On the first day of Blogworld, I headed to South Hall, got my badge, then – since I didn’t have the full pass and couldn’t watch sessions on day one – sat outside talking to the people to see what was going on. I ran into Brett from Mashable, Marla and Liz. They were congregating, […]
This will be the only time I talk about this: Two weeks ago while attending Blogworld – New Media Expo 2009, I went to upload my video content to TVazine – hosted by Mevio. The uploader didn’t work. After trying to get a solution from the online forums, I was told that the person who […]
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I don’t show off my other passion too much on this site, but I thought I would give you a taste of what I do when I am not being a Social Medeite. I am in a band calle the “Trailer Kings” and we play all around the Midwest. This video was shot last week […]
I like a good burger. When I get a burger for free, I am all over that. That is, unless I am then turned into a Zombie. But I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soo…. uuuuhhhhh….. brainssssss….. Anyway – I participated in many events at Blogworld. One that was really fun to do […]
I had my first hands-on encounter with Windows Vista today. A friend asked me shoot the trouble between his Vista laptop and his HP F380 Deskjet printer. Man, am I glad I use Linux.
Bloomberg reports that Yahoo’s profit is up and–this is the key to the stock news–they “exceeded expectations” (am I the only person who wonders where Wall Street gets those expectations we keep hearing about in the financial news?): The only time I went to Yahoo in the past year was to look at it for […]
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Sometime during the night, the bit in the story that I mentioned yesterday referring to the reported $100,000,000.00 that Microsoft spent to promote Bing! resurfaced. Here’s the quote: Then I remembered Microsoft’s advertising theme: that Bing! was a decison engine, whatever that is (warning: the site at the link starts playing a multimedia advertisement without […]
The day was long, but well worth it. I got on a plane about 5:10 this morning. The flight would take me to Chicago, where I would have to wait until 8:11 to continue on. However, problems kept us in Chicago a little longer. The plane had some technical glitch that could be fixed by […]
By someone’s losing an unencrypted thumb drive containing the names and addresses of over 100,000 adult education students, according to the Norfolk, Va., Virginian-Pilot. The drive was lost track of on September 21 and is probably just lost, but the incident is still going to cost the Commonwealth of Virginia a lot of money before […]
Reteurs reports that both Twitter and Bing! plateaued in September. What growth Bing! has continues to be at the expense of Yahoo, rather than of Google. According to the Guardian, Twitter growth has stalled before, only to recover the next month. (See the second paragraph of this story, which also reports that Twitter has made […]
So I thought it was a short show, but my small rant about getting business cards might have changed that. You should hear what happened when I took my business over to Fedex office. I also got my Google Wave invite this week. Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – No CC needed: GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts. GoDaddy […]
But forget those old advertisements in Boys Life. Scientific Blogging reports that, by establishing a grid of radio transmitters, researchers have been able to track movement behind walls using radio waves. They are not able to actually see through the walls. Yet. They speculate that the technology could be useful in surveillance, hostage situations, and […]
2GB Totally Free Online Backup! Compliments of Mozy – Use code “Geek” for 10% off other plans In this screen cast, we look at some steps you can take to prepare for your Windows 7 install. The biggest is backing up your data so you can bring it back on the new system. In this […]
Over the weekend I got my Google Wave invite. Today I got a few minutes to play with this program. I have added some people, but would like to connect with more. If you would like to add me to Google wave, the email is [email protected]. I would like to preview a lot more and […]
O.K. I was a little bored tonight, so I put together a song for this next week’s Blogworld – New Media Expo. It’s only a few days away and I am pumped to meet and learn (and relax a bit). Are you going to the show? Let me know. I get there on Wednesday, so […]
I mean this article here, which attempts to equate the development of social networks to a Darwinian process of evolution. Rant below the fold.
Reuters reports that Dell is working on an Android phone for the U. S. market to be distributed by AT&T. (They credit the Wall Street Journal with breaking the story.) As much as I like Dells–until my son moved out, there were five in the house–Dell cannot woo me to AT&T. I’m very happy with […]
The 2009 Podcast Awards are live. Geekazine is looking to be part of that.Therefore I ask you go over to the site and nominate Geekazine for some of the categories. However, I would ask that if you nominate a Geekazine show, it be the Day in Tech History. You can nominate for People’s Choice, Best […]
During the show the dogs decided to get a little ansy. Of course it was raining outside, so that might be why. Could also be the new puppy next door. Nonetheless, we trudged on! HP Superdome coverage – Podcast Madness – Podcast Awards – 1 Week to Blogworld Day in Tech History Try GoToAssist free […]
The Guardian reports that thousands of Hotmail accounts have been compromised in a phishing attack. Hotmail users are urged to change their passwords immediately. I know one person who uses Hotmail. In other news, my younger son tells me he has been unable to log into his Yahoo mail account. Both Opera and Internet Explorer […]
HP SuperDome Tech Day Andy McCaskey is covering the HP Tech Day in Cuppertino from the Superdome. Because of this, we have set up a relay system where people can get more involved. This 1 day event will be run by Andy, and I will be back here taking care of the feeds, organizing content […]
I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago just through happenstance. Todd Cochrane mentioned it in Friday’s podcast. The Guardian reports a new twist. Roger Thompson of AVG thinks that the bad guys have figured out how to automate creation of phony Facebook accounts. In the case I know about personally (link above), the […]