technology, ecommerce and other ramblings
tom The auction is heating up for the 700MHz band. This could be the future of wireless internet in the US. The battle for the 700 MHz wireless spectrum has begun. It is both a business and political battle, while the issues are very technical. The US government is holding an auction in January to sell … Read more
I found a great article on 43 Folders on Becoming a tagging kung-fu master – it does a really good job with some of the key concepts of tagging and some things I had not thought about. You’ve heard the hype about tagging. You’ve seen people flocking to sites like Flickr and del.icio.us,where they jump … Read more
I found this article that talks about enterprise and web 2.0 – it explains how enterprise is divided on the new technologies…they know they need to adopt – but they are not comfortable with “cloud” computing. In adoption of Web 2.0 the biggest pushback was from IT – whether right or wrong the article stated: … Read more
“As the most watched, scrutinized, and reported-on company in the web space, Google’s every move is analyzed by competitors big and small. Its rapid expansion into areas beyond search and seemingly insatiable appetite for acquisitions has the company strongly positioned to dominate numerous key parts of the Internet. However, we should be reminded that not … Read more
So, I’m not sure if I have shared my love for the Tom Green Show yet. And this is not the old MTV Tom Green or the Jay Leno thing – but the internet show…or as Tom calls it the “Nation Web-o-vision” show. He is doing some really innovative stuff – right from his living … Read more
Jason K sent me this link the other day – “You can’t get there from here – Why mainstream media is way up a creek…” Jason was asking if I thought he should share it with the newsroom – thinking it may freak them out or whatever…and my first reaction was “send it to them”, … Read more
Sometimes – innovation takes a giant leap, with both feet. It happened when Apple invented the iPod and I think it happened when Nooka invented the dot watch. Click here – then click “nooka story” (remind me to tell you how much I like Flash interfaces) It is just really cool to see a guy … Read more
As we hear more about IPTV we see new and exciting things popping up on the internet. My current favorite is Tom Green – this is the “new” Tom Green, not the guy that used to scare me on MTV. This is very cool, and in my opinion, very innovative. Tom is doing this from … Read more
As we hear more about IPTV we see new and exciting things popping up on the internet. My current favorite is Tom Green – this is the “new” Tom Green, not the guy that used to scare me on MTV. This is very cool, and in my opinion, very innovative. Tom is doing this from … Read more
I had a great conversation with my 6 year old son Kale this weekend. I don’t remember what we were talking about but he said “That’s impossible Dad”. My heart sunk, that is the last thing I want going through this kids mind. So I went into 5 minute tirade about how in the year … Read more