Talking On The Internet Episode 13: The Privacy Show- 2:00 PM EST

Today, I’ll be talking with J. Trent Adams about online privacy. Is it just a quaint notion from a bygone past? Is there a generational difference in the perception of privacy? What’s your personal feeling on giving personally identifiable data to companies? When are you okay with giving a business your phone number? How about [...]

Zemanta For Windows Live Writer- I Believe The Term Is "Woot."

  Oh Zemanta, what don’t you do? I mean, I’ve spent a lot of time telling people just how much I love the Zemanta plugin for WordPress. I’ve blogged about it. I’ve done presentations mentioning the plugin as one of my Super Secret Ill Ninja blogging tricks. And now……. They’ve added a Zemanta Windows Live [...]

Blogstring Live Podcast Episode 4

We’ll be doing our weekly show at 3:30PM EST on blogtalkradio. You can hear the show using the player below, or by going to blogtalkradio. Give us a call at (718) 506-1372

Do I Want Targeted Ads, Or Do I Just Hate CiCi’s Pizza?

I’ve had enough. Nearly every day I see an ad for CiCi’s pizza buffet. Their tagline is “Almost too good to be true!” Almost? I beg to differ, CiCi’s. Here’s the problem: CiCi’s runs national TV commercials almost nonstop. The problem? They don’t have a location within HUNDREDS OF MILES of where I live! I’m [...]

Image is Everything

Two little girls, both adorable. But only one of them was good enough for the Chinese government. The girl on the right provided her angelic singing voice for the performance of “Ode to the Motherland” at the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics. But it was the girl on the left who was deemed more suited [...]

Obama Wants Me To Be The First To Know His VP Choice…Well, you too.

Blogstring isn’t a political blog, so don’t worry…I’m not going to start getting political here. Instead, I saw an email yesterday from the Obama Campaign yesterday and thought it was a really interesting use of technology. Here’s the email: Barack Obama is about to make one of the most important decisions of this campaign — [...]

Talking On The Internet Episode 12 (Kind of)

Today’s show will start at 3:00 PM EST. The call in number is (347) 539-5920 This is the live podcast I do with Trent Adams, formerly called object:location. We decided object:location just wasn’t very catchy, and since we are talking on the internet, that would work. I’m all for the obvious. You can check out [...]

BeatThat.com- Find Good Deals, Get Paid For Sharing Them

Yesterday, BeatThat.com, a site focused on finding the absolute lowest price on a selection of products, came out of private beta. The site is “100% Community-driven”, and leverages social networking to find the lowest prices on items. How It Works As An End-User Currently BeatThat.com lists items in the following categories: Camcorders Digital Cameras GPS [...]

Magnify.net Adds New Video Sources, Ups The Speed

Ah, magnify.net. The service that is a constant reminder of the things I’d like to do, if only I had the time. Back in June, I asked readers what they’d do if only they had more time (and I was referring to doing things online….more time with family wasn’t the kind of thing I was [...]

TripSay Now In Public Beta, Announces New Features

At the beginning of July, I wrote about TripSay’s invitation only beta. Well, looks like they’re moving quickly, as the travel-centered social network has moved into public beta today. In addition to opening its doors to the masses, TripSay has added some new features: World builder: A form letting users add reviews and tips about [...]