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Rooting out stupidity, the MPAA and its lunacy
An article in the LA Times discussed the MPAA’s new tactics against piracy: delaying it, not preventing it. I’m just going to take an amateur’s shot at exposing some of its lunacy. If the movie’s a stinker, the word will … Continue reading
What are you normal people doing with Blackberries?
The Blackberry is an ingrained business tool. Its super feature is its push email feature. It lets you get email in real-time. That’s where the unique benefits begin and end. Its Internet is still only as fast as the network’s … Continue reading
If you're frustrated with email…
Because of volume, spam or whatever. Good luck dealing with it through Twitter, Facebook messaging or any of the new “web 2.0″ solutions. They’re like the retarded little brothers of e-mail. Less controls, worse interface and poor or non-existent security … Continue reading
Google Sites is not a Sharepoint killer, but it does suck
I’ve been waiting for Google to update JotSpot for a very long time. Finally, they released an updated. It was a completely and utter failure to innovate and improve. It is indeed JAW – just another wiki. Or just another … Continue reading
Social ads – fear and self-loathing in Facebook-land
Forrester recently did a presentation on Facebook marketing, i.e., an argument for social ads. Forrester’s research is useful. Its insights can be a bit suspect though. The recent Facebook presentation is the red-headed stepchild I’ll be picking on today; an … Continue reading
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Car review #1: Toyota Scion xB
I recently joined PhillyCarShare, primarily for travel related to work.It really is surprisingly simple, except for the whole figuring out how to use the gas card thing. It took a call to figure out what the pin was. And then … Continue reading
Dumb quote of the day
I’m not an economist or an expert by any means. But my award for dumb quote of the day goes to Michael Metz, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer in New York, who in speaking about the Fed’s 75 point rate … Continue reading
Digg has peaked
Just an observation, but Digg.com has degraded into a shallow mess lately. There’s very little interesting on there now, because every post follows one of the following themes: anti-religion anti-republican hot chick pix collegehumor.com video awesome picture!!! hot chick video linux story … Continue reading
File this under fail
I’ve been impressed by Amazon this past year. If only I’d bought their stock back in the beginning of the year, but alas. But through their backend web services, such as S3 and EC2, they’re clearly branching out in ways … Continue reading