Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
KCUR, the local Kansas City NPR station, is looking for technology speakers for upcoming shows.
The topics will focus on recent developments and technology that has been in the news recently. They're looking for a variety of technologists with a variety of expertise areas.
Interested?
Drop me a line and maybe you ...
Posted in Kansas City, business, freshish thinking, technology | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 30th, 2007
I'm not a Flash expert by any stretch, but I have to say that I did encounter several snags when converting a project from Flash 7 to Flash 9.
I won't bore you with all the syntax details, because, unless your doodling with Flash CS3 Professional yourself, you probably don't care ...
Posted in creative, technology | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
According to Reuters, Verizon Wireless said its customers sent and received more than 10 billion text messages in June.
Verizon has about 25% of the US mobile market share. Throw in the other carriers and that adds up to a boatload (technical term) of text messages every month.
Still think you can ...
Posted in mobile, technology | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
I posted about the Amp'd debacle last week.
Well, I wasn't surprised to find out this weekend that Amp'd is turning off service on Tuesday (7.24). Sounds like there will be a mad dash to the Verizon store for those customers. Nothing like a 3 day notice to get ...
Posted in mobile, technology | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 20th, 2007
I'm not sure if an iPhone increases your coolness factor, but I'll find out in the next 2 weeks. I'll be giving a presentation on the iPhone to the rest of our company (Barkley) August 1st.
Do you have hands on experience with the device? I'd be interested in ...
Posted in Barkley, mobile, technology | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
In late May I posted about Facebook opening up their platform to third party development. Brilliant, I thought.
Now, rumors are about the town that Microsoft is discussing a $6 billion offer for Facebook. [via John Battelle and Barron's Online]
According to the Fast Company article I referenced in my previous ...
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
I was checking out some differences between US and UK text messaging services at http://www.text.it/text/messaging_info.cfm.
I understand that people in other countries use mobile data services more than we do here in the US, but for the most part, the SMS services are pretty standard between the US and UK: weather, ...
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Interesting article over at Ars Technica titled HD programming wars: Comcast says 800 HD channels by 2009
Basically, DIRECTV announced they would have 100 HD channels by the end of 2007 and Comcast announced that it will have over 800 HD channels by the end of 2008, with 400 by the ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
There is no doubt in my mind that Google has been successful and will continue to be over the years ahead.
According to the article below, Google is on track to receive more than two million resumes in 2007. Not bad for an existing staff around 12,000. Obviously, they ...
Posted in business, freshish thinking, technology | No Comments »
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Everyone that isn't living under a rock knows that Apple is launching the iPhone tomorrow (June 29).
Everyone is talking about the iPhone, including Andy discussing if the iPhone will redefine the mobile market.
I'm stuck in a Sprint contract, so I'm going to pass for now.
So, take my poll and let ...
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