Starting today, I’ll be posting a Spanish-language column at Aaron Brazell‘s Technosailor blog. My first post is about Facebook, Google’s OpenSocial and the social network nightmare we all face when joining a new network and having to recreate all our existing relationships. Click here to read the post and practice your Spanish!
Sweet Caroline… Good times never felt so good… So Good! So Good! [Photo: Boston.com – Click here for full World Series photo gallery at Boston.com] It’s becoming sort of an October script for the Red Sox: sweep the division series, fall behind in the playoffs, pull off a wicked comeback and then go on to…
Arthur C. Clarke once said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Entire religions have been built around apparently magical events. In this PodTech video interview, Robert Scoble converses with Professor Marc Levoy of Stanford University about ongoing computational photography research that will simply blow your mind. It’s almost an hour long (and…
An interesting article in this week’s Variety highlights the production of the film “El Señor Presidente” by RCTV, based on Miguel Angel Asturias, a Guatemalan Nobel Laureate in Literature. Read the complete article on Variety’s website. ‘El Señor Presidente’ challenges Chavez By Anna Marie De La Fuente RCTV, the 53 year old Venezuelan terrestrial network…
Last week, NBC pulled the plug on its very successful YouTube channel. The following TubeMogul chart, shows NBC’s views dropped to zero on October 19th. NBC’s YouTube page no longer exists. The reason? NBC is launching their own video distribution network, Hulu. Is this a smart move? I understand NBC wanting to control (read: monetize)…
Signs… Over a Gynecologist’s Office: “Dr. Jones, at your cervix.” In a Podiatrist’s office: “Time wounds all heels.” On a Septic Tank Truck: “Yesterday’s Meals on Wheels.” At a Proctologist’s door: “To expedite your visit please back in.” On a Plumber’s truck: “We repair what your husband fixed.” On another Plumber’s truck: “Don’t sleep with…
Gmail‘s free storage has just gone up to around 4GB. I’m not quite sure when this occurred, but this morning my storage gauge indicated 70% full, which was considerably less than normal. I double checked, and it turns out Google added about 1GB of additional space to my Gmail account. What about your Gmail account?…
As I was walking through downtown Miami the other day, I came upon the following sign: It immediately reminded me of a recent post by Alex King about his business priorities. In a nutshell, he explains that he prioritizes his communications so that emails are replied to in the following order: Current clients Returning clients…
If you’re a social network junkie, following twitter, facebook, flickr, youtube… If you’re constantly sending urls, photos and videos to your online friends… If you like having multiple tabs open at the same time with your favorite websites… If you blog… If you use del.icio.us or ma.gnolia to save your favorite urls… Basically, if you…
Twitter just unveiled a new feature that allows you to track any word when it comes up in a public Twitter conversation. You could, for instance, instruct Twitter to let you know every time your name comes up in a conversation, or your hometown, favorite band, or latest trend you’re tracking. Currently, tracking only works…