A very interesting article about the role of the PC diminishing in Japan, in favor of personal gadgets such as mobile devices. The same will happen in the U.S. and other parts of the world. In many parts of the world, cellphones already…
Danah Boyd (apophenia) together with Nicole Ellison, have published the introduction piece of a very interesting paper on social networking — see the announcement at danah’s blog, and also see the introduction to Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Abstract: Social network…
It has been a while since I work on true embedded stuff, which is an area that I enjoyed experimenting with. So it is time to do something fun related to this, while relating such efforts to an area that I’m spending an…
I made the switch from AT&T to Internet Phone powered by Time Warner cable. This is why… There was Cingular, now called AT&T (Wireless). There was AT&T long-distance, who call themselves the old AT&T. There was SBC who call themselves the new AT&T.…
Nielsen//NetRatings reports the top social network portals for September 2007: Top social networking sites in September 2007 Audience, 000 Growth Site September 2006 September 2007 YTY Myspace.com 47,189 58,581 24% Facebook 7,765 18,090 133% Classmates Online 13,291 13,313 0% Windows Live Spaces…
I stumbled upon a set of great short videos at the Technology Review, related to the impact of emerging technologies. The short videos are profound and a must see. See the Impact of Emerging Technologies short videos at the Technology Review. ceo
The scanned article below from eWeek is a great summary of the wireless communication debate in the U.S. and how political and carrier-controlled wireless is and has been in the U.S. It is a very heavy article, heavy in the sense of how…
According to a Scarborough Research report, Austin, TX (the city where I live) is the top blogging city (in the U.S.): Austin, TX, Portland, OR, San Francisco and Seattle are the top markets for people who read or contributed to blogs. “Not surprisingly,…
Update (Nov 1st): MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial. More updates: Adding more reference links at the bottom of this entry Google has announced its open social API. Very interesting. This can be big and a leap forward, converging into one service all social information…
The blogosphere is a very large virtual space. But in reality, where and when it matters, it is a small community of friends and family. This is why I am writing this post… Darla Mack, the Mobile Diva (who in real life is…
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