So, The Great Google in the Sky has determined that we should start working with wearable visual interfaces. Codenamed Project Glass, these little headbands contain a display that will sit just above eye-level, and give you on the spot notifications, in real time, in your upper peripheral area of vision. Check out the video below to get an idea of …
This week online
It was announced on Wednesday that Twitter raised $200 million in a new round of funding from venture firm Kleiner Perkins raising its valuation to $3.7 billion. “Sources said the San Francisco microblogging service is also adding two new board members: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and David Rosenblatt, whoran DoubleClick until a bit after it sold to Google” writes Kara Swisher …
Qwiki.com – a new search tool to get excited about.
I don’t often get giddy when I read about new software, search engines or products – actually that isn’t true at all, I have just taught myself to curb the enthusiasm and to take the wait and see approach. Once in a while though the little kid in me just jumps up and down for joy and say, ‘Looky, looky, …
Blogging from my Droid
The WordPress app for the Android phones is definately a useful one. Especially now that Spring is upon us.
Time management with the Pomodoro Technique
I was reading about the Pomodoro Technique this morning. It sent chills down my spine. For those unfamiliar with the PT it is a time management system. You can download a PDF of the book for free. It is supposed to take the stress out of the process of getting things done and evidently the system works extremely well. The …
Freaked Out Tuesday
Tuesday gets concerned about noises coming from the floor.
Top 10 things you can’t live without
What would they be? For the sake of ignoring reality forego the basics like breathing, eating and sheltering. Let’s also rule out people and pets. This Top 10 list is concerning 10 things you could live without if you really, really had to but…. Here are mine: NPR – I’m a loyal listener to the end (even through fund raiser …
Blogs – Talk the talk and walk the walk
Have you ever wondered what a Blego or a Blawg are? How about a Barking Moonbat? I have to admit that I am a true devotee and student of the English language. As a consequence, when I go off on an exploratory research adventure for no particular reason, it often has to do with the pursuit of some lexicographic whim …
The story of creation (via Twitter)
This wonderfully witty post is from Tom McNichol at the Huffington Post Day One Let there B-lite. OMG! Or shld I say Oh Me! It’s so much easier 2-C now. WTF was I thinking B4? Spent the rest of the day dividing lite from drkness. It is good. 🙂 Day Two Made a firmament (sort of a dome thing) to …
Remembering 9/11
Most of us will take some time today to reflect on the September 11th tragedies of eight years ago. Its sobering to remember the disbelief, apprehension and grief we all held as the day unfolded. As the days and months passed we learned of the 2,752 who had died, we witnessed the ceaseless acts of bravery from those who were …
Our estimated time is…. Forever
Those are the words of one of the Primal Quest’s participants when s/he was presumably asked ‘when will you finish the race?’ For those who don’t know, Primal Quest is “an expedition-level adventure race in which endurance athletes from around the world compete with one another and against a 600 mile (965+ KM) wilderness course.” This year that race is …
69th Annual Sturgis Rally
Today we drove from Rapid City to Spearfish and back again. It was a typical August Black Hills day – hot, dry, windy and dusty. My predictions from yesterday seem to be holding true because there were lots and lots of motorcycles on the road. There were also a lot of cops parked here and there, stalwarts reminding us all …
2009 Sturgis Rally Goers Go Shopping
Ok, so this was wild. I went to the grocery store at about 3:30 this afternoon to pick up a couple things. It’s Saturday, it’s summer and the mid afternoon store is usually pretty quiet. It wasn’t today. Let me preface the rest of this post with the fact that the Black Hills of South Dakota hosts an unpredictable ‘rally’ …
Reality check and your cyber safety
Michael Vick is young, famous and until recently had more money than god. Who knows what lead him to dog torture for pleasure? Michael Jackson was not young, he was very famous and had more money than Michael Vick. Who knows what lead him to self torture? Is money the common denominator? Maybe. It certainly helped. My west of the …
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
What were you doing 40 years ago today when Apollo 11 made its historic landing on the moon? My unscientific statistics-ometer assumes about half of you weren’t doing anything because you were still twinkling away in your mom and dad’s eyes. For many of us, at the time much younger, ‘boomers’ however it was one of our first opportunities to …
A man before his time
I don’t know why I was thinking about the election process but… Back in 2006 a good friend of mine had the brilliant idea of setting up a website where regular citizens could ask local political candidates questions and those politicians, in turn, could respond. The idea was brilliant. No more canned questions with canned answers – rather a clear, …
Thought of the day -Youtube marketing
This one is from Mashable in a should-read article about 5 Outstanding Leaders in YouTube Marketing. One thing is becoming apparent: The brands that achieve long-term success on YouTube are the ones that consistently and frequently publish refreshing content that has intrinsic value for audiences online. The take away? -If you want to succeed in this brave (yet strange) new …