Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Audio Story of the Day - Russell Simmon's Global Grind
NPR's Farai Chideya interviewed Russell Simmons and Navarrow Wright about their new Web venture - GlobalGrind.com. This segment runs about 4 minutes:
The interview runs about 38 minutes which is long even by the standards of Fresh Air. In a subsequent posting I'll link to Artie's previous appearance with Terry Gross which in some ways is even more interesting then this interview.
Among the more interesting takeaways for me is the idea that advertisers could review the Flu Tracker Map and then turn around and purchase Google Key Word advertisements promoting a particular flu remedy in states where the incidence of flu cases has risen.
posted at 08:52 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/leaf-of-morning_16.cfm Saturday, November 15, 2008 Major Assignment in AVIS 180 this winter
Tonight I put some thought into the theme of the major assignment students will complete in AVIS 180 this winter. My sense is that I will give students a choice between two themes. I am still thinking through the second theme. The first is a lock: A fictional electric car manufacturer.
Turns out there are a fair number of companies trying to make a go of it in the electric car space including: ZENN, Reva, and Tesla.
posted at 19:09 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/sasha-rosebud-obama.cfm Tech Video of the Day - Mossberg's initial review of Google Chrome
Back on September 4th Walt Mossberg offered this review of Google Chrome:
I am keen to know what Mossberg thinks about Chrome now.
posted at 10:45 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/tech-video-of-day-mossbergs-initial.cfm Leaf of the morning
Another scan of an Oak leaf. Maddie and I are hoping to find more this weekend. And for what it is worth the quality of the image is better then I could have reasonably hoped for:
posted at 09:14 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/leaf-of-morning_15.cfm Friday, November 14, 2008 Tech Video of the Day - Al Gore speaks to Web 2.0 Conference
A week ago Al Gore gave the closing address at a Web 2.0 Summit in San Fransisco. Here is a highlights reel from CNET:
posted at 08:48 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/leaf-of-morning_14.cfm Thursday, November 13, 2008 Tech Video of the Day - Review of Nokia
This video offers a preview demonstration of the Nokia"tube" phone - which is officially called the 5800 Xpress Music. It is a touchscreen phone, music and video player that is clearly a competitor for the Apple's iPhone:
posted at 09:16 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/leaf-of-morning_13.cfm Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Communique Catch Up - Nov 12 edition
Spent a few minutes reading through the last half dozen communiques that have been published. As per my habit of uploading them to a public Web site and making them visable to various search engines, here are direct links to volumes 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75.
posted at 16:13 | Direct URL: http://cullin.ca/blog/2008/11/communique-catch-up-nov-12-edition.cfm Tech Video of the Day - Mossberg on the first Android Phone
Back on October 16 The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg reviewed the T-Mobile G-1 phone - the first Android phone available in the US Market:
Most interesting factoid: You need to have a Google Account to actually use the phone.
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