Have you heard of moo cards? They are business cards, but not the traditional ones we use. They are smaller and customizable. A company called MOO has a new service that will create some fab cards for you. One of their services allow you to create mini cards (see pic) based off of your flickr [...]
I heart wikis. No, seriously, I think they are amazing. It does help that I spend most of my day working with wikis, trying to push their adoption across an enterprise. So, here is a new series that will explain why wikis are rad: Interactive Text. This is a digital medium, so there is no [...]
On the 20 anniversary of Robocop, I wanted to tell you about the dark side of robotics. We all now that robots and machines are being built for all kinds of uses. A recent blog post discusses how robot arms (like Luke Skywalker’s) are within a few years of being a reality. There are plenty [...]
Ah yes, my Google stalking has reached new heights. Now I can hang out in the Googleplex and watch presentations at Google. Check out the site, Googleplex, and I recommend watching the one by Daniel Wilson about “How to Survive a Robot Uprising!“. He is hilarious and is great to watch….during a robot uprising, throw [...]
My parents just came through on vacation and in between all of the tourist hits, we lurched our technological relationship forward. I talked my dad into using google reader and twitter, we went to Best Buy to walk through getting a nice huge LCD for them, and we ventured into online shopping. I showed them [...]
I love toys and gadgets and every once in a while I like to get my wishlist down on paper. So, all this week I went about writing down my top 10. I’m sorry I can’t help it…I love these kind of lists. I also sent out the bat signal in my social network to [...]
Chances are that you have used an online map to find something. You were probably looking for directions, stores, or places to eat at. Most of this information comes from computer generated maps and directions, satellite images, and kml files. The generated maps and satellite images are easy to understand, but what in the world [...]
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During a recent interview of Jimmy Wales, that I live blogged, an important realization dawned on me. In the next presidential elections Wikipedia will be one of the primary places for Americans to get news and information. A quick Google search on any election related topic provides a Wikipedia page among the top 5 results [...]
LiveBlog of Jimmy Wales on American Perspectives on CSPAN. The video should be hosted on the American Perspectives site and as a podcast. It was a great interview and worth watching for any Wikipedia fan or newcomer. Here are my main take-aways with my full notes below. Jimmy’s favorite stat – Number of users who [...]