Verizon’s fiber-optic data services (and aggressive marketing) arrived in my neighborhood of Pelham, NY, and they are compelling. Not surprisingly, I have absolutely no loyalty to my current cable company and its overpriced bundle of services, so I’m considering switching.… Read the rest
Category Archives: Technology & Life
Your FeedBurner Data To Google: What Does It Mean?
On one hand, merging my Feedburner blog syndication data with Google Analytics and other Google data services presents many benefits, indeed. But since my blog is personal and, therefore, a proxy of me and my personal and professional network, that means more of my valuable personal data are going to Google.… Read the rest
Why Porn and Gambling Could Be Good For Emerging Virtual Worlds
In his most recent podcast episode of Across The Sound, Joseph Jaffe reacted with irritation to a commenter downplaying Second Life because of its infiltration by porn, prostitution and gambling. Joseph responded by underscoring that that where there’s sex and gambling, there’s life.… Read the rest
Google Gmail Seeks To Save Us From Embarrasing Ourselves
Google today promoted on my Gmail home page that it increased its email attachment limit from 10 mb to 20 mb. It’s an awesome feature, and will come in handy during last-minute frenzies to share and edit high-density presentation files with colleagues around the country:
Anyway, that link took me to a “What’s New On Gmail?”… Read the rest
Rest In Peace, Mr. TV-Remote Inventor
Back to the well of my own content, I fleshed out an earlier blog post/tribute to Robert Adler, co-inventor of the television remote, to become this week’s MediaPost column (and comments here). The full text is below. When will Adler be honored in the Budweiser Real Men of Genius series?… Read the rest