An Informal Chat with Second Life Creator Philip Rosedale
The first Forbes MEET Conference was a blast. The panels were great and the people attending were even better.
San Francisco Updates
Just a quick update from San Francisco. Tomorrow is my last day in San Francisco. In just a couple of days I’ve really gotten a nice feel for this town and really like it. There’s so much happening in the tech front… you could actually say they’re building the future here. Classes, conferences, companies… you…
Intel Entrepreneurial Competition at Berkeley
I arrived in San Francisco today in time to attend the final round of Intel’s Entrepreneurial competition at the UC Berkeley campus. The winner was local team Aurora BioFuels, who are doing wonderful things with oil-producing algae. Keep an eye on them. Another interesting business plan – and winner of the People’s Choice award, mostly…
Conference Over
The MEET 2006 Conference is now over. Live blogging was neither practical nor possible, but I will be posting my comments over the next few days. My laptop is acting up, so bear with me while I fix it. I had the chance to have lunch with Philip Rosedale, the creator of Second Life, as…
New Macs are Out
Finally, Apple has released the new MacBook Pro laptops with Core 2 Duo processors, more memory and FireWire-800 connectors. Click the image for more information.
Rethinking Ratings
An analysis of current television ratings methods, why they’re inappropriate for the timeless internet and digital video recorder era, and suggestions for improving them.
Off to the MEET 2006 Forbes Conference
I’m off to Forbes’ MEET 2006 Conference (tomorrow and Wednesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel). The conference theme is: Reaping Riches in the Media and Entertainment Revolution. Check out the conference website for the agenda and list of speakers. I’m not sure what the blogging policy will be, but I’ll certainly try to post live…
CBS Launches YouTube Channel
CBS, one of the US leading television networks, has launched a YouTube channel. So far the content is limited to short clips from late night television, sports highlights, program promos and news items. I’m not particularly impressed with the available content (no full length shows yet) but I really like the fact that CBS has…
Where are the Editors?
Fellow blogger John Allsopp (dog or higher) writes about the future of blog reading, and how we’ll go from reading blogs to reading single posts. In my personal experience, that’s exactly how it goes. Although I subscribe to several blogs, I find myself not checking them very often, instead relying on Google, Digg or Del.icio.us…