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Here are elaborations of my three different press mentions this past month… The Buffalo News“Google ‘Street View’ brings the world to Buffalo’s front doors”by Steve Watson on 16th July 2008The Buffalo News has a feature on privacy today. Steve Watson wrote about how Google’s street view feature has finally made its way to Buffalo. His …
TechOnline did a chip-by-chip breakdown of what’s inside your iPhone 3G and revealed the manufacturers that won big with Apple. It’s quite technical, but it serves as a good primer into what goes into today’s smartphones.Similar Posts:Video: iPhone hack for Windows Mobile & Palm SmartphonesSteve Jobs CNBC Interview @ 5th Ave. Apple StoreMacBooks now out …
Click here for enlarged view. Source: The Straits Times, 3rd JulyAs a Singaporean studying in the States, it’s always interesting to see cultural exchanges like these. Admittedly, Singaporeans have it quite easy transitioning to U.S. culture, likewise for our American counterparts. All it takes is a little willingness to keep an open mind.Stephen Dunnett, Vice ...
Watches have a cybernetic relationship with man. To some of us, it’s our second skin and it adds to our ability to sense / measure time. With the Nike Amp watch (debuted Oct 2007), it got that that much cooler, with an invisible face that depicts the time through an animated LED display. You’ve got ...
It’s 7-11 today. Besides being Gautam’s last day, we went out and got free Slurpees! Some of us went a little overboard though…Thom went nuts with his Slurpee creation, much to the disgust of this passing customer…Liz went black, and I don’t think she’s coming back…Julie and Pitfee went for their Slurpees and returned with ...
Watch on Youtube or download the video iPod version (.m4v / 69mb).Watch previous episodes on Blip.tv or subscribe to theorycast via iTunes.This Friday (July 11th, 2008), Apple will be unleashing the long awaited 3G iPhone. Besides our credit sinking blackholes faster than you can say “Large Hadron Collider“, what else does this mean? In February, ...
Here’s one of the conversations at Buffalo Tweetup #3, where Keith Burtis discussing how sponsorships work on video podcasts. Like Keith, I’ve also felt how the social media niche is still so fresh as an industry (like a low hanging fruit), that it’s easy to get into business doing it right now before the storm ...
“If I don’t make it out alive… delete my emails.” Glad I got it for $10 via Shirt.wootAside: Yup, this is a ridiculously short post. I’ve got lots to blog about, including interview videos and screencasts, but I’ve to prioritize as I’m trying to finish up my dissertation by the end of year. Life here ...
Since I’ve been looking at interesting shopping experiences online, I found something that’s bound to be a hit with the ladies (least I think so). Polyvore lets you mix and match images from anywhere on the web, to create outfits, interior designs, or any kind of collage. While it could be used for creating all ...
I did a quick comparison of popular shopping-related social networking services, then zero in on Singapore-based Shoplette.com and their Google map integration. I believe that Singapore has a unique shopping experience where being geographically small means that individuals would rather buying from brick & mortar stores than to purchase online (i.e. wasting time and …
Share and annotate your videos with Omnisio!Here’s my test of Omnisio using a popular presentation of mine…Keeping tabs on the online video sharing scene, I came across a new video sharing service called Omnisio. Dabbling with it for a while, I soon found reason to be pretty darn exciting…Essentially, Omnisio does two things:1) Share compilations ...
Kenneth Pinto recently tipped us off about Posterous. I’ve heard of it before, but I passed it off as just a gateway from email-to-blog (which most blog platforms support). Boy was I wrong.The magic of Posterous lies in how it handles media attachments in your “blog” email. As Kenneth puts it:Post one photo, and Posterous ...
Watch on Youtube or download the video iPod version (.m4v / 60mb).Check out the all previous episodes on Blip.tv or subscribe to theorycast via iTunes.In theorycast episode 41, I reviewed the Cricket laptop stand from LCDarms.com. This week, LCD Arms marketing manager Joe Tosolt was kind enough to send me their signature EVO LCD Arm ...
As seen on Howard Rheingold’s vlog:Whenever people refer me to pseudo-critics of social media (i.e. Andrew Keen), I refer them to Fred Turner or to Trebor Scholz, who actually know s …
Bought this kawaii office t-shirt for $10 at Woot ShirtAppleFirefox 3 optimized builds for G5 / Intel - Be sure to grab the GrApple Firefox themes from the site as well!Google Code: Read PDFs in FireFox 3 for Mac - This Firefox 3 addon uses PDFKit to display PDFs in the browser. Obviously requires Firefox ...
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Images used in this comic strip came from Flickr tag “edupunk“Following the emergence of Edupunk…25th May 2008: Jim Groom coined the term “Edupunk” in his post The Glass Bees.29th May 2008: Darcy Norman lists his edupunk heros: “On thinking about edupunk, it strikes me that I’ve been drawn to a group of people that have ...
“L’arbre de Cracovie,” c. 1742. The Tree of Cracow as depicted in a satirical print. The figure of Truth, on the far left, pulls on a rope to make the tree go “crack” every time something false takes place beneath it. According to the caption, the falsehoods include an innkeeper who claims he does not ...
Date: 16th June 2008 // Time: 2.15pm // Duration: 15 to 20minsAs reported by Liz and photographed by me, we observed hail the size of golf balls storming down on UB North Campus. Everyone at the Teaching & Learning Center gathered by the windows to watch as the hail got heavier and bigger over time. ...
Download the video iPod version (.mp4 / 75mb) or alternate video formatsCheck out the all previous episodes on Blip.tv or subscribe to theorycast via iTunes.While having our Saturday brunch at The Washington Market in downtown Buffalo, Shady, Ken Fujiuchi and I chat about how the ease of participation online has subsequently given rise to collective ...



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