Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived foward. – Søren Kierkegaard
Living Forward
Archives for October 2006
Nakama: Moblogging Photos Made Easy
Most mobile phones these days come with a basic camera built-in. It’s handy for spur-of-the-moment snapshots. I’ve used it in stores to capture price and SKU info for further research, or to document that fender-bender in the parking lot. What’s not convenient is a way to share those photos online. Sure, a lot of the […]
Google Gets YouTube-ular
Today, Google announced that they have agreed to purchase YouTube, the outrageously popular video sharing site, for $1.65 billion in stock. YouTube was nothing a year ago, and now this? Kudos on the nicely executed exit strategy guys. Now let’s see if Mark Cuban was right. Michael Arrington at TechCrunch as posted his notes from […]
Cover Me
I’ve long been a fan of Peter Gabriel, ever since my cousins introduced me to his work with Genesis in the early ’70s. Recently, his RealWorld production company held a remix contest using Shock the Monkey — which appropriately begins with the admonition to “Cover me… There are some really outstanding remixes of the song […]
The Real Web 2.0
What is the real Web 2.0? Honestly, as your mom if she gives a crap about AJAX and she’ll say “sure, it gets those stubborn stains out of the tub.” Social networking, interaction, et. al. is expected, but it’s not what people really want from Web 2.0 So what do they want? Coffee, pizza and […]
Blog Spam
Anyone who’s blogged likely knows about blog spam. It’s the scourge of the blogosphere — automated programs that search out blogs and auto-submit “ads” as comments — usually for gambling, erectile dysfunction drugs and porn. It forces responsible bloggers to moderate all comments. Fortunately, WordPress’ Akismet plug-in does a good job of detecting spam, but […]
Thomas Edison: Successful Failure
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work. – Thomas Edison