Facebook to Google+: "Hey Look, We Have This Too – It’s Right Here!"
Facebook announced an expected update to its service today that is scheduled to be released on Thursday. It’s a simple one, which brings to the forefront features that Facebook has had all along and Google+ has been getting all the attention for lately: The ability to target posts and elements of a person’s Facebook profile […]
Read more...Mitnick’s "Ghost in the Wires" Will Hack Your Mind With Real Life Adventures in Hacking
When I was just 16 years old I got my Ham Radio license. It was then, one of probably 3 Hams my age in the school nerdy enough to care about radio wavelengths, antennas, and electrical engineering, that I gained a fascination for communication. I was fascinated that I could wirelessly tell my mom where […]
Read more...I’m a Dummy (again)! Writing Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition
I’m proud to announce that as of this week I am going to be writing Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition. This follows my last Dummies book, Facebook Application Development For Dummies, and will go back to my original roots (through the book I wrote with Jason Alba, I’m on Facebook–Now What???), writing easy to understand […]
Read more...Better Noise Control on Google+ is Coming, but its More Beautiful Than You Think
Over the last 2 or 3 years Facebook, Google, Plaxo, Myspace, and others have all been working on a standard to make fixing the noise problem easier. It’s called ActivityStrea.ms (pronouced “Activity Streams”), and its intention was to make it so companies don’t have to duplicate the efforts of re-creating stream formats in their news […]
Read more..."Follow" Networks and The Creep Factor – Why It Isn’t a Facebook Play
As I was setting up an account for my wife to be able to post to this blog today, I created a Google+ profile for her. She knew, and will probably even use it – some day. However, there’s something I just can’t get passed, and that’s that I’m a little creeped out by the […]
Read more...Want Religion or Politics? Try My New Blog
In my day job, I’m constantly wanting to share a bit about what I believe, but a tech blog like this isn’t the best place to do that. At the same time, I am fairly opinionated about politics. For that reason I’ve created a second, separate blog for religion and politics I’m calling “Stay N […]
Read more...Tabernacle Tuesday: The Entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir Flash Mobs Williamsburg
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is doing some cool things with Social Media on their tour out East. I shared the Infographic earlier. This was even a surprise to me – to a crowd of unknowing participants in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, the Grammy Award Winning Mormon Tabernacle Choir (335 Members!) Flash-Mobbed the audience, singing “My Country […]
Read more...Ever Wonder What It Takes to Tour With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir just released this really awesome Infographic regarding what it takes to tour with the Choir, which is currently touring the East Coast. The 315 member choir take 3 chartered planes, 11 buses, and a total of 8 semi trucks to take on such a tour. Their recent album, “This is the […]
Read more...Im Joining Xydos Advisory Board
One of the things I share on Twitter and this blog that I get the most comments on in real life has been that of Xydo, a personalized news service comparable to the likes of Digg, with a Quora-like twist (with the ability to edit, claim, and subscribe to topics of your choice). The other […]
Read more...iCloud Will Do For the Cloud as iPod Did for MP3s
In the days where MP3 players were a dime a dozen, everyone was scrambling to pick the best device. There were dozens of, perhaps too many choices – some had large storage. Others had better interfaces, or supported different file formats. Some even played (gasp) CDs. But when Apple released the iPod that all changed. […]
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