by David | Mar 30, 2009 | media, technology, working
I’ve been doing webinars for a while as marketing vehicles and occasionally just for meetings. You can see some of them on Vimeo. As telepresence goes, a screen-sharing session with audio and sometimes video is pretty good. I’ve used a few different...
by David | Mar 18, 2009 | technology
Perhaps you read my earlier post about applying for API use with LinkedIn’s developer program, or the followup post, or Ed’s erudite comment on that second post. In any case, I decided to try it again, just in case something got lost in translation the...
by David | Mar 13, 2009 | culture, technology
Recently, one of my instant messaging accounts was compromised. Exactly how and by whom doesn’t really matter, but the upshot was that some of my friends received unpleasant messages that appeared to be from me. Upsetting, to be sure, but something interesting...
by David | Mar 4, 2009 | culture, design, media, photo, technology
I was engaging in some micronarcissism (that means looking at my Twitter page) the other day when I chanced to notice that most of the icons – or avatars if you prefer – were faces, most of those photographic. The old New Yorker cartoon said, “on the...
by David | Feb 27, 2009 | design, technology, working
We got this spiffy new fridge at the office months ago, and every time I went to get water through the door, I had to pause for a moment. I finally figured out why. Look at this: The spout on the left dispenses ice, and you can select ice particles or ice wedges. ...
by David | Feb 25, 2009 | media, technology
Five weeks ago I blogged about LinkedIn’s API policy, and I also applied to develop an application with their API. I had no illusion that my idea was earth-shattering, but I thought it was a good one, and one that LinkedIn might even be able to monetize. It...
