Posted in Technology, neat new things on August 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Via Knowledge Problem, this is the type of thing that keeps me from getting a good night’s sleep. I start reading about cool new things and all of a sudden realize I should have gone to bed hours ago.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily [...]
Posted in Tech Policy, Technology, Would-Be Presidents on August 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Tech Daily has “tech policy profiles” of all the presidential candidates:
Presidential candidates have made plenty of headlines this year for their increasing use of technology to campaign, but they also have views on technology issues. In this special series, Technology Daily offers a detailed look at their views on matters facing the growing tech [...]
Posted in Internet, Media, New Media, Pop Culture, Technology on August 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided that I’m taking a hiatus from libertarian posts. How often can I post that I’m against banning things and for individual rights? Don’t answer that. I’ll probably post something that irks me the wrong way soon.
So, anyway I like new techie things. Here’s a fun link to play with via my old friend [...]
Posted in Generation Gaps, Technology on August 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes the technological generation gap – the gulf between digital natives and digital immigrants, if you will — manifests itself in weird ways. Just now, a group of older men at my work were talking in the office behind me. I don’t really pay much attention to people talking at work unless they’re talking directly [...]
Posted in Blogging Bandwagon, Facebook, Internet, Kids These Days, Technology on July 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This has already been everywhere, but oh well. There are just so many interesting things about danah boyd’s social-neworking/class analysis I don’t know where to start. A few weeks ago I mused that “Myspace will remain as the go-to site for musicians, aspiring porn stars and people looking to hook-up with strangers; Facebook for college [...]
Posted in Internet, Journalism, Technology on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Mother Jones July/August issue is all about “open-source” politics. Haven’t read through much of it yet, but it looks like there’s some interesting stuff,
Posted in Branding, Internet, Kids These Days, Technology on June 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Looking for even more ways to avoid interaaction with the real world? Ning is a “meta-networking” site that allows users to create their own social networks for whatever they want to. On the front page of the site right now (I’m assuming it changes daily) are networks for something called the Brooklyn Art Project, the [...]
Posted in Technology on June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Random technological news of the day: France bans government officials from using blackberries (for fear that US is spying on them)
Posted in Advertising, Bloggers, Technology on June 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You know it’s sad when it’s a wee bit before midnight and you haven’t even hit the half way mark for work. Alas, if only I had an extra hundred dollars to spend, I could hire a work-servant to do it for me! I could then spend my day blogging about which color line metro [...]
Posted in Facebook, IS2K7, Internet, Technology on June 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My best friend is a crazy cat lady. She also refuses to join facebook, despite my best prodding. I was joking the other day that maybe if I created a profile for my cat, she would at least join up to create one for hers. Ha! Turns out, this is now entirely feasible, with new [...]
Posted in Privacy, Technology on April 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to my friend Gynine for this nice piece of news.
Let’s weigh in on this, is it right or wrong not to tell someone you are filming them? I’m sure we’ll add go privacy this and privacy that. How many of you are going to click and see it though? I won’t tell.
In a [...]
Posted in Technology on April 23, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s baseball season (exclamation!). All right boys and girls, are we ready for stories on ‘roids and corked bats? I’m hoping for good-old Yankees better loose baseball season, personally that’s my opinion. But if by chance, you are a Yankees fan or even a steroid fan, put down the needle and go see the eye [...]
Posted in PR, Patents, Technology on April 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After reading about the 2.6 million patent deal for mobile social networking technology, it got me thinking about why and how you could patent technology. Well, I seem to be semi on par with Congress. This past Wednesday, Congress introduced the Patent Reform Act of 2007.
The Patent Reform Act was introduced Wednesday in the [...]
Posted in MoSoSo, Patents, Pop Culture, Technology on April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A big thanks to Twitter for introducing me to Mashable and this latest development.
Mobile Social Networking is the current buzz trend of marketers, business folk, and techies alike. The patent (number 6618593) just sold for 2.6 million.
The patent covers mobile social networking - set to be one of the hottest tech markets this year. [...]
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Internet, Tech Policy, Technology, UGC on April 10, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been working with AU’s Center for Social Media on a research project about user-generated content and copyright law, which is neat because I’ve gotten to attend a conference today (and also tomorrow) with IP lawyers and general counsel and the business and communication departments of places like Microsoft and Facebook and the Electronic Frontier [...]
Posted in Technology on April 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Eeeek! Via Provisions Library’s new blog, Signal Fire, it’s an aggregator for aggregating aggregators.
Posted in New Media, Solicitation, Technology on April 6, 2007 | No Comments »
This survey is being conducted to understand how new technology on the Internet is spread among friends. All information is kept confidential. If you have any questions I can be reached at rs1704a@american.edu.
Thank you for your participation.
Send to friends. It can be like that long awaited “Hello.”
Posted in Technology, What the Fuck? on February 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last week, Chris Clarke at Pandagon shared the funniest description of 1984*** I have ever read:
1984 was a book by George Orwell. 1984 describes an alternate history in which Oceania (Australia) is at war with Eurasia. It is a utopian book because it talks about a place where everyone is watched over by [...]
Posted in MoSoSo, Technology on February 26, 2007 | No Comments »
America is so far behind in mobile technology. I just read this article over at Red Herring.
More and more Japanese are using mobile phones equipped with an electronic chip that lets them swipe their handsets over special readers to pay for train tickets and snacks at retailers.
One less thing to carry, one more opportunity [...]
Posted in Technology on February 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I was a PC user at one time. In fact, almost two years (in August) when a cup of water killed Sherman, my computer. It was a sad fate. I didn’t know him well. Alas, my files, songs, and pictures were gone however, it allowed me to step up purchase a Mac. No this isn’t [...]
