A resolution for the House of Representatives to adopt a more relaxed Senate rule on Web video sites was stopped dead in its tracks by House Administration Committee chairman Mike Capuano, D-Mass., during a contentious Thursday hearing. The proposed resolution, offered by Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Mich., is similar to positions he articulated in a letter [...]
Promises Made, Promises Delivered
Buying Digital SLR Cameras
Talking about Tubes
I do apologize for the infrequency of posts. I expected more to write about. Now I have no excuse. Starting Friday, there will be a confluence of technology events that will be covered, here and elsewhere. Friday morning, I’ll be at the Broadband Census for America conference. I’ve written in this space about infrastructure before, [...]
Startup Voodoo: Turning Users into Evangelists
If you can pitch a user and convert them in under an hour, you’ve got a great product. If you listen to your users recruit other users without prompting, you’ve got a kick-ass company. Last year at Gnomedex, I discovered Lijit for the first time and the concept behind trust-based search clicked in my mind [...]