Archive for July, 2007
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007If you’re interested in taking a look at some of the videos from the recent mesh conference, Rob Hyndman has links to the keynotes (Michael Arrington, Richard Edelman, Jim Buckmaster, Tom Williams and Austin Hill) and 15 Minutes of Fame winners.
Social Networks the Latest Music Biz Threat
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007After waging a fierce and concerted battled against peer-to-peer networks and people who have used them over the past decade, the music industry has a new enemy that’s threatening its economic model: social networks.
Apparently, social networks such as MySpace and BeBo have emerged as a new and popular way to distribute music - albeit by [...]
Got a Web Host!
Monday, July 30th, 2007Just an update on my search for a new Web host for a new - and terribly exciting! - Wordpress blog I’m launching soon with my brother, Sean. After a lot of great suggestions, I decided on A Small Orange. ASO users were impressed with its customer service, and its prices are extremely reasonable. Thanks [...]
NowPublic Raises $10.6M
Monday, July 30th, 2007Over the past couple of years, citizen journalism has become a growing part of the media landscape - and one of the leading players has been Vancouver-based NowPublic.
The company’s profile should get a huge boost amid news it has raised $10.6-million in private equity from Rho Ventures, Brightspark and GrowthWorks. The deal comes just over [...]
Milk 2.0?
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Is there anything more frustrating than pouring milk into a steaming cup of morning coffee only to discover the milk’s gone bad? You’d think a milk maker looking for a competitive edge would offer technology that would let you know how long your milk has left before it goes bad. I mean, if Coors can [...]
Web 2.0 and Short Attention Spans
Sunday, July 29th, 2007I wrote a post earlier this week about being tired of Facebook.
An interesting comment was how my view on Facebook reflects the fact that as someone really involved with the Web (aka online way too much!), I was hungry to try out new services/applications, and at the same time, impatient to move on to the [...]
Would You Take a Digital Sabbatical?
Friday, July 27th, 2007Has the Globe & Mail been reading my blog?
You’d think so given a story that appeared earlier this week (”Technophiles Hit the Pause Button“) looking at people who had decided to take a “sabbatical” from e-mail, the Blackberrys, blogs, etc. At a time when being always-on, all-the-time is becoming easier and more ubiquitous, many people [...]
Anyone Tired of Facebook Yet?
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Not sure about you but I’m getting a bad case of Facebook-itis. Everywhere you turn, it’s Facebook that and/or Facebook this.
For example, a U.S. judge is apparently going to decide this week whether to grant an injunction related to three ex-Harvard students who allege Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea when he was hired [...]
Blogging Lite
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Taking some holiday time in cottage country so fairly light blogging this week. You’ll probably find me here:
Frustrating Technology Riddles
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Technology is awesome but far too frustrating sometimes - most of it caused by manufacturers who seem to have little clue about consumers and what they really want.
For example, I bought a Casio Exilim EX-275 digital camera last weekend after watching Loren Feldman wander around the mesh conference taking videos until the cows came home.
You [...]