On last week’s 350 Third podcast, Anders and I talked a lot about the evils of Captcha (shameless plug). It’s a technology idea whose time has come and gone. I hate it, as does most of the civilized world. It’s remarkable that we put up with inferior, outdated ideas as long as we do. Anyway, […]
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The Network Made Me Do It
A good friend posted an article on Facebook the other day about the network effect on extremism in modern life. The author, Bill Davidow, is a veteran of business and studying the market. First, let me say that I agree with the premise of this article in that the network produces positive effect more rapidly […]
An App I Would Like To See
In Facebook, I have listed most of the musical artists I would go out of my way to listen to or go see. A few months back Sara Bareilles came to Wake Forest University, about 2 hours from here. I have been a big fan for a while now, and had wanted to see her […]
Life Without Google ( Search )
I received a link to an article today on Eric Schmidt’s vision of the future, a world where passive search is the norm, not active. In the article, Mr. Schmidt talks about “knowing your needs before you even ask.” There are examples in the article about walking down the street and having your mobile device […]
Mint.com, what are you doing?
A few weeks back, I was singing the praises of Mint.com. Now, I am beginning to wonder if the acquisition by Quicken is starting to drag them down. There has been an issue for over three months with Capital One Bank wherein the account update will update the balance but not the transactions. While I […]
Mint
About a year or so ago I moved all of our personal finances to Mint.com and away from Quicken. I did it because I liked how dead simple it was, and because of the fact that it made integrating with all of my financial institutions a breeze. Oh, and I didn’t have to worry about […]
Do You Think Craig Newmark Cares?
I was reading some news this morning, and came across this post about Craigslist blocking Yahoo Pipes, and indirectly a mash-up for a company called Flippity. There are cries abounding in all the major technology news sources. How could Craigslist block someone trying to use their data in new ways? Isn’t that what the web […]
Ala Carte TV
I was online the other night chatting with a good friend of mine, when he pinged me a link to a UStream channel that featured Jacory Harris broadcasting live from his apartment in Miami. Jacory Harris is the quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes in the case that you do not follow sports. I really could […]
Oh, How I Love Slingbox
A few years ago, I was at the VON conference in Northern California. I don’t remember the exact circumstances now, but somehow I walked away with a Slingbox in some sort of give away. In the course of my move about two years ago, it found its way into a box and did not find […]
Porting your mobile voicemail to Google Voice
Google released a new feature for Google Voice wherein you can now forward your mobile phone voicemail to Google Voice. Google Voice is a service that allows you to have a phone number “in the cloud” ( to use an over-hyped buzzword ) that you can then control all of your inbound and outbound call […]