Dennis Howlett writes today about the lawsuit involving Sam Sethi and Mike Arrington and Interserve, Inc., als known in our wrold as TechCrunch. As a disclosure I remember this riff vividly as my friend and partner Tris Hussey was involved in this problem and other friends, Marc Orchant and Oliver Starr were also part of [...]
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How Is Your Handwriting?
There is something to say about getting a handwritten note in the mail. It may go back to the day when I was a young boy and we actually walked a mile to get the mail and it was so rewarding just to find that you had a letter from someone. My mother would read [...]
Drinking From The Paradise Firehose
I always make fun of drinking from the "social media firehose." People always ask how I can possible follow nearly 8,000 people on Twitter, and read 10,000 RSS feeds a week, and on and on. I have developed the skill over time. Being here in Hawaii is a lot like drinking from the Paradise Firehose.
Last [...]
Firefox Beta 3: Will it cure the boat anchor memory leaks?
I have been waiting for the newest release of Firefox as I understand it will help cure my memory woes with the boat anchor*. I was glad to read on Techeme as reported by CNet News that Firefox has now come out with its latest version in beta. I ran right over and downloaded [...]
A New Fox In The Yahoo Hen House
Silicon Alley Insider is discussing the fact that Fox News Corp. is trying to make a back door deal with Yahoo. In the words of my friend Dave Taylor, “so what?” Apparently, Yahoo will do anything not to fall into the hands of Microsoft or do they actually realize this is inevitable and they are [...]
Resting Tech Companies Will Be A Memory
Last I night I spoke at a small group that showed up for the Social Media Club - Denver, monthly meetup hosted by the great people at Me.Dium. Following the meeting, we had an intimate dinner with some of the attendees and we were speaking about some of the news of the day and of the [...]
Social Networks Bring Families Together
I was reading some of the Twitter entries I received from my friends when I ran across an entry from Jeremiah Owyang. I enjoy reading his blog and he always comes up with some really cool links. He said I should check out a new application for genealogy enthusiasts called Geni.com. We talk so much here [...]
New Business Card “Just Google My Name” – Are you A Google Celebrity?
As I was watching live streaming via the Ustream.tv site of Robert Scoble, Chris Pirillo and Jeremiah Owyang, I saw a pattern of responses to the question, "Do you have a business card?"Â Many of the responses were the same, "just Google my name and you will find me."Â I heard this not only from [...]
The Evolution of Media Consumption
I was on a conference call with Eric Rice last night and reading feeds, and listening to Chris Pirillo’s live streaming and refreshing my Twitter page. As you can tell, my media consumption is evolving into something that would make Orwell happy about “Big Brother”. I have given “multitasking” a new definition, and my ADD [...]
An Example of Web 2.0 at the Web 2.0 Conference
This is very cool. My partner Tris is live blogging this conference for the fine folks at Blog World Expo. While I’m watching and keeping up with the event sessions as live blogged by Rick and Tris, I am able to watch it live streamed via Jeremiah Owyang’s Ustream.tv page. In addition, I was able [...]