October 20, 2002

Interpersonal Information Manager

Looks like Mitch Kapor is up to something again: “The software is being designed to securely handle personal e-mail, calendars, contacts and other such data in new ways, and to make it simple to collaborate and share information with others without having to run powerful, expensive server computers.” [more here]

October 19, 2002

Nice!

Well, this is my first post using Michel Tidakada’s b2 blogging tool and I must say, I like it. Nice work!

I’d also like to thank my buddy John Federico for the server space … man, this server rocks!

September 25, 2002

WiFi Trek badges

Found this one on Boing Boing and I can just imagine the commercial with the never afraid of crass commercialism William Shatner saying ….“Scotty … Can you hear me now?”

“WiFi Trek Badges” — The Vocera Communications System consists of Vocera Server Software, residing on a customer premise server, and Vocera Communications Badges, which operate over a wireless LAN (802.11b). The badge – which weighs less than 2 ounces – includes a microphone and speaker, LCD readout to display text messages, and an 802.11b wireless radio. It can be clipped to a shirt pocket or collar, or worn on a lanyard."

September 18, 2002

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | And now, Hitchhiker the movie

“Cult novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is to be turned into a Hollywood movie .”

September 17, 2002

DVD 2 PC

Or perhaps this one … “Oak Technology demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum last week a prototype that uses a recently approved communications specification to transform a commercially available DVD player into a connected part of a home network. The setup lets the DVD player access digital media files, such as digital video, images and audio, that are stored on a PC” [ more here]

September 17, 2002

PlayStation 2 gets TiVo-like functions

From CNET : “Sony’s PlayStation 2 video game console will gain TiVo-like video functions with software to be announced Monday by two start-ups.”

August 17, 2002

A Plan for Spam

Paul Graham has A Plan for Spam … “I think it’s possible to stop spam, and that content-based filters are the way to do it.” Sounds good to me!

August 13, 2002

Small Business Blogging

A quote from Dan Bricklin’s post about Small Biz Blogging : “An area where blogs can really shine is in crisis management. In addition to internal communications like normal project management, a public blog can be a major way to conduct effective communication with the public and press. Remember the Tylenol package tampering years back? Frequent forthright communication from a senior executive was crucial for maintaining public trust — it is the “textbook” case.”

August 8, 2002

Blogs May Provide Valuable PR Opportunities

Quotes from an article title “Pitching Blogs” on the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) site:

“… blogs are rapidly becoming authoritative news sources. PR professionals should keep this new type of media on their radar screens”

“Publicists have long sought means for reaching highly targeted audiences, including media reps, in order to drive buzz about their clients. With the kind of traffic and targeting that any of the aforementioned sites generate, topic-specific blogs can fit the bill.”

August 2, 2002

Dogs are smarter than people think

Why am I not surprised? “Dogs are probably much cleverer than most people think, according to a new study.” [ more here ]