Archive April 2008
Do you Monitor and Mold your Reputation Online?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Geoff Smith created the most amazing ring tone for me! He emailed to thank me again for hooking up Cali Lewis and himself during the iYule launch party, and for the video I made regarding this project. He wanted to show [...]
What’s the Future of Portable Computing?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’m quite surprised with the number of reactions we received after the unboxing of the Asus Eee PC. I received an email from Gordon that was thought-provoking, and thought we should discuss what he has to say. I just watched your [...]
The Truth about Wikipedia Credit
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Imagine my surprise when a few friends of mine from the Netherlands emailed to let me know that I was featured in a video about Wikipedia! There was a link in the beginning of their video to a video I had [...]
Should Web Sites Block Old Browsers?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed It’s frustrating when you are using an old favorite browser, only to go to a web site that pops up a pretty little box telling you you cannot enter. The site has decided to block certain browsers that they feel are [...]
How Do You Travel with Electronics?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Jthermane24 from our live chat room writes: “Most of us like to travel. But when travel time comes… so does the electronics packing. I have made a set of top five tips for traveling with electronics.” If you have a laptop, [...]
Vonage FAX?
TSgt Mark Hansen emailed the other day from halfway around the world: Hi Chris, I saw your webpage about Vonage and am asking for your help. I am in the Air Force stationed in Korea, and all Vonage users here are banned from using Vonage equipment on the ISP’s network, who offers their own VoiP [...]
The State of Tech Culture in Iowa
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed On my recent trip home to Iowa, I was able to meet up with several business and personal friends at a Des Moines Tweet-Up. We discussed RSS Feeds and how Twitter has replaced them for me. Nathan played “interviewer” on this [...]
What does it Take to Drive Traffic to your Videos?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently uploaded a one-minute video of my laughing hysterically. In three days’ time, that video has had over 10,000 views on YouTube, and received more than 300 comments. What does it take to generate this kind of traffic? Jeff sent [...]
Unboxing an Asus Eee PC Ultraportable Computer
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The super lightweight solid-state drive Asus Eee PC showed up at my house the other day. It was sent to me courtesy of Asus, specifically thanks to an engineer of theirs who is a regular community member of ours. Without further [...]
Do You Like Taking Road Trips?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed At the time of this recording, I was visiting back home in Iowa at my brother’s house. We’re planning a road trip to Wisconsin to see a concert he had bought tickets for. It sounds like good music, and a lot [...]
Why Would Someone Want to Blog about Magpies?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed How many of you out there have a brother? I do… and when I recorded this video, I was at his house in Iowa visiting. I received an email from Findlay, asking for help getting interest generated for his brother’s blog. [...]
Are Bloggers Journalists: Are Blogs new Journalism?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Is blogging the new form of Journalism? Should bloggers be held to the same standards as the media? Those questions were asked of me recently in an email, and raise a lot of food for thought. I don’t know that I’d [...]
How do you Choose to use Twitter?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Twitter, of course, is a type of Social Networking site where you can let people know what you’re up to at any given time. You can quickly and easily tell people what you’re thinking, feeling and doing! Everyone uses Twitter in [...]
Are Those “Free iPod” Websites Legit or a Scam?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You know the sites. You see them everywhere. “Sign up and get five of your friends to sign up… and you’ll win!” It’s not as easy as they make it sound. With so many sites who do the same thing, you’ll [...]
Have you Ever had to Travel at the Last Minute?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Travel can be expensive, and last-minute travel is even worse! If you’ve ever had to do this, you know it can be a major pain in the pocketbook. I’m in Iowa with my family, and it was a last-minute trip. I [...]
