January 2008
17 posts
all people with blue eyes may have a common... →
'Arrest' Bush Petition Ignites Firestorm →
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (Jan. 30) - A town petition making President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest for crimes against the Constitution has triggered a barrage of criticism from people who say residents are “wackjobs” and “nuts.”
On a random walk through the Web.
Chinese Citizen Journalist Beaten to Death by City... →
Chinese Citizen Journalist Beaten to Death by City Officials.
Chinese Citizen Journalist Beaten to Death by City... →
Apparently, there was some sort of confrontation between villagers in the central Chinese province of Hubei and local municipal “inspectors” over the dumping of waste near the villagers’ homes. When Wei Wenhua, a 41-year-old construction company executive
Survey Finds Apple Users Have Sense of Superiority →
A personality profiling conducted on 7,500 people at Apple’s biggest tub-thumping event of the year, Macworld, yielded results that would suggest Apple users “are more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large.”
Engadget's Live Macworld 2008 Coverage →
Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote, starts at 9:00AM Pacific, 12:00PM Eastern.
5 Kick-Ass Sci-Fi Apocalypses (That Could Actually... →
Hollywood has come up with countless end-of-the-world scenarios. Here are the ones you should be rooting for.
Live feed from the Macworld Keynote →
Updated every 30 seconds from Steve’s much anticipated speech this morning. Starts at 9am PST, 12.00pm EST…..
Personal Branding And The Anatomy Of A Blogstorm →
The author describes the events and effect of a leading blogger’s use of his personal brand to overturn the applecart at MySpace, by exporting his contact list to Plaxo. Since the export of the contacts is against the MySpace Terms, it’s interesting to look at what happend, why, and the result.
Power in the cloud: The enterprise gadget reading... →
ITtoolbox/PJA Social Media Index study →
ITtoolbox an PJA conducted an online survey on use of social media, named “IT Social Media Index, Wave II”. Respondents were more than 4,400 IT and business professionals from more than 50 countries. Conducted between November 5 and November 16, 2007, participants were recruited directly from the network of ITtoolbox.
Odeo to Relaunch with New Website, Media Player →
Expected at the end of Q1, the relaunch will have some major enterprise developments with their desktop podcast aggregator, media player and mobile device synchronization tool.
Open source: mob mentality or innovation engine? →
Virtual reality guru Jaron Lanier says that the community-driven development model behind open source software stifles innovation. We don’t agree.
Learning Everyday Business Analysis →
10 Tips for Editing a Podcast in GarageBand →
Learn how to organize your podcast sessions, simplify your editing and improve your audio mixes. The same concepts apply for editing music, voice-overs or audio for multimedia productions.
Bush Admin Fails to Respond to Halliburton/KBR... →
The Justice Dept. has refused to bring criminal charges against anyone, and it appears that no “federal agency [is] investigating the case.