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Doing it all online

I no longer buy much software. Between old versions of things, free-trial downloads for extremely rare use, and stuff I have access to at work, I’m much more like to buy a game than I am anything for productivity.
And now, a bona fide list to show you don’t have to buy software to do much [...]

Why Twitter is Good for Editors

Twitter.com
It’s good for Editors (and headline writers, I’d guess).
It’s 140 characters Max.
If you have to say it “all” in 140 characters, including spaces; you are forced to say whatever it is concisely.
You are forced to be direct and get to the point.
You are forced to be straight up, which can lead to honesty.
You don’t have [...]

another web scam

w w w . z i p w i d e w e b . c o m
zip web
or, a the caller who telemarketed to me today called it, “zeepwed”
scam scam scam….
but they were going to make me the Premier Business featured for the whole next month! yeah, right.

Really cool USB drives

http://www.popgadget.net/2008/01/play_the_data_s.php
Aren’t these just too cool for words???
I wonder how much data you need to make a 4-2 domino?

Holiday Tech for Pets

This collection of pet gadgets cracks me UP.
My favorite:

Digital camera for dogs
Now, even the baby has his own digital camera, so the only member of the family without one is the dog. And what dog lover isn’t curious about how the world looks from their dog’s point of view? This .35 megapixel camera is worn [...]

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No Wonder I Lose Stuff

Ok, so I have lost my Treo twice since June. Once, it was right where it fell out of my bag. The other time, we had to file insurance on it for all the damage it endured.
Tonight, I figured out why it was so easy for it to fall out of the case. I had [...]

BarCampTexas January 26-27, 2008

I just signed up for BarCampTexas. There have been a couple of barcamps that I was invited to, but couldn’t make the dates due to weddings and other obligations.
http://www.barcamptexas.com
“BarCamp is an ad-hoc technology gathering for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from [...]

Technology Lost II

Thursday night, for the Cowboys/Packers game, we met Kate and Angela at The Corner to see the game on the NFL channel. That was the same night as the Cleve Jones lecture and presentation of the AIDS memorial quilt on campus, so I left to go shoot and then returned at about half time. I [...]

So what is this social networking thing, anyway

Robert Scoble (scobleizer.com) has a great visual “starfish” that defines our current social media options.
If you are trying to get a grasp on these new uses of our technology, this is great “outline” to it all!

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