Get a feed!

~mild rant directed at friends who don't have feeds on their sites~ Hey, guys, there's no excuse for not having an RSS feed if you use Blogger. It's easy. Click on your settings tab, and then site feed. Select RSS (not Atom, pls) and give your feed a name...something original

Why ask why?

Yesterday a colleague asked me why I was teaching him about RSS. He thought it was cool, but didn't think it was my job to introduce employees to new technology. He right -- on paper my job is to manage a public web site. However, my job as I choose

A Defense Against Information

My team of merry cohorts and I have been exposing to our co-workers to the world of RSS. We've provided an overview of RSS, an introduction to Bloglines and a starter set of feeds. People have promised to give it a try for a month or so and provide feedback

Revenge of the Right Brain

I loved this article on Wired "Revenge of the Right Brain": "...the curtain is rising on a new era, the Conceptual Age. If the Industrial Age was built on people's backs, and the Information Age on people's left hemispheres, the Conceptual Age is being built on people's right hemispheres. We've

Wireless Delivery of Fresh Movies

Just read Feature Films Without Wires on Wired. They've successfully shown a feature film without the film being present...sounds almost as wonderful as television. But wait! This is exciting because it changes the way feature films are distributed to theaters...and maybe leaves room for new films to be distributed directly

Fried Green Denouement

She: "The tape ran out, so we didn't get to see the end of the movie!" Me: "I don't want to ruin anything for you, but the tanks at the end are amazing." She: "No! Nononono! Don't tell me!" Me: "And the part where she takes a bullet for the