Your Movements Speak for Themselves: Space-Time Travel Data is Analytic Super-Food!
This is a must read blog post by Jeff Jonas - Mobile devices in America are generating something like 600 billion geo-spatially tagged transactions per day. Every call, text message, email and data transfer handled by your mobile device creates a…
I started…What will stick in Second Life?
It's been a while since I've posted about Second Life, but this article at Venture Beat sparked some thoughts: The media narrative about Second Life and virtual worlds is starting to get past the hype stage, past the bashing stage, and is beginning…
Gov20Camp Reaction
I'll admit to being a bit skeptical about Gov20Camp when I heard that attendance was going to exceed 500 people. While I am familiar and comfortable with the concept of a bar camp unconference, I just hard a hard time imaging how you organize such…
Google Voice impressions
Google Voice is an interesting service and seems to work well. A couple of observations: 1)Voicemail is not forwarded as an attachment via email. Every other service I have tested does that. 2)SMS integration is very nice and is one area where…
Kindle2 - initial review
I'm a big fan of the Kindle1 and decided to splurge for the second generation of the device. Thus far, I've got to say I am happy with my purchase, but here's my twenty-four hour review. Software interface - The software interface is significantly…
Social media science fiction book recommendations
Saw this interesting list and decided to come up with four additional books to add to it. The first four SF books you should read if you’re working in social media My additions: Eastern Standard Tribe - Cory Doctorow Great story with a backdrop of…
Free Scott Albert Johnson song - Magnolia Road live
My favorite independent musician and friend Scott Albert Johnson has given me permission to release this live track on my blog for free. The track is for sale at Scott's site along with his debut album which is highly recommended. Scott is a very…
Pretty clever
For some reason, this attack made me laugh. An interesting blending of meatspace and cyberspace. Hackers in Grand Forks, North Dakota of all places have hit on a clever Trojan Horse: using a fraudulent parking ticket to direct unsuspecting…
Threats in the Age of Obama
I'm a contributor to this impressive new book that examines what threats we face in the coming years. An excellent compilation of contributors and expertise which is highly recommended.
You can purchase the book at Amazon today