I have been a Windows user since 3.x on a 33 MHz Packard Bell PC with 2 MB of video RAM, which at the time cost an arm and a leg and blew our Mac 2e out of the water (the video memory was later upgraded to a whopping 4 MB to run Rebel Assault II,...
Continue ReadingI will be the first to admit that I do not embrace new technology willingly. A colleague of mine recently described me as someone who "talks like [he] is from this century, but uses gadgets like [he] is from the 16th century." And yes, perhaps I was a little too harsh on my good friend,...
Continue ReadingEarlier today news leaked out that the comment management system Disqus (background here) has enabled video commenting on sites that use the service through a partnership with Seesmic. Basically this means that people can post video comments in addition to regular old text comments in response to articles, blog posts,...
Continue ReadingAfter the debacle that was my use of Twitter to predict the outcome of American Idol, I decided to attempt redemption in the form of another online tool. After doing some research, I realized that many fans of reality television were using grids made on Wikipedia to calculate statistics used for elimination predictions. ...
Continue ReadingTodd gave me a beta invite to the new bookmarking site Mento this morning. He really likes it, and thinks that it is del.icio.us on steroids. I agree.
More or less the sites are very similar in their core functionality — to bookmark sites with the potential to categorize and share them. ...
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