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These days, we're all looking for a deal. How about a $2000 car? Tata of India, formerly known as TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company), has rolled out what they promised two years ago: a $2000 car. Available only in India, they have already announced that they will be bringing a version of the Nano to the United States, with
I received my Amazon Kindle DX yesterday. I am testing it for work, particularly for use with some of our disabled student population on campus. So far, it has been a fun toy. This is a pricey device ($489) so I was dubious about its value to me. Of course, I didn't have to pay for it, and I will
On June 12th, Facebook began offering users the ability to register a username so that their Facebook address could be www.facebook.com/username. Of course, I went and registered the name I usually use, which is the same one I write under here, and am known by in multiple online communities. My name is relatively unique and usually I can get that
I come from a time when parents who truly wanted to teach their children a technical skill, such as sewing or working on car engines, taught their children with the same tools that they, themselves, used. No dumbing down, or sizing down, of items that would be needed to learn the skill. While many of my little friends had child-sized
The truths: News is moving online. People want instant access to news without waiting until the next morning or afternoon. The recession has caused a terrifying drop in printed advertising causing a quick but low profit move online. The conclusions: Local news companies must move to quick unabbreviated news online that incorporates local business advertising. Local businesses must move online
Someone has to pay the bill for journalism. Whether it be in print, radio, video, or online, someone has to pay. There is no such thing as a free lunch. What has paid the bill for news so far? Advertising, advertising, and more advertising. Everything from full page ads to 4 by 6 ads to the classifieds. Everything has been
In 2006 alone, the world produced 161 exabytes of digital data, the equivalent of three million times the information contained in all the books ever written. This tidbit is from the Columbia Journalism Review. Are we all suffering from TMI, aka, Too Much Information? I listen to podcasts regularly, and then there's NPR programmed into my car stereo, and all