The New Voice of Presence Deep in the DNA of every living being grows an irrepressible desire to control and modify the world that surrounds it. Every fall, whales migrate from the coast of Maine south to warmer waters, while chickens huddle on cold winter nights in the corner of [...]
With all this talk about Amazon Turks, I wanted to push another idea out there which I think is just as important : EC2 and S3.
EC2 stands for the “Elastic Computing Cloud”, which is Amazon’s rent-a-server service. Need a server for an hour? Rent it for an hour. You package your standard web-like program [...]
I think the real definition of a killer application is when you’ll purchase the platform just for the app.
I think the new version of Iotum’s Talk Now might qualify here, as I do not own a Blackberry, but am getting to the point where I would purchase one just to use Alec’s service. Iotum’s [...]
February 14, 2007 – 11:51 am
As I was sitting at my desk this morning, writing an article for an upcoming newsletter, I happened upon the idea of fair use guidelines and mashups. An interesting part of the mashup culture is this idea of permissions… or lack thereof. Just like the DJs of the past, today’s young mashup writers [...]
February 13, 2007 – 11:07 am
Apparently, Mr. Pulver has found Twitter. Twitter is a pretty cool application. You can send it text messages, which it aggregates and sends to other people on your buddy list. The main application is active presence, as in, “I’m jumping on a plane” or “Sad because I’m a Celtics fan.” Others who [...]
February 7, 2007 – 4:29 pm
My friend, Tina Klein, linked me into this really cool Web 2.0 video from Kansas State. It’s a visual history of the development of web technologies, and what Web 2.0 means for those that work with Web content. I really enjoyed it - hope you do too.
Thomas S. Howe - http://www.thomashowe.com
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February 5, 2007 – 11:08 am
So I’ve been banging this VoIP mashup drum pretty hard. I came across this video with Sue Teller, and I’ve got to tell you, I think she gets it more than nearly any telecom executive I’ve ever met. As I watched this, I wasn’t sure if she was serious or not - [...]