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December 31, 2006
Was 2006 the year of the Treo? Looking back at the top blog posts from 2006 on Technology Evangelist, it looks like the latest versions of the popular SmartPhone drew plenty of buzz. With CES just around the corner, we...
Does your school block MySpace? Do you believe the best use of your time at school is accessing MySpace? Are you caught up on your school work at getting straight A's? If you've answered "YES" to ALL of the above...
December 30, 2006
DayTipper is a website where people share small nuggets of knowledge on a wide range of topics in exchange for cash. Topics range from cooking and gardening to technology and travel. Submitting tips is easy. Just sign up for an...
December 29, 2006
Last January I posted my 2006 predictions. I thought it would be fun to take a peek and see how well I did this last year. Lets see here... "1 - A new super-virus will be released on the Internet...
One of the things I really like about Flickr is the slick in blog integrating they've created. With only two clicks, I can go from seeing a photo I liked on Flickr to publishing it as a new blog post....
December 28, 2006
MarketWatch reported on the 18th that Google was running into some issues related to ad inventory with their new radio offering: Google Inc.'s nascent radio advertisement business, known as Google Audio, has run into an unexpected snag: it seems Google...
December 27, 2006
Powerpoint holds an interesting position as the most popular yet hated presentation software. Of course, the reasons for being hated have nothing to do with the software itself. They're caused by PowerPoint abuse: using a great tool to create awful...
December 26, 2006
Alan F. Shugart passed away on December 12th of complications following open heart surgery six weeks earlier. He was 76 years old. While he has not been active in the disk drive business for several years his footprint will last...
December 25, 2006
After a few days with the relatives, I've had a chance to reset my tech-centric self with a good dose of real-world tech use. There were no conversations about RSS, the intricacies of Google's search algorithm, blog platforms, Web 2.0...
December 24, 2006
When the vast majority of emails I receive from MySpace are spammy friend requests, I'm not happy. For example, here is a group I received this morning: At this point, I still see enough value in MySpace in the form...
December 23, 2006
I created a quick little video tonight for my family based on some holiday cooking that took place earlier today, then loaded it to Revver.com so I could embed it into my blog. Then I waited . . . and...
December 22, 2006
I keep an old Dell laptop around the house for random chores where a PC outperforms a Mac, and as a guest computer. Some people have special towels for their guests. At the Kohler household, you get a computer to...
December 21, 2006
Jeff Sandquist is from Microsoft and works on channel9.msdn.com. He was on a panel talking about evangelism success stories at GnotE. He talks about birds eating and elephants pooping. If you want to know what that means watch the...
December 20, 2006
Randy Thom, a sound designer for Skywalker Sound, made an interesting statement at the LA Film Fest back in June (covered by PodTech.net): "We spend most of our time thinking about the art of what we do, obviously, and I...
December 19, 2006
Via Digg, telecommunications companies are working hard to explain how bad network neutrality is for consumers. Rather than using logic and a well-reasoned explanation, they try confusing the issue by making it sound like web based companies are the enemy...
December 18, 2006
A friend of mine told me that he thinks big offline retailers like Best Buy and Target are going to cut into Amazon's online market share this year because they're finally getting up to speed. Somehow, I doubt that, especially...
Dave Nielsen is a director with StrikeIron. StrikeIron is marketplace for web services and is available to both buyers and sellers. Dave talks about the increase in Technology Evangelists and how Evangelism is different from Marketing....
A blog comments feed is a great way to allow your readers to keep up on the conversations taking place on your blog. Let's face it: the comments left by your visitors are often more insightful than the original post,...
December 17, 2006
Red Herring has reported on a comScore report stating that Fox Interactive, largely through Myspace, has surpassed Yahoo as the top dog for monthly page views: Fox Interactive Media’s total U.S. page views increased to 39.5 million from 38.7 million...
December 16, 2006
I wrote a post last week called "Colors and Branding" that looked at the extensive use of the color purple on the Yahoo campus down to the sprinkler heads distributed around the campus for watering landscaping. It turns out that...
December 15, 2006
Robert Cringely's column this week offered some interesting thoughts on whether Google, through their purchase of YouTube, has won the online video battle : But the very success of YouTube strongly suggests that there won't be another YouTube, simply because...
Search Engine Optimization is a powerful online marketing strategy. Unfortunately, it's poorly understood, causing people to respond to SEO spam like this one I received today: Is your site at the top of the major search engines? If not -...
December 14, 2006
YouTube launched a new video publishing service called Quick Capture earlier this week that allows people to record their content directly to YouTube rather than recording locally then uploading. I gave it a try from home and had horrible results....
December 13, 2006
Does the IRS really want your World of Warcraft gold? - Howstuffworks "After filing with the IRS, he tried to find out from various IRS employees if he was supposed to claim his castles and gold and other online...
Sometimes I wonder why Apple makes the choices they do for default settings in iTunes. For example, if I subscribe to a podcast feed, it's probably because I want to listen to the podcasts in that feed, correct? So why...
December 12, 2006
Julio Ojeda-Zapata of Your Tech Weblog recently wrote about custom earbuds (called iBuds) available from Starkey in Minnesota and Westone Laboratories in Colorado: I've heard from quite a few people that the default iPod earbuds don't fit their ears. I'm...
December 11, 2006
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ben and I are in the middle of a 4-hour wait for a flight at...
Google's Dodgeball.com has finally launched a mobile version of their mobile networking site. I'm a big fan of the Dodgeball service, but have been frustrated with the lack of a mobile interface since day one since the basic interface is...
December 10, 2006
Cell phone privacy bill passes congress!: AMERICAblog "Today U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced the passage of his comprehensive legislation that would criminalize the practice, known as pretexting, of both stealing and selling cell phone, landline and voice over...
The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an article over the weekend describing the challenges faced by 911 dispatchers and other people dependent on accurate and current map data: Althoff is on the front lines of a growing challenge in the ever-expanding...
December 9, 2006
I was at Yahoo! HQ earlier this week and noticed that the sprinkler heads are purple: It turns out that a LOT of stuff is purple at Yahoo, including a cow at the reception desk. While purple is apparently a...
December 8, 2006
Google begins limited test of radio advertising - Yahoo! News "Google Inc. said on Thursday it has completed the development of its widely anticipated radio advertising system and begun a limited test allowing customers to buy ads via its...
Not that long ago I wrote an article about syncing a Treo to iCal to gCal and back again. This process required a lot of steps and a $99.00 yearly subscription to .Mac. While it worked, a more elegant...
I remember a day not that long ago where I would have to line up my Treo's perfectly to beam information back and forth. It was a pain and while it was cool that I could do it, it still...
December 7, 2006
Being crunch time for holiday shopping, let's discuss the hot products for 2006. What are the must have products this year? Any fun stocking stuffers?...
December 6, 2006
At Monday's GNoTE (Global Network of Technology Evangelists) conference, an attendee mentioned that true technology evangelists have credibility because they've created their own personal brands. While they may work within companies and help spread the word about great products, web...
December 5, 2006
A friend of mine sent me a link from the Chicago Sun talking about how the Zune was a total failure. This got me thinking as to why Microsoft even wanted to enter a space that is clearly dominated...
December 4, 2006
Dan Theurer is a co-founder of GNoTE, a technology evangelist for Yahoo, and former IBM employee. Theurer moved to the United States three years ago from Stuttgart, Germany. Theurer discussed the role of technology evangelists at Yahoo, how they fit...
Susan Lucas-Conwell is the Executive Director of SDForum, a Silicon Valley based networking and educational group with 1800 members focused on emerging technologies. SDForum is a non-profit that manages conferences, special interest groups, meetings, and other things that help innovators...
Anand Iyer is a developer evangelist for Microsoft based in Silicon Valley. Iyer is one of the co-founders of the Global Network of Technology Evangelists (GNoTE) and spoke to Technology Evangelist about how GNoTE was born, what a technology evangelist...
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } GNoTE Conference Coverage, originally uploaded by edkohler. It's a pleasant day in Santa Clara where...
December 3, 2006
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } One of These Booths Is Not Like The Other, originally uploaded by edkohler. Ben, Jeremy...
December 1, 2006
How iTunes Hurts Podcasting Product Spotlight: LogMeIn Suite We're Making Wireless Internet Progress in Minnesota How to get a techie's money: GO MOBILE! The Slingbox challenge: Place-shift my media but with a better CODEC...
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