Category: Technology
Twitter as a Social IM
What is twitter, social im, web 2.0 irc channel? In their own words “Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives.” The site basically allows you to follow any person and their updates (which range from the mundane ‘walking the dog’ to the more […]
Facebook Security
Facebook is starting to show more kinks in their armor. There have always been security issues with Facebook beyond the sex predators. That security is a user chosen action “Blocking a Person”, and is what I wish to discuss. What happens when you block someone on Facebook? In theory this means that you will no […]
Will I get an iPhone?
Well I suppose I have to eventually post, whether or not I will get an iPhone. Reading all the numerous reviews, the positives and the negatives. I have to say I will get an iPhone though not today, I will wait for one that will work on a 3G network. Let me first off say […]
MySpace vs. Facebook
Duncan Riley at TechCrunch wrote an interesting article about MySpace and Facebook. I have to frankly agree with him, even though I despise MySpace for a great many reasons, the numbers tell a different story users are still being attracted to MySpace. However the people that I have seen being attracted to MySpace still tends […]
What Is Meant by Being Too Old?
So everyone on Techmeme is talking about The Age Question, the idea that someone who is over 25 or so is no longer able to come up with a new idea for the internet. Frankly this is a stupid argument, Venture Capitalists by the very idea of what they do shouldn’t care about someone’s age. […]
Simplicity Sells
There is a series of discussions that occurs every year where a 1,000 people are invited to discuss ideas in Technology, Entertainment, and Design or TED. The people who are invited to this roundhouse of discussions are simply some of the most intelligent, outspoken, maverick and iconic people that exist. To be invited to even […]
Technology: Wasn’t it supposed to make our lives easier?
Anybody remember the time when technology was supposed to make our lives easier and stress free. Washing machines, dishwashers, RSS feeds, podcasts, and so many other technologies were added to make our lives easier, to simplify and aggregate information so we could quickly absorb it. We would have more free time, more time to relax […]
Freedom From Software
Today on the This Week in Tech podcast (TWiT), one of their big topics that they discussed was DRM or Digital Rights Management as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) refer to it or the Digital Restrictions Management as the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF). Based on […]
Firefox Code Base Analysis
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, that has gathered just over 11% of the internet browser market, an impressive movement for a browser that has to be physically downloaded onto a person’s computer and is not known outside of tech/geek circles. Few people install it themselves outside of these circles unless they know someone […]
The Halo Effect
The Halo Effect is an idea that technology columnist promote to describe the idea that people who buy iPods and use iTunes on a daily basis become comfortable with the Apple environment. This gives the idea to multiple tech columnist that young, affluent, hip, young people when they go to purchase their first computer will […]