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September 30, 2007
The Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport was shut down for a bit this afternoon due to a flash flood. No planes were taking off or landing, so passengers waiting in the terminal decided it was time to hunker down...
September 28, 2007
Here is what I'd like to do: Create a Smart Playlist in iTunes that will roll up all of my unplayed podcast downloads into a single playlist I can work my way through while running, biking, or driving. Since my...
September 27, 2007
What is Verizon thinking? According to the NY Times, Verizon has decided to block an organization from sending text messages to it's (the organization's own) members. Messages the organization's members sign-up to receive: In turning down the program, Verizon, one...
September 26, 2007
I had a chance to discuss Technology Evangelist, upcoming tech conferences and Apple products (of course) with Daniel Brusilovsky from Apple Universe in a podcast recorded September 23rd. Daniel is a high school sophomore in California and self-professed Apple addict....
According to the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Best Buy conducted a survey that found that 90 of Americans don't understand HDTVs. Electronics retailer, Richfield-based Best Buy said that it polled 1,012 consumers from Aug. 3 to Aug. 5,...
September 25, 2007
Amazon's MP3 download store launched today, and I'm quickly turning into a big fan. What impressed me first was the easy to use web based interface. No need to launch a iTunes, update to the latest version of the software...
I'm looking for some help understanding the benefits of both RSS and Atom from a blog publishing perspective. From what I can tell, there is little difference between the two syndication formats when it comes to syndicating text or text...
September 24, 2007
There actually is no Moore's Law in the strict sense of the word. It doesn't attempt to describe an immutable fact about the progression of technology. Nevertheless, it has achieved a level of fame tantamount to invincible prophecy by axiomatically...
One may think the title of this post is self-evident, but there are enough exceptions to the rule to warrant an explanation. Today's example comes from The New York Sun's website where printable versions are less than print friendly. Here...
September 22, 2007
Juniper was in Minneapolis with their demo truck and we were there to capture it. I met with Juniper a couple of days before we went out to the truck for completely different reasons. Being that I am an IT...
September 21, 2007
I've been very impressed with the quality of recommendations Netflix has offered me. So much so, that it would take me three years to watch all of the movies in my queue if I maxed out my monthly DVD deliveries...
September 20, 2007
The Consumerist has uncovered a previously secret number: the monthly data download limit on Comcast internet connections: Leaks: Comcast's Download Cap Is 200 GB, But Only In Areas With Subpar Networks Comcast even has a system ready to go where...
September 19, 2007
TechCrunch20 (or 40) had tons of impressive companies present, but the one the really jumped off the page for me was Xobni. They have created a new email platform that creates significant value without asking anything more from users. That's...
September 18, 2007
The creative folks at CommonCraft.com have come up with a great explanation of the benefits of using web based document systems like Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and (as of today) Presentations. They've focused on the collaborative benefit. While Google Docs are...
In April 2006, I theorized that the columnists at the NY Times would push the Times drop the paid version because Select was hurting both the influence and secondary sales of columnist's book sales and speaking rates. While I'm still...
September 17, 2007
Should social networking sites make it easy to import updates from other social networking sites? Yes and no. On the Yes side, it makes it easy to consolidate one's social network updates from your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pownce, etc. On...
September 16, 2007
Read/Write Web has a great writeup about the NY Times' new Facebook application. Josh Catone points out that it's better than some other newspaper based applications in that it acts as a tool that drives people back to the...
September 15, 2007
Steve Rubel Twittered last night saying: Checking out blognation. Like it but wish I could subscribe to individual bloggers. http://us.blognation.com/ He raises a great point. It can be annoying on multi-author blogs to have to read everything when you're only...
September 14, 2007
I planned a meeting at a restaurant in Minneapolis called Buster's on 28th the other day based on the fact that they have WiFi. However, I forgot to take power into consideration. After scoping the place out, I couldn't find...
September 13, 2007
Seth Godin think search engines still have a lot to room to grow when it comes to comparison type searches: Seth's Blog: The haystack But they're terrible at connections, at rankings, at horizontal results. They can't help me find the...
September 12, 2007
Anne Zelenka over at Web Worker Daily raises some interesting points about how the web would change if everyone installed ad blocking software in their browsers. Here analysis looks at how this would effect content publishers and consumers of published...
September 11, 2007
Erica M from Minneapolis Metroblogging raises an interesting point about the stupidity of offering social bookmarking options for readers on sites where bookmarked content will soon be hidden behind paid archives: Not-So-Permalinks Can somebody explain to me the point of...
We're in the process of applying a bunch of updates to the TechnologyEvangelist.com blogging platform, Movable Type. During this time the site may do some pretty wacky and odd stuff as we get our plugins, themes and general code working...
September 10, 2007
While taking the time to research and write posts is probably the biggest time sucker for most bloggers, moderating comments can be a close competitor. One of the real keys to running a professional and respectable blog is to find...
September 9, 2007
Using consistent naming conventions isn't always easy. Especially when you're creating functionality that's new in the marketplace. One example of this comes from Google, who seems to be trying to figure out the best way to explain hiding files within...
September 8, 2007
Once you're up and rolling with a few blog posts, you may wonder if anyone's reading your. For page views and visitors, there are plenty of stats programs to choose from from those provided by your web host to 3rd...
September 7, 2007
Once you've chosen a blogging platform, one of the first steps to take in setting up the blog is to designating permalinks. Permalinks is short for "permanent links" as in, "this is the permanent location where this blog post will...
I've been in Canada the past couple days, so it's quite possible that I've lost touch with the nuances of the American retail system. For example, all I could do was scratch my head when I read this quote about...
September 6, 2007
One thing that causes some frustration for new Wordpress blog users is figuring out how to include videos in their blog posts. There are two popular ways to do this: upload a file to the server for direct download and...
September 5, 2007
Insight Racing's DARPA Urban Challenge Vehicle Facebook's Where I've Been Application Acquisition It’s time to change my RSS reader MySpace the Best Choice for Bands Tearing Down the Wall at the NYTimes.com...
Facebook seems to be getting around to taking a play from MySpace.com's play book by opening up their user's profiles to search engines like Google. Arguably, this isn't new news, since we wrote about it here back in May, but...
I've decided to put together a series of posts on how to blog. As of now, I plan on kicking this off with posts looking at the technical decisions one has to make in order to be a successful blogger....
September 4, 2007
Now that summer is over*, let's talk about death. Sound grim? Not from this perspective. I'm interested in how the web can help create legacies. Evolution of Life's Questions As I understand it, people tend to work through the following...
September 3, 2007
Bex Huff has written a fascinating review of a book by Eric Beinhocker called Origin of Wealth that takes a look at how economies work and how wealth is created. Huff, being a techie, latches on to the concept of...
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