by Kevin on August 23, 2010
DAYTON – Internet entrepreneur Jeff Pulver strode, or rather, “surfed” his way into Dayton on Sunday, Aug. 22, as part of a road trip promoting 140Conf.com’s event Oct. 20 in Detroit. About two dozen emergent media/social networking and technology denizens met Pulver for a “meet and greet” at Blind Bob’s, 430 E. Fifth St. in [...]
by Rufus on August 23, 2010
Jeff Pulver of 140Conf poses with Gary Leitzell, the Mayor of Dayton at the Dayton Road Trip meet up for the 140conf. When we arrived at Blind Bob’s for the 140conf Road Trip Meet Up, there were already a dozen people there, waiting for and watching Jeff Pulver and his “roadies” navigate the Ohio freeway [...]
by Charlie on July 9, 2010
I had the good fortune of working briefly in the equine business through 1997-98 while also selling exercise bikes to paralyzed people (true story). One lesson I will take away always. Winning the Kentucky Derby is such a long shot that most people don’t even shoot that far. When it does happen through a series [...]
by Charlie on May 24, 2010
I’m a fan of Simone Grant‘s blog Sex, Lies and Dating in the City (don’t judge, just read her blog, ok?) Yesterday, I was watching FOX because that is where the Simpsons are and I saw the promo for Glee. And for a fraction of a second, they showed a cut to a pair of [...]
by Rufus on April 27, 2010
The year is 1837 and a farmer was all giddy about the new John Deere steel plough he just bought. It was a lot lighter than his old piece of crap iron plough. Since his back was starting to hurt as he was getting older, he was happy that the lightweight steel plough would take [...]
by Charlie on April 7, 2010
I read an article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today that says the hot new job title in technology is “Ninja.” Really? Seriously? People like being called the “Ninja?” Before that, we had “Rockstar” and “Guru” and … [insert other fantasy title here]. All mis-appropriated from a fantasy of a high-school [...]
by Rufus on March 1, 2010
My editor wrote this over at GerardMcLean.com and I had to share. It is something that I privately champion at every opportunity, and this being one of those time, here you go. UPDATE: @Neenz just published the Paralympics page at Alltop.com last night, Mar 5. If you know of or write a blog on the [...]
by Rufus on January 29, 2010
I ran across this video by Tom Peters. Watch it. Peters makes some powerful points about education, but I don’t entirely agree with everything he says. Creativity is not a refusal to color inside the lines. It is a conscious decision to color outside the lines, knowing what the lines mean and why they are [...]
by Rufus on December 29, 2009
With all the news media chattering on about this latest round of terrorism with flight 253 and the guy with a bad stomach in the restroom, we are seeing the latest group of pundits advocating for more technology, full-body scans, etc, etc. Oh, brother. Real airport security is far more low-tech than that. Here is [...]
by Rufus on November 20, 2009
My BFF Rupert Murdoch* has been taking some hits lately about him wanting to block Google from indexing his sites and putting up pay walls. I understand his reasoning and don’t think he is too far off the mark. In order to explain my thinking, I have an analogy. Say you own a small grocery [...]
by Charlie on November 11, 2009
Either I am old or the people putting together Web site user interfaces are a bunch of insensitive punk kids. I am one choice away from the last age you can be to use the Internet. Enjoy your youth while it lasts, kids! And get off my lawn.
by Rufus on November 4, 2009
Charlie and Sallie love Pup-Peroni after walks. If I run out, they won’t take any other treat. So, I happened upon the Web site (printed right on the bag) and found this really cool, fun movie maker where you can write messages on the billboard the dogs hold in their mouths. (If you have a [...]
by Charlie on October 27, 2009
I was talking with a colleague of mine this morning about how Social Media is taking shape and changing the world, and that it would be good for people in business to know who the movers and shakers are. People like Chris Brogan, Gary Vaynerchuk, Danny Brown, David Armano, Robert Scoble, Hugh Macleod, Shannon Paul, [...]
by Rufus on September 28, 2009
I watch a lot of History Channel. It lends some perspective. One of the series they are running is about the Knights Templar. All the legends aside, the one thing that was striking to me is how long some of the stone tablets with their histories and accounts survived, since the 1100′s or so. The [...]
by Rufus on September 20, 2009
I think the difference between Social Media channels and traditional channels is on SM, users rally around the tools, not the message. Most users are too busy yelling out their own message — because they can — that they no longer become part of the community in which they are yelling. Instead of a community [...]
by Rufus on September 9, 2009
A mass of children, all huddled around a 19inch CRT TV, watching the President address our nation of youth. In 2009. Really, WSJ this is the very best photo you could source that shows the rest of the world how wonderful our public schools are? Not only are other developed countries laughing at the big [...]
by Charlie on July 17, 2009
This is super amazing and really, really works! You too can hack your old piece of crap iPhone 3G to record video. 1. Buy a Flip video camera and a roll of tape. Duct is preferred, but electrical tape will do. 2. Tape Flip camera to the back of your iPhone as shown below. 3. [...]
