Ramblings
Iran Bans Google
In yet another affront by the Iranian government on it’s people, they have banned access to Google and Gmail inside the nation of Iran. These kinds of stories always catch my eye. Freedom of information is always key to the freedom of people, and you can always tell the governments which are suppressive by how [...]
Anatomy of an Internet Bubble, and How I Almost Fell For It
Those of us who have been online awhile remember the so-called “bubble burst”. We hear about bubbles all the time in this business. People LOVE to speculate about the next bubble burst. In fact, a lot of people are looking at this whole “Web 2.0″ thing as another bubble about to burst. But, what the [...]
Battle of the Bloggers, Childish as Hell
One of the talks given at Gnomedex was that of Jason Calacanis. He came to talk about the pollution on the internet, i.e. spam. All of us know about this stuff. It includes email spam and, more pertinent to Jason’s point, search engine spam. His point? That so many businesses are out there practicing SEO [...]
Twitter a BlowHard Platform?
When I was at Gnomedex, people were sending out “tweets” all the time on Twitter. I found it to be really ironic, actually, considering that my conversations with people usually gravitate to the fact that Twitter is rather useless. But, since bloggers are usually first in line to try the latest [...]
Gnomedex 2007: Was It Worth It?
I have been back from Gnomedex in Seattle for a couple days now. Getting back to the normal schedule and playing a little catch-up. I still have a lot of stuff to go over, but I thought I would provide a little analysis of Gnomedex. Call it my little bit of feedback [...]
Gnomedex - HP’s Party
I am freshly back from the pre-registration party at Gnomedex 2007, sponsored by Hewlett Packard. That means I spent some time talking to the reps from HP. The guy who is (I believe he said) the head of the design team for their notebook PCs. Interesting conversation. He was showing us their new tablet form [...]
In Seattle for Gnomedex and a Little Tired
Just a quickie post. I have arrived in Seattle and I am in my room at the Grand Hyatt paying $9.99 for 24/hours of internet access. Yeah, they kinda rape you on the net access. I don’t know why people can’t just give free wi-fi. Even sitting at Atlanta airport today….tried to check my email, [...]
Getting Tickets for Tradeshows Through Flight Miles
Since I am traveling this week, something came to mind. Actually, it came to mind some time ago but I thought to talk about it here today. And that is the use of flight miles to make attending tradeshows and conferences more affordable.
I am traveling to Seattle this week, and I had to pay for [...]
We’re Having a Baby Girl!
Just a quick personal post. My wife and I had an appointment this morning for an ultrasound. Long story short, we’ve having a baby girl.
Watching them to do the ultrasound was pretty interesting. She turned the lights out and started rubbing the wand on my my wife’s stomach. On screen you can see - grey [...]
Is Twitter of Any Use to Anybody?
Twitter has turned into a bit of a phenomenon. The site has earned a love/hate relationship among bloggers, usually with them trying to figure out if the thing has ANY use at all. Well, that’s a good question. I saw a post over at LifeHacker that asked Is Twitter Worth Your Time? I was curious [...]
