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St. Cloud Wi-Fi getting more press: WIRED

Wed, 04/26/2006 - 09:42 -- rprice

Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

Reportedly, some residents are experiencing weak signals and inconsistent connectivity, but the article states that "...there were only 842 help-line calls out of more than 50,000 user sessions in the first 45 days of service." The help line and much of the construction and maintenance of the service was contracted to Hewlett-Packard.

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Netvibes is the best

Tue, 04/25/2006 - 05:01 -- rprice

Especially love the RSS reader. I have tried Google’s and Bloglines and a few Dashboard/Konfabulator widgets, but none of them can match what Netvibes is doing.

GET NETVIBES

I also like getting updates on both my gMail accounts right there, and how they let me discover the IceRocket search engine, which gives you thumbnails and preview panes for websites inside the search engine (but I think it is a Google mashup).

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Podcasts Are Bigger Than DVDs

Mon, 04/24/2006 - 20:32 -- rprice

Reposted from Burning Questions:

[A] promising indicator of the success of podcasting is its comparison to... The DVD. Back in 2000, the DVD format, just 3 years old at the time, was declared the most successful product launch in consumer electronics history, outselling the VCR five to one. ...the number of podcasts available online is tenfold that of DVD titles in nearly half the time.

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What to call it?

Wed, 04/19/2006 - 06:53 -- rprice

My friend Jake from the Detroit Creative Group and I are planning on putting together a podcast where we discuss topics relevant to digital creatives (not just internet stuff, no sir) and interview these creative individuals and the people that develop the applications we use and run the organisations that support these industries.

The $64,000 question is: What does one name such a show?

The world may never know....

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