They say that silence is golden. It might be true, unless you’re sight impaired and trying to cross the street in front of an oncoming hybrid. Close calls and concerned citizens have turned into calls to state representatives in California and now a
Archive for August 2008
Life has a way of knocking on your door and reminding you of your age. Yesterday turned out to be one of those days, prompted by a visit from Mariam Naficy, CEO & founder of San Francisco-based Minted, a startup that is using crowdsourced … Read More »
Since James recently mentioned AirMe for iPhone photo uploads to Flickr, now’s a good time to point out Flickup, an iPhone app that Josh Bancroft recently … Read More »
Yahoo Series Makes Sweet Music; featuring big-name musicians, Nissan Live Sets generates roughly 4 million streams per month. (Variety) Universal Using Mobile to Promote DVDs; studio providing clips from DVD bonus features of Heroes and The Office across Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T. (Video Business) Bebo … Read More »
There are many reasons why web workers (and other independent contractors) choose to accept one job over another. Sometimes it’s simple economics: if you’re not overflowing with offers of work, you may not be able to afford choosiness. Other times, you … Read More »
DreamWorks’ announcement earlier this week that all its films will be produced for 3-D production beginning in 2009 is the next step in a partnership with Intel that began on the processing side and aims to end up making 3-D a reality in the living … Read More »
If you’ve been wondering, “Where has Liz G. been goofing off, and why is she neglecting this site?” — I haven’t been playing hooky, I promise! I spent most of the day yesterday at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood, judging the … Read More »
Due to personal challenges over the past week, I haven’t spent nearly the amount of time I would have liked with … Read More »
The California Academy of Sciences, a collection of exhibits including a massive aquarium, a planetarium and a natural history museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, has gotten a new and much greener home. When the academy’s doors reopen in September, they hope for LEED … Read More »
Craig Brewer isn’t the first Hollywood name to jump into the web series game, but his pitch is one of the freshest. Brewer directed the indie hit Hustle & Flow, and his web series seems like it will capture some of the same sensibilities. The Hollywood … Read More »
Acer is paying attention when we say that $300 is the "impulse buy" sweet spot for netbooks and have announced an across-the-board $50 price cut on the Aspire One. Check out Kevin’s coverage of the Aspire One. I’ll bet he’s happy to see the price … Read More »
The reality is that the effects of climate change are here and aren’t going away. We can spend all we want on innovations for clean power, but Hurricane Katrina has already caused over $80 billion in damage, and weather-sensitive sectors of the U.S. economy add up … Read More »
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