3.27.2008
Is Your Client Reluctant To Embrace New Media?
The NY Times has an article by tech writer, David Pogue titled Are You Taking Advantage of Web 2.0?
While it's a very good article (albeit the term 'new media' ...READ»
A few weeks ago I received a survey from Gartner, for their Emerging Trends Conference. The survey was for 18-24 year olds, so mainly college students (fitting since i received the email though the college I attend). I didn't have any ...READ»
Josh Waitzkin was going head to head with the worlds greatest chess minds at the age of 6. Today his a world champion tai chi master. His bestselling book, The Art of Learning covers the blending of chess and martial arts ...READ»
Hip-Hop Chess Federation Teams with MMA Fighters Jake Sheilds and Ralek Gracie, RZA, Rakaa, IM Josh Waitzkin, for the “Mind Over Matter” Chess & Grappling Exhibition
HHCF brings together top entertainers and fighters to ...READ»
This blog aims at looking at outsourcing from the perspective of its life cycle. An attempt to understand the birth and growth of this phenomenon called outsourcing. To start off, I would quote from wikipedia which has this to say ...READ»
My brilliant colleague Carrie Byrne came up with the title of this post and the term. I'm just the messenger.
Clopen source is the spirit of open-source application creation -- crowdsourcing, product development by a vocal ...READ»
Please take a moment and view www.invention.net/yon.
This is an advanced tranportation system that will permit the transport of cargo containers, and later persons, at speeds of 14,000 mph (around the world in two hours when ...READ»
As someone who writes about technology, I'd like to think that I'm technically literate; I'm conversant in a few programming languages, I can ramble about future microprocessor features (like IBM's incredible optical switches), and ...READ»
Every year, more than 2,000 bicycle companies pour millions into research and development to make bikes faster, stronger, and lighter. Here are six two-wheeled machines that represent the cutting edge of bicycle design and technology.READ»
I have tried it all. Skype, Vonage, even VoIP from my ISP. Still, none were as easy as promised. Skype required me to purchase a expensive USB headset, Vonage required their equipment and my ISP had too many contracts. All I have ...READ»
Let’s Yada! (a division of WinPlus) is looking to make Bluetooth affordable and easy for everyone. I had a chance to try two of their new units and speak with their CEO Dan Sheehan.
The concept behind Yada is to make ...READ»
The growing success of a little web startup called Radar.net begs an interesting question: are we getting tired of lifecasting?
Think about how many blogs are started every hour, and how many are soon after abandoned. Blogs -- ...READ»
The Web, though I love it so, abounds with services I never knew I
needed -- and probably don't. For that reason, it's refreshing when a
site comes along that does something that actually makes daily life
easier. It may not be ...READ»
An important component of the work we do at Rassak is recognizing and working around the fact that the audiences our customers aim to connect with are frazzled beyond belief. That's life... we're all busy and not necessarily paying ...READ»
After watching the Oscars last night, I had a thought: what would these stars' cell phone address books look like? Imagine having names like Nicholson or Spielberg or Streep in your phone, and having your number in theirs. But then ...READ»
From time to time a journalist becomes fed up with the buzzword-laden press
releases that constantly arrive in their Email inbox and decides to take action.
The latest to chide technology vendors and their public relations ...READ»
Scribd Looks to be The YouTube of Documents | InternetNews Realtime IT News
Now this looks interesting; could I do a presentation at a client's office using this tool if I had internet access, I wonder?
And if it's ...READ»
Information about programs that are known to experience a loss of functionality when they run on a Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based computer
Many micro businesses rely on Zone Alarm or Trend Micro brand security software, ...READ»
Getting Healthy With Google - Google Health Pilot Program - ReadWriteWeb
This has a lot of promise; so much of the cost of health care is bound up in records management that any possible improvement is a good thing. Naturally ...READ»
<a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/NEWS09/802190398/1118/RSS">Verizon's plans could change the way we pay | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press</a>
New trend -- or proof that ...READ»
I find this guy's resume on HotJobs and offer him an opportunity to interview for my open position. I picked him, among others, because his resume looked good. He declines and tells me he doesn't think he's qualified. Ok, so at that ...READ»
The pressure on today's healthcare providers is insane. Technology is supposed to be the tool that saves healthcare. And it will if it can keep from killing all the patients and care providers first. Today's healthcare professional ...READ»
The Westland/Hallmark Meat Company’s recall of 143 million pounds of ground
beef as a result of an animal abuse scandal documented in video by the Humane
Society of the United States is disturbing on many levels. The American ...READ»
Asynchronous Video Threading
I spent the day on Seesmic yesterday and had a 90-post conversation involving several of the members. I'll say first of all that Seesmic has made TONS of improvements since Andrew Lipson gave me an ...READ»