From the archive

September 2010

67 posts

Storify An Attempt to Curate

Storify is available at Storify.com it is invite only beta. Once you receive your invite code, you can use Twitter to log in. The initial page is very simple it has your name and then the line "tell a story" with a plus next too it, click on the plus and it brings you to page where you can add the information. On the far left hand side there are tabs for Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Google and a link symbol. Across the top are indicators, like timeline, search and favorites, these indicators change depending on what you are accessing. Once you find a post, picture or video that you like you drag it over to the right hand side. If you want to add a note then just click on the little T above it. You can then rearrange them how you like. Storify also offer a bookmarklet, so if you find an article that you want to add to the record just hit the bookmarklet and its added.

Gmail Makes a Change I Can Applaud!

I have been a Gmail user since its public launch in 2007.  I have two active accounts, and use it for a variety of things, including listservs.  For the most part, I like Gmail, but there was one large glaring problem that I complained about from day one.  That problem was message threading.  I despise message threading.  It complicates what

Boxee Box Press Photos

The Boxee Box is still more than a month away and review units are not much closer.  However, the press department has put out some great photos that I was given access to.  There's not much to say that you haven't heard about this device already.  We have been waiting longer that we expected and much longer than we wanted.

Mind Your Digital Manners

We are all so connected these days.  Cell phones and PDA's (often one and the same), MP3 players and laptops, iPads and iTouches.  They are in our pockets, purses, sitting on the seat next to us in the car.  My teenager goes nowhere without her phone, and I go nowhere without my iPod, and rarely without my laptop as well. 

Remembering the “good” old days of Mobile Tech

It hasn’t been all that long ago (maybe 15 years?) that when you were not at home or in the office, you were out of contact with the world . At least as far as practical communications go. You turn on the answering machine (if you had one), leave the house to go to work and you had your whole

13,000 Named in Adult Film Downloads

The names of thousands for BT & Sky broadband customers who had allegedly illegally downloaded adult material have been leaked on-line.  The lists appear to have been obtained from servers of a law firm ACS:Law by the notorious 4chan group. ACS:Law had obtained the lists from ISPs Sky and PlusNet (owned by BT) and had been using the information to

OTT Tsunami

We’ve been hearing quite a lot about Internet-delivered video content lately. Trends sometimes seem to advance slowly over a long period of time but then tumultuous market shifts seem to happen overnight. Blockbuster just filed for bankruptcy. Blockbuster was unable to reconfigure their business structure to compete effectively with Netflix. It seems that Netflix has won the ongoing war. Streaming

Congratulations TechCrunch and Michael Arrington

The big news today in the Tech Space was the purchase of TechCrunch.com and associated properties by AOL. The team over at TechCrunch.com has been a leader in the blogging space for a while now. I want to congratulate the entire team and wish them more success in the future. The acquisition of a company is always a good thing

Virgin Debuts 3D On-Demand Movies

Virgin Media today launched the first commercially available 3D digital TV on-demand service in the UK.   Called "3D Movies On Demand", it's ready for Virgin Media TV customers with 3D technology, who will now be able to choose 3D movies from the already extensive range of programmes available on-demand. The on-demand back-end is provided by FilmFlex and it's expected that the number of

GNC-2010-09-28 #614 Giveaways Galore

This weekend simply crushed me and it hit me like a ton of bricks during the show tonight. Nevertheless the show has to go on. Details in the show and some cool pictures at the bottom of the show notes. Saw the F22 Raptor perform at an airshow this weekend and what an amazing airplane. Two new contest started on

Segway Company Owner Killed On Machine

In sad news, one of the owners of the Segway company has been found dead after apparently driving his machine off a cliff and into a river. James Heseldon was named by West Yorkshire police in a short statement. He was pulled from the River Wharfe in Boston Spa, North Yorkshire, UK and declared dead at the scene on Sunday morning. Mr Heseldon was a

GoDadddy Business Solutions

No one likes spending more money than they should. For a couple of years I have been using Survey Monkey to do a variety of surveys and my renewal time is upon me. I currently pay nearly $240.00 a year for the service. Sow  while I was looking around on GoDaddy tonight I ventured into their business solutions section and

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