Posts Tagged ‘technology’
Your Life Flashes Before You via @Pummelvision
You may ask yourself: well… how did I get here? You may ask yourself, where is that large automobile? You may tell yourself this is not my beautiful house! You may tell yourself this is not my beautiful wife! ..or is it? There’s one way to tell now. Go to Pummelvision. They’ll turn your Facebook, ...Read more.
Why You Should Opt-Out of the Internet Do Not Track Bill
Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission took the first steps towards creating a Do Not Track feature to allow internet users to opt-out of having companies obtain data on their online surfing habits. This mechanism is being designed in the spirit of the Do Not Call registry that regulates the activities of telemarketers. On the surface ...Read more.
The Top 3 Ways Social Media Has Changed Our Lives
2010 is the year that the world started to wake up to how technology, and social media in particular, is fundamentally changing how we live, behave and interact. As early adopters joined Facebook in 2004 and Twitter in 2006 they were chided by friends and family who thought they were just goofing off online. In ...Read more.
The Primitive Internet of 1981
A friend sent this to me on Facebook and it struck me. We talk about how things have changed so much in our lifetimes, but we usually reference things like 8 track tapes and vinyl records switching to compact discs and bytes on an iPod. Did you realize that the patent for the compact disc ...Read more.
Video: iPads are Cool, but Will it Blend?
I’m not enough of a fanboy to already own an iPad, but most of my friends have one already and love them. If I was a gamer or wanted it for watching Netflix movie streams maybe I would have been an early adopter. Instead, I’ll wait 6 months and they’ll probably release one with a ...Read more.
Social Media is Bigger Than Online Porn; the Biggest Shift Since the Industrial Revolution
Socialnomics has put together a video driving home the reality of how social media is fundamentally shifting how we communicate, connect and consume culture in the 21st century. Share it with anyone who tells you that social media is a fad, technology is isolating people rather than facilitating face-to-face meetings, or that Twitter is stupid. ...Read more.
Startup Weekend Asks “What’s Your Problem?”
Startup Weekend is a conference bringing together developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. Sounds cool, right? It is. The concept grew from an idea by Andrew Hyde in 2007 and now there have been over 49 Startup Weekends with ...Read more.
