Ubuntu on the Asus Eee 701
"Ubuntu Eee is Ubuntu customized for the Asus Eee. Smaller fonts, working wireless adaptor..."
For some reason Ubuntu always works. I'm installing it now and it's 69% percent done. It's about 3:49am EST and I'm tired but I had to do some research before I did it. Besides,I borked the original operating system trying to "tweak" it. So far so good! I'll keep you posted...
BlogHer, Like Flies To Honey
Women's tech conference draws Macy's, not Google | News - Digital Media - CNET News.com
"Here at the BlogHer 2008 conference, nearly 3,000 female bloggers are surrounded by the very mainstream-brand advertisers that the Internet media industry has clamored to attract for the last 10 years. It takes just a few moments to notice the stark difference in marketing pitches."
Well we've been wondering what would tip the online ad scales. Apparently the male dominated side of tech has been very unappealing to the major brands and the stats show it (see above). Then enters a Tech event for women bloggers and others related to technology. Now major consumer companies are tripping over themselves to advertise for BLOGHER.
I wounder if this is the leverage needed to make other online things go mainstream. Friendfeed and Twitter has a small percentage of women partipants. Could it be as they continue to grow in numbers and validate Web 2.0 more, the quicker it becomes mainstream? Interesting thought. If we go by marketing, most ads are aimed toward women and kids. Hmmmm...
Can Social Networks Hurt You?
As already known, employers search social networks to research potential employees before the interview. Now prosecutors also search to find anything incriminating against potential criminals...
"Social networking sites are just another way that people say things or do things that come back and haunt them," said Phil Malone, director of the cyberlaw clinic at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. "The things that people say online or leave online are pretty permanent."
In the case above, the person seriously injured someone in a car accident then went to a Halloween party dressed up in prison wear. Someone else there posted pics of the party on Facebook. This situation just highlights how what we do online can help and/or hinder us. Of course this depends on what we do in the real life. Even when we are doing good though, our online profile helps us until trolls or cyber bullies decide to make trouble. It's a big risk using your actual name online too, but that's my opinion. What do you think?
Otis Redding On Whyy
On WHYY Now :
"A tribute to the life and music of one of soul’s greatest singer/songwriters, Otis Redding, told through vintage performances and rare interviews with family members and close colleagues. During Redding’s five years (1963-1967) with Stax Records, he placed a total of 21 singles on the R&B charts, with another 10 charting in the two-year period following his tragic death, December 10, 1967, in a plane crash. The documentary features rousing performances of classics, including "I Can’t Turn You Loose," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Shake," live with Booker T and the MG’s at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and live studio performances recorded the day before he died of "Try A Little Tenderness" and "Respect." Redding’s only #1 song, "(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay," plays against footage of San Francisco and the Sausalito docks where he composed the memorable tune on a houseboat. He never got the chance to perform the posthumous hit in concert."
Social Networks = Promotion
I just came across this company because they befriended me on Seesmic. That's right a "company". Social media is the way to promote yourself nowadays. The good thing for them is that befriending a blogger means free publicity...
Secret Sushi: Deliciously Creative Design
"Secret Sushi is a creative company focused on providing creative, marketing, and branding services for businesses of all kinds."
When Reality Shows Get Animated
A lot of new cartoons this year. My kids favorite's are The Mighty B and Total Drama Island. I know, but it's hard finding something worthwhile on the tube for kids. I usually watch with them so it's cool to see something we both enjoy. Total Drama Island is about two teams of kids trying to stay on a Survivor-like show. Thanx Cartoon Network for giving us something besides Spongebob Squarepants...
Pc mags way in the back
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Summer Music = Reggaeton In Philly
Wisin & Yandel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Wisin & Yandel are considered one of the most successful artists in the reggaeton genre, due to their awards, nominations and sales of albums."
I have to give Omar credit for this. We were talking about Reggaeton and Bachata and MTV3. He's second Generation Puerto Rican. What's cool is that he speaks fluent spanish. Most second gen's born here speak more english than anything so he's kinda refreshing. Anyway, he spent some time showing me all the young artists from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. I was surprised, especially about the Group called Wisin & Yandel. With poetic lyrics, very polished videos and sold out american concerts, I can't believe I never heard of them. It's amazing how each Genre of music attract different fans. He made me laugh when he spoke of "Old School" and "New School" artists. I heard of Daddy Yankee and Tego but who's Arcangel and Aventura? I have a lot of catching up to do...
Thinking green at the office
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Want To See Power? (This is about Hiphop)
Lil Wayne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982[1]), better known for his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He met the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager and eventually recorded for the label. He was a member of the rap group, Hot Boys."
I avoided the BET Awards this year. Still mad at music. Tonight though, we landed on the re-broadcast and I was stunned! Lil Wayne was the closing act and the camera panned the audience during his performance. What amazed me was how every artist shown in the crowd was reciting Weezy's Lyrics word-for-word! That's Power to me. Not only is he repeated by every young man (EVERY) with earphones, he's your favorite rapper's favorite rapper....
Comcast Buys Then Burns Chirp Users
Comcast's thePlatform Buys Social Media Developer Chirp | Digital Media Wire
"While Chirp has launched applications that combine social networking with media consumption, thePlatform said it will not continue Chirp's existing services, but will instead build new community and content discovery features using Chirp technology into its media publishing system."
A while back I discussed how cool the company called Chirp was. I really thought they were going places the way they integrated Flickr and Twitter into a screensaver. I guess Comcast felt the same way! The sad part is that they will totally mesh Chirp technology into their future endeavours without keeping the existing apps.
This reminds me of the time when Disney bought and merged among others, Chilton. Now around that time I also worked there and we were so excited about the potential benefits to working under Disney. Not long after, Chilton was dissolved. A power house of automobile manual publishing gone just like that.
Funny enough, we aren't too worried about Yahoo once Microsoft buys them. We are all honestly worried about Flickr and our precious pictures on their servers. Forget Delicious and the merging of yahoo mail with hotmail. The concern is that MSFT when stick their dirty fingers into our Flickr lemonade, pretending the flavor is still sweet. I know that's nasty but that's what's going to happen....Trust me
Qik Envy
Qik has revolutionized online video! Did you know you can subscribe via itunes to anyone on qik? Awesomesauce for real....
How To Spam 1.2mil and Get a 30mth case
NY spammer hit with 30-month prison sentence | News - Business Tech - CNET News.com
"A federal court on Tuesday sentenced a New York man to a 30-month prison term for sending unsolicited marketing e-mail to 1.2 million AOL subscribers, according to a Reuters report."
1.2 million AOL subscribers spammed by one person...cool. Click the link above
Calacanis Gets Chatty, and I Like It!!!
"Hello, my name is Jason. I'm a blogger at www.calacanis.com, and the founder of Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs, Inc., and Mahalo.com. This is my infrequent mailing list for my peeps."
First it was the "Fall out" on the 13th. Then "Start up" help on the 14th. Today it's about Hosting Conferences...This is great! Finally I have a valid reason for owning a gmail account! I will never have to worry about losing this precious info! Sorry, too many !!! ? Well as long as Jason Calacanis keeps the firehose open will be as long as I'll be ecstatic over the much needed how to's!
Wireless Philadelphia's PR Machine
Glenn Fleishman On New Network Ownership | Wireless Philadelphia
"This lets Philadelphia achieve a number of different goals," says Glenn. "It means that they could wind up becoming a model city for this kind of approach."
Just received an email from Ryan Nichols/Wireless Philadelphia. His title says "Communications Officer". Sounds like PR to me. The position kinda reminds me of the movie "Fun With Dick and Jane". I think Jim Carrey was the "VP of Communications" in that one,lol... Anyway he directed me to the post highlighted above from earlier this month. It includes audio so take a listen and tell me how doomed we really are in Philly.
My not so awesome garden
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Blackweb 2.0
Black Web 2.0 » Blog Archive » The Black Internet Space: Different but not Really
"That said, the one place where we are really able to be ourselves, even in the online environment, is in the blogsphere (compare comments on say, a Perez Hilton blog post vs. crunktastikal). The blog sphere is “our community” online. That is why I am looking forward to the Black Weblog Awards. Every year there are a few cool sites that pop up that I managed to somehow miss."
Great article about the Black online sites equivalent to main websites/blogs. Here's my two cents:
"I had to leave my email to comment on this one(That’s right,I’m a loyal email Subscriber,you should be too!)! My FORMER business partners would constantly clown me b/c I admired Diddy’s business plan. His major was business and he did what he felt he had to do to be successful. On the internet sometimes it feels the same way. Some are mad if you aren’t “keeping it real” in your blogs or if NOT mentioning the everyday things in the hood means you aren’t black enough…Sorry, but like Jade said there are as many facets to being black online as a black diamond….Take this site for example, this site is the Black Techcrunch!"
There went Scoble's Sponsor...
Seagate Technology guides fiscal 1Q below Street
"Shares sank $1.80, or 10 percent, to $15.50 in aftermarket trading Tuesday."
That could be the headlines soon. This is the first time I've seen a negative tech finance article in awhile. Seagate fell under Wallstreet's expectations, that's not surprising.What's scary is Tech's delay in feeling the impending recession. There's only two shoes and the quicker the other one falls,the quicker it can be picked up. It's like trying to fight a fever. Just let it take it's course so things can get back to normal...
Good News for Digg Clones
"After 18 months of progressing beyond the rookie stages of product development, Ballhype, the sports story discovery, submission and voting site, announced this morning that they have been acquired by Future US, a San Francisco-based media company."
Let's face it, after Digg gained popularity, everyone tried to catch their lightning in a bottle. Jason Calacanis tried by hiring the top diggers for his AOL led site and countless others have tried via Content Management Sites (CMS). Even I kept my "click if you like" plus sign, although every post goes to the front page. What's refreshing though is to see a good formula at work. Ballhype is a great sports social site and to see it gain success like this makes me look forward to seeing Old Media scoop up more deserving networks...
http://louisgray.disqus.com/louisgraycom_ballhype_acquired_by_future_us_...
Web 2.0 = Small Business
It's strange. There used to be a time when the bigger the company and it's brand, the safer you feel. We would pour into appliance stores only, not "department stores, allowing the sales rep full reign with our wallets."Well if it's a ___ then it must be good." That was our reasoning.Of course now we realize that just like purebred dogs, certain "brands" break down or stop working at the exact same time, and the same part stops working on every item. This comes with the territory I suppose, but what about the internet?
It appears there is an online war out there with companies pitching for blogger's most precious commodity : Their Comments. This is a very touchy subject because if your blog doesn't have the latest and greatest, what are you?
I personally don't go for big brands anymore. I like the new guy with the latest technology and hunger to be the best. The fact that I can see Disqus creator Daniel Ha on friendfeed comforts me. My motto used to be."If we use a big company and something goes wrong, we can sue or threaten them to get results." Now it's "If we use a small business and something goes wrong, the minute I inform them I get a response (thanx Lijit)! I like that, how about you?
Viacom Lawyers Backs Down
"We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information."
I'm glad to hear this. I really don't think they knew what to do with the bad PR. Maybe this will hinder other companies (RIAA) from making the same mistake...
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/google-will-protect-users-ident...
Glen Rice Jr. Going to College
NBA son Glen Rice Jr. has Tech on short list | College recruiting
"Glen Rice Jr., son of the former NBA All-Star Glen Rice, was one of the most popular attractions among college basketball coaches at the Nike Peach Jam in Augusta."
Averaging 25.6 points and 6.4 rebounds a game means he can go anywhere, but hopefully he receives an education too...
