I’ve been watching the Google Campfire video on their recently announced OpenSocial initiative. And aside from it being wonderfully cheesy - there literally is a campfire and the smoke continues to waft across the presenter throughout the presentation - its is a handy overview of the situation that currently exists with social networks and the [...]
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Vacancy: 112MHz
October 18th, 2007 by Matt Rebeiro · No Comments
I like to think of Ofcom as something of a WAG - it looks for whoever is going to give it the most money and then wears a short skirt near it. May I present Exhibit A: DAB (Digital Radio). Why do you think it is that we, unlike any other country in the world, [...]
Avatars to converge (yawn…)
October 12th, 2007 by Matt Rebeiro · No Comments
Of all the things that need the funding of technology super-giants IBM to ensure they converge to make our lives easier, Avatars are certainly not in the top 10 (or top 50 for that matter…). Still, Vice-President of Digital Convergence (yes such a position does exist) Chris Parris has decided that since “It’s going to [...]
Write Your Own “Steve Jobs / Hellfire” Punchline…
October 7th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
… to this story from Atlanta, GA.
Comfort
September 30th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
In these scary, turbulent days of technological change and social upheaval, I, for one, often look for comforting signs that, though the world around me may change on a daily, nay hourly, basis, there are some things which remain constant. A reassuringly solid rock to which one can cling, safe in the knowledge that it [...]