Waiting For The Killer Email App
I love infographics. The infographic below is not the best I’ve ever seen. It did, however, make me stop and think for a moment, so it accomplished its mission. As I was looking at all the numbers...
View ArticleTilting At Internet Windmills
We spend too much time attacking imaginary enemies. This is especially true when it comes to the Internet and technology. Change comes so quickly, we find it difficult not to constantly try to predict...
View ArticleChasing The Shiny Now
Everyone loves the shiny new. It’s true for technology, gadgets and software tools for sure. And it’s been equally true of social tools and social networking sites for several years now. Every new site...
View ArticleShould You Buy The New Lytro Camera? Probably Not.
I’m A Sucker For New Technology. Playing with a new gizmo brings me an incredible level of joy. This is true even if the technology proves itself not quiet ready for prime time. So I ordered the...
View ArticleEnabling User Generated Photo Galleries – SlideChute
Add User-Generated Photos to Your Site This post is a test a new service/tool from the mind of Gregarious Narin and his team. It is called, SlideChute. The concept behind this tool, still in beta, is...
View ArticleKlout, IQ and Reification – Why Trying To Measure Influence Is Dangerous
“Klout matters to employers.” When I read that bold headline in Todd Bacile’s post, Florida State University class using Klout to determine student grades, I had a visceral reaction. Why? First,...
View ArticleThe Shortest Distance To Trust Is Not Through Technology
We love our technologies. And why shouldn’t we? Technology has transformed daily life and made much of what we do today vastly more efficient than we could possibly have imagined. Our mobile...
View ArticleTruth: Some Apps Simply Shouldn’t Exist At All
This falls into the category of, “just because you can do something, it doesn’t mean you should.” Over the weekend I read a PandoDaily story about how stupid and reckless people can be in the quest for...
View ArticleGoogle Is Not An Oracle – Yet
The number of factual arguments at our dinner table that end with “just Google it” is very high. “Google is seen as a kind of oracle,” Ian Harris, CEO and founder of Search Laboratory, said. “When...
View ArticleThere Is No Shiny Object
I was updating plugins this morning on this blog, because that’s what responsible people do, and noticed that I haven’t written here in a while. I also noticed there was a post in draft that had never...
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