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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Uma, Woopra. Woopra, Uma.

I doubt anyone reads my blog who doesn’t also watch GeekBrief.TV, but just in case, I’m embedding our latest episode here because it’s about one of the most amazing applications I’ve ever experienced. The app. is called Woopra. It’s in private beta, so you have to put your name in the queue to receive an [...]

Open Source vs. Intense Control

There is probably something consistent about how the tech community leans libertarian and is idealistic about open source. Technology at its core is about idealism. It’s about breakthrough and quality of life improvements. What could be more idealistic than open source?
As a loyal devotee to the Cult of Mac, I can’t say I embrace open source in [...]

Riding the New Media Wave Sometimes Makes Me Sea Sick

Doing what we do, producing GeekBrief.TV, is often exhilarating, but isn’t constant, so it reminds me of an old gospel song that says, “I thank God for the Mountains, and I thank Him for the valleys. I thank Him for the storms He’s brought me through. Cause if I had never had a problem, I [...]

SXSW

We were going to do an overnight trip to SXSW, but our dog, Syndey had knee surgery. Leaving her over night, even with the world’s best puppy sitter, isn’t something we can be okay doing.
Instead, we’re driving down for the the panel Cali is doing with Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week.  Panel details [...]

Geek Brief Radio Test Tube

Long story cut into really short pieces…We started Geek Brief Radio, an audio version of GeekBrief.TV because Cali kept getting email from people telling her they watch Geek Brief while driving to work. She, like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, is a safety girl.GeekBrief.TV is written to be visual, so we’ve never really been happy with Geek Brief Radio except when [...]

The Future of Flash at PodShow is Beautiful

This week we got a peek at what flash video will look like on the PodShow network. It’s beautiful.Adam Curry says they’re waiting for greater user adoption of the latest version of flash before PodShow does the upgrade. The conversion process is expensive, so the wait makes sense.I think it would be really cool if PodShow created a [...]