Old media and new media suck when they collide
I don’t really read magazines anymore. I never really liked them much
growing up. Books are more my thing. I have subscribed to National
Geographic and Discovery and a couple others over the last several
years. I normally realize that I haven’t read them in a year and
ignore the renewal notice.
I’m an internet man. It looks like
somebody has [...]
Is Google the best way to search for information?
I just read this pretty funny article on SI.com about the Buffalo Bills regretting not picking Jay Cutler in the NFL draft. The entire story is made up, but it has this quotation:
“Wow, I had no idea he was that good….I didn’t even know what school he
was from. Then I decided to Google him [...]
Losing a lot of potential money from a bad computer switchboard
I got asked to get a few quotes for a 3rd party to set up a Data Warehouse while my company works on a different project. The two projects are kind of sister projects for the client in question.
I know very little about the data warehousing business so I start google’ing to find a [...]
Bloglines - What are you doing to me?
Dear Bloglines,
You’re killing me. I go out of my way to brag about you whenever I get the chance. I let you manage all of the important online information that I like to keep track of. I defend you when people criticise you .
And what do I get for it.
Two days of screwyness. I can’t [...]
Ways your book can make money online
I’ve been reading a a novel called Dingo by Michael Alan Nelson. I’m a few chapters in and love it so far. The unique part of this novel is that the entire thing is published online. You don’t have to pay one cent to read it.
It is nice to dream of the [...]
How to use RSS to improve your support website
I use Sterling Commerce’s EDI products daily at work. They recently added the option of providing patch notification via RSS. I signed up immediately and watched several patches come out without an update to the feed. Over the weekend, they finally updated the feed and notified me of a patch that just [...]
Netscape Names Navigators - Shots On The House
The Netscape Navigators have been revealed.
I say good for them. Make some money having fun. I’d like to make $1000/month for dorking around on the internet.
I also say good luck to Jason Calacanis. I don’t really care if it works or not, but good luck all the same. It could change a [...]
RSS Feeds for local news
When I signed up for my Rojo account, I was automatically signed up for a feed that showed my local city news.
I have learned several things from that feed. Recently, while driving home from work, there were tons of cops on one of the main roads in the city. I learned the next [...]
Myspace Law Arguments That Bother Me
I have two issues with this bill. Everytime I talk about them I end up getting tangled up between the two issues. Here’s my attempt to handle both issues a little more separately.
1) Kids shouldn’t be using Myspace in school. Fine, I can agree with this statement, but it cannot be used [...]