Because We (the FAA) Said So…
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You may have long suspected that there is no genuine technical reason that electronic devices need to be stowed during takeoff and landing on a commercial airline flight. Most of…
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Who is this about, anyway?
One of my most long-established pet peeves about web content, and presentation of information on the web is what I call Header Fluff. Early browsers were often plagued with this…
Red Queen’s Race Continues
It seems that the proliferation of interesting platforms designed to deliver us media forces us to stay constantly in motion to see what’s next. The old conversation about which “portal”…
How to Ride Into the Sunset
…I got a note today about the waning days of Google Wave. After I’d read and considered it, I realized that what I was looking at is the Very Right…
Five Social Media Tools
Choosing the most useful tools from among the wildflower garden that makes up today’s suite of social media services and software is a game with a moving goal line. For…
Whence Our Soul
In a day of melodramatic news and oversimplified analysis of today’s situation, it was delightful to discover this wickedly insightful article by Sean Gallagher about the future of Hewlett-Packard with…
Which Seat Shall I Take?
The world of social networks has exploded and although most of the talk has centered around the most prominent three or four, there are new tools being announced every day…
So Were You Going to Keep THIS a Secret Too
Get ready for the next wave of privacy alarm over the launch of a Facebook/Ticketmaster alliance that will allow Ticketmaster customers to see who among their friends is already going…
Your Silly Little Idea
Having lived in Silicon Valley for over a dozen years now, I’ve been the guest at an absurd little ego-drama on countless occasions. The way it goes is that a…
I’m not moving, I’m expanding my home…
…you’re going to see the messages come more rapidly. People will say, I’m moving to Google+, goodbye Facebook. Or, I’m giving up Twitter and moving to use only Facebook. It’s…