Had fun with my latest mashup: Nobody’s Perfect in Politics, done to the counterpoint of Hannah Montana’s bubbly "Nobody’s Perfect," with appearances by Sen. Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney, George Tenet, George W. Bush and others. I entered it in the DIY Video Summit political mashup contest (whose […]
Back from Baja
Had some fun in Baja over the weekend. Connection speeds By the way, the broadband connection speeds from the complex I was staying at in Baja were surprisingly good: Velocidad Internet: download 1721 kbps; upload 892 kbps; Internet Frog: download 1.4 Mbps; upload 858 kbps. Compare that (again, Internet Frog) to my Comcast service at […]
Web 2.0 bootcamp
I attended a great Web 2.0 University bootcamp in San Francisco today put on by Jeff Kelly (at the projection screen, above) of Hinchcliffe & Co. They have another one coming up in New York on Oct. 2. Very effective presentation — highly recommended, especially for companies looking to get oriented about the shifting social […]
Citizen media milestones
From ebiquity, a citizen media/citizen journalism timeiine: 2007, September: Google News recently announced partnerships with Reuters and AP to host stories directly on Google. 2007, September: English version of Wikinews reaches 10,000 articles according to Wikipedia. 2007, August: Google News to include comments from people in news. 2007, August: NY Times Select Content to be […]
Soccer parade
Woke up early this morning and brought Bobby to downtown Pleasanton at daybreak for the annual parade for younger members of the Rage and Ballistic soccer teams. Here are 55 photos on Flickr.