Category: Technology
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Check the facts or scoop the consequences
Those who think blogs are dangerous and bloggers are people who only set out to destroy reputations will love this story. Just before midday NY time yesterday, gadget blog Engadget posted that Apple’s iPhone would be delayed until October and…
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The real-world view of Web 2.0
New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has some fascinating statistics on how Americans use technology. According to A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users (PDF download), half of all American adults are only occasional users…
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Second Life community calls Linden Lab to action
One question I often get asked when discussing Second Life from the business perspective is a tricky one: why do companies in Second Life put up with an environment where the infrastructure is continuously flaky? By ‘flaky,’ the meaning is…
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Push the distributed communication envelope
Canadian blogger Mark Evans has a thoughtful post about how to communicate better. He talks about the tools – phone, email, SMS, IM, etc – and concludes that face-to-face is the be-all and end-all of communication between people. I don’t…
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The return of TechCrunch UK
So TechCrunch UK is planning to relaunch on June 1. Part of the prep is hiring a new editor. The big TechCrunch falling-out was a lively story in the blogosphere late last year when Michael Arrington shut down the UK…