Archive Oct 6, 2005
Betamax vs. VHS
I've never owned Betamax hardware; our family opted for VHS, largely because that's what everybody else had (including the video rental stores). With the recent debate going on between HD-DVD and Blue Ray, some folks are remembering what it was like when Sony tried to screw up the home theater industry the first time around. [...]
Indiana Jones Rides HD-DVD into the Windows Vista Timeframe
Chris talks about why he is no longer running Windows Vista Beta 1 on his laptop. In spite of his frustrations, Chris speaks with optimism about the future of Windows in the Vista timeframe. We talk about the likelihood of Windows Vista running on my HP laptop and why you really need an ATI or [...]
Thursday 06 October 2005
Mitch Ratcliffe recently formalized an idea that’s been floating around the blogosphere for some time now – the concept of Paramedia. As defined by Mitch, paramedia networks of people with access to media publishing tools and training that align through self-organizing or by explicit planning to promote and support the discussion of an idea, agenda [...]
Web 2.1 – A BrainJam for the rest of us
I'm honored to have partially inspired Web 2.1- A BrainJam for the rest of us. I really believe we're going to see more of these smaller “thinking” events crop up over the next few years – especially when there's another event going on at the same time. Like many, I'm experiencing the Web 2.0 conference [...]
