Archives for December 2006
links for 2006-12-11
Official Google Blog: Opening my eyes to a whole new world
Google released a new “Geographic Web layer” to Google Earth that integrates data from Wikipedia and Panoramio. Now you can fly anywhere in the world and see what people have written about it and the images they’ve captured. Geography just got a lot [...]
links for 2006-12-10
BuzzMachine - Chief inventor appointed at the Chicago Tribune
All newspapers could use chief inventors. It might turn around their businesses. The Chicago Tribune appointed one today. Jeff Jarvis was prepared to criticize, but it sounds like he’s glad their trying something new (Cyndy, I wonder what Chapman think
(tags: msm innovation)
ItsRedAgain.com
Brooke Hovey from [...]
Logan Bennett Walker Christened Today
My (almost) 2-year-old son Logan was christened today at Christ Church in Greenwich, Conn., by the Rev. Jeffrey Walker.
My wife Jen attended Christ Church growing up. Logan seemed to find Rev. Walker and the whole occasion highly interesting.
Afterwards, he wanted to go swimming. Those of you who know him will not be [...]
Prepare For A Videocast Explosion On YouTube
YouTube quietly added a feature today that will send video on the net into hyper growth. The feature is called “Quick Capture” and it lets users record videos directly to YouTube from webcams plugged into their computers (Ars Technica broke the story).
You can get a webcam at Walmart for $20 to $40. They’re really easy [...]
links for 2006-12-09
UniveRSS - a 3D Vista RSS reader
Hey, Jim: A 3-D RSS reader. More evidence that the web is going 3-D? Sounds sort of gimmicky and kind of cool, too.
(tags: rss reader 3-d)
Official Linden Blog » Blog Archive Third Annual Second Life Winter Festival «
Holiday parties on Second Life…
(tags: Secondlife)
Hakia - First Meaning-based [...]
Channel 9 Is Getting A Content Upgrade
I love Microsoft’s Channel 9 and it’s a program I discuss with many of our clients as “best practice.”
Channel 9 is aimed at developers. More specifically, Channel 9 was invented to re-establish Microsoft’s relationships with developers. It’s working. It attracts 3 million to 4 million people monthly. Bill Gates reckons Channel 9 [...]
links for 2006-12-08
Golden Years Jukebox
My mother sent me this. Pew’s research says only about 32 percent of 65+ adults use the Internet. My mom continually makes me feel this number is low. She has a mailing list of a couple hundred people in that demographic who e-mail sites like this to e
(tags: 65+ internet [...]
Yahoo Employees Back Their CEO
Yahoo had an all-hands (e.g., internal) meeting and some of the employees – like J-Strizzle — are blogging about it.
Very cool.
Sharing the CEO’s remarks at an internal meeting with the external world via your blog is probably well covered by the confidentiality clause in Yahoo’s code of ethics. My guess is this is a no [...]
Bloggers Let Texas State Rep Have It…
A couple weeks ago I mentioned a prefiled bill in the Texas Senate that would extend Texas libel laws to blogs. Bloggers have been attacking State Representative Vicki Truitt (R-Keller) ever since. They feel the bill is too broad and they let Truitt know that in no uncertain terms. This article appeared [...]
links for 2006-12-05
IRS taxation of online game virtual assets inevitable | CNET News.com
Explain this to your CFO…
(tags: secondlife taxation)
Yahoo TV Gets Some Feedback
Yahoo redesigned Yahoo TV. They also added the ability for users to comment and provide feedback. Take a look at the comments on their inaugural blog post — the users are making full [...]
