-25: The Station@Sony.com
1-18: Webby Awards
1-11: NewHoo, Mining Company
1-4: Network computing
1998
12-28: Web-based email
12-21: IPOs . . . anything worth visiting?
12-14: Book and music recommendations
12-7: International Space Station
11-30: Prince of Egypt and other movies
11-23: Electronic greeting cards
11-16: Microsoft anti-trust case
11-9: The bandwidth gap and “hi-fi” sites
11-2: Company info, like at Hoover’s
10-26: FlashRadio, et. al.
10-19: Wired Digital sale
10-12: DIY email lists
10-5: Historical (and newsworthy) documents
9-28: iMac
9-21: AskJeeves
9-14: Web site makeovers
9-7: Alexa
8-31: NetGrocer
8-24: MP3
8-17: ChickClick
8-10: Convergence of PC and TV
8-3: Sites with staying power
7-27: Business travel
7-20: Portals
7-13: Useful sites
7-6: TV show sites
6-29: Comparison shopping
6-22: Home plans
6-15: Image searches
6-8: Niche computer news
6-1: Healthfinder
5-25: Technorealism
5-18: Polls
5-11: Travelogues
5-4: Java games
4-27: Email newsletters
4-20: CD-building
4-13: Site compatibility problems
4-6: Cool uses of animated GIFs
3-30: Internet fraud
3-23: Sites shut down (Word, etc.)
3-16: Temp agencies
3-9: Dan Gutman
3-2: Fantasy baseball
2-23: Web rings
2-16: Grammar and usage
2-9: Extreme sports (Olympics column was nixed)
2-2: Quizzes
1-26: Foreign newspapers
1-19: “Seinfeld”
1-12: “Riven”
1-5: ISPs and Web sites: looking more alike
ALLAN HOFFMAN 