Well, yesterday’s post about Apple, Yahoo, Napster and Microsoft set off a lot of people – many of them, not too thrilled with my arguments. Many were on the fence, but there was one response from an entrepreneur in the digital music space, that summed up […] Read more »
Beoing’s Connexion unit is working on ways to deliver upto four live television channels to airline passengers using laptop computers using its in-flight wifi service. The signals from stations such as BBC, CNBC, MSNBC and EuroNews are going to be grabbed from satellites extending these to […] Read more »
The ink on the Feed Demon, Newsgator deal is not even dry and I am already onto the next big thing – MediaTuner, a new RSS reader, which combines RSS feeds with torrents, live video streams, podcasts and live audio streams and tons of other most […] Read more »
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An observant jkOnTheRun reader sent me this link for a small state coming from the Sahara folks "soon" (thanks Matt): Read more »
For those of you who love the giddy feeling of a shiny new point release, the first update to Tiger is now available via your local Software Update. Apple’s Support page will give you the lowdown, which includes improvements relating to Mail 2.0 and the Address […] Read more »
What’s everyone using for cleaning your Tablet screen? I am getting very smudged and constantly cleaning the screen and am wondering if someone has a great cleaning solution to recommend . Read more »
While Spotlight is definitely cool, it doesn’t quite fit my workflow. Quicksilver remains the supreme app on my Tiger installation. At a glance these tools may seem similar – even potential competitors – but in the end they’re VERY different tools. Alas this is a discussion/argument for another day. Let’s set that aside and move on to the point of this post.
Spotlight has made itself a little home in my workflow by including Spotlight Comments. If you’re unaware, Spotlight Comments are a new section in each file or folder’s Get Info screen. You can add your own information to each item indexed on your system for additional Spotlight specificity.
For me, Spotlight Comments represent a way to tag my files a la Flickr, del.icio.us, etc. This is immensely more useful for me than the default full text indexing that Spotlight offers. I want a narrow result set most of the time. Adding tags that make sense to me accomplishes this nicely.
But there’s a problem. I’m lazy. I don’t want to have to click each file, CMD I to Get Info, enter my Spotlight Comments for that file, close the window, and move to the next file. That’s like 5-10 seconds of mouse movement and typing and, well, I’m tired just thinking about it. Enter my faithful sidekick, Quicksilver. (Hi-Ho Quicksilver!) Read more »
Oh goody! A real life Silicon Valley scandal. Matt Marshall wrote yesterday in the Merc about exodus of general partners from VSP Capital. Private Equity Week had reported the same last week and added that Duke University, a limited partner is looking to bail out of […] Read more »
Update: It is a done deal. More details here on Business 2.0 weblog, posted by me of course. Its a cash-and-stock deal, and Nick will joing Newsgator. The big question in my mind: will Newsgator finally buy a Mac desktop application and fill out the obvious […] Read more »
Adam Gedde, founder (?) of Minnesota based job-search engine, Fetchster writes: “The VJSE (vertical jobs search engine??) market is still young, but it’s growing and there is a lot of great innovation. Fetchster.com has taken the meaning of “vertical” to heart – we’re only MN, and […] Read more »
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ECI Telecom is getting ready to take on some of the larger telecom industry players in the bustling broadband bazaar. Alcatel, Cisco and Huawei have benefited from the broadband build out but ECI’s $88 million buyout of Laurel, along with investments in core IP router start-up, […] Read more »
I haven’t upgraded to Tiger yet. I plan to. But my software and systems are running great right now and I’m being productive. I do lots of different digital things on my Mac to make a living. I don’t focus heavily on any one area so […] Read more »
Vonage is just the latest company to participate in a “private IPO,” a way for a startup to raise capital for operations and for founders and executives to cash out of the startup without having to trade shares publicly. Internet advertising firm Fastclick and online poster […] Read more »
Yo did anyone know that Microsoft paid for the half-hour spot on MTV at 9:30 to promote XBox. Makes you wonder, how true really were those responses – given that all cuties had been paid for? It was called MTV Presents Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed […] Read more »
ESPN’s constant Yankee bashing should bother me – it doesn’t because I know they are all biased BoSox fans. What totally bums me out is their weblog strategy that is most confounding. They are putting their weblogs behind a wall, and offering it as a premium […] Read more »
I have been a fan of MindManager and mind mapping for some time but I have to admit I am just scratching the surface finding new uses for the great tool. MindManager is so stimulating for the creative process and is even more so when used […] Read more »
The Tablet PC Show #8 – 16 May 2005 (51 min)MP3 – 18.2MB The Tablet PC Show is back after a too long hiatus and Marc and I discuss the Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet PC powerhouse, the HP tc1100 workhorse and the Treo 650. OK, the […] Read more »
Michael of PigPog has owned a Toshiba M200 Tablet PC for a couple of weeks and has summarized his experience so far in an excellent article where he details all facets of his Tablet usage. Read the entire article for a good overview of Tablet PC […] Read more »
A few days after I upgraded my Verizon data plan to EVDO Hispanic Business reports that Verizon has announced a new pricing plan for their older 1xRTT service. The NationalAccess plan will now cost Verizon enterprise customers $59.99, a $20 rate decrease. I am glad to […] Read more »
Russell Beattie, one of my dear friends, has come to this conclusion that Microsoft and its DRM strategy are ultimately going to be winners and will leave Apple’s iPod and iTunes music store grappling at straws. Russell, when he writes about mobile phones and wireless technologies […] Read more »
I received an email from Charles Pazos this past weekend asking how to set up Mail to check your GMail account. Here you go, Charles. From Google’s help page : —– Open Apple Mail. Click ‘Mail,’ and select ‘Preferences…’ Open the ‘Accounts’ tab, and click the […] Read more »
I told you about Tritton’s portable speakers and now it’s time to point you to the Tritton SEE2 USB 2.0 Video Adapter. The SEE2 is an easy way to add a 2nd monitor to a PC or notebook using a USB 2.0 port. Not likely to […] Read more »
What’s better than a USB Bluetooth dongle? The BlueWiFly, of course, which adds a WiFi receiver to the small dongle. I can see the BlueWiFly as the perfect way to add the faster 802.11g WiFi to a computer or notebook that only has the slower integrated […] Read more »
Hundreds of live concerts available for download or streamed listening… interesting service. Check it out. via Read more »
“We and the venture guys are sort of like doctors, I treat old people. They’re pediatricians. There’s just a lot more older people.” David Roux of Silver Lake Partners in San Jose Mercury News. In other words, SV is looking a lot like Florida these days. […] Read more »
Sprint has started using Microsoft’s MapPoint Location Server. First customer to sign-up: 1-800-GOT-JUNK, North America’s largest junk removal service. Read more »
XM Satellite Radio has over 4 million subscribers and will hit its goal of 5.5 million subscribers by the end of the year. In comparison, the smaller Sirius Satellite Radio has 1.4 million subscribers and expects to have 2.7 million by end of 2005. AP Read more »
One thing is clear – broadband and the speed with which it is being adopted by consumers has large media companies scrambling for a broadband content strategy. Home & Garden TV, The Food Network, and CNN.com all have announced new initiatives, reports WSJ. CNN, is going […] Read more »
In my opinion, it’s not acceptable for consumers to have different terms of use for content playback on particular platforms (case in point: digital music and video services who implement proprietary Apple and Microsoft based DRM technologies). In other words, we need an updated version, and […] Read more »
is why Skype might actually turn out to be a winner: “In short, this company has a strategy. And not only that, they seem to be hiring the brains to execute it (see James and Jeff). So what’s missing? The cash? Looking at Vonage’s recent.” via Read more »
The success of virtual mobile operators like Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile makes me wonder if it is time for us to be contemplating a virtual broadband service provider model for consumers and professionals. The increasing number of alternative broadband offerings makes it quite feasible, at […] Read more »
We all know despite everything, TheFaceBook.com, one of the hottest social networking service well has a “booty call” element to it. So throwing convention, and all the politeness out of the window, some University of Chicago students have gone ahead and created well, TheAssBook.net. And as […] Read more »
Brits were the first ones to experiment with the virtual mobile operator business model, successfully I might add. Their continental counterparts were quick to embrace Skype, and now I see another broadband innovation comes from the old continent: virtual broadband operators. Apparently, Chelsea FC, one of […] Read more »
I was recording the latest Tablet PC Show with Marc Orchant this morning and he jogged my memory about a great article (often quoted) – The Tyranny of Email. The article by Ole Eichhorn addresses the pitfalls of handling email that most people fall into that […] Read more »
America Online is launching a traditional phone service in UK and Europe, taking on British Telecom. Given their history of experimenting with new offerings overseas, should be expect a similar launch in the US? Hmmmm! (via) Read more »
Dave Matthews’ is a musician I don’t care much about. I especially don’t care for his new album, Stand Up, that is said to be crashing Windows PCs. The CD forces you to install some software, and if you refuse and eject the CD, the next […] Read more »
Tragic tales of Lagos, promises of glory and fortune, now have a new voice. via Read more »
Some sleuthing shows that it does… One of the most amazing aspects of Skype has been this unshakeable belief that the company does not have any network infrastructure, barring a few directory servers and other more web-related boxes. In the early days Vonage offered same arguments […] Read more »
I have mentioned the 43 Folders wiki before and if you haven’t visited it already for great life hacks (and more) then you are missing a growing collection of tips that can make your life a little better. Take the coffee hacks page for example. Many […] Read more »
Brad Isaac believes in setting goals and then defining what is needed to achieve them. He also believes in using a fun and easy tool that makes it a snap to define your objectives and the tasks you need to complete to meet your goals. He […] Read more »
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