Today I am excited to announce the launch of a project that has been in the works for the last few months. It’s called LocalOnlineNews.TV. The concept is simple: Experienced, professional video journalists report on issues and events that impact local communities. Our reporters will focus on a single community and file reports every day [...]
Archive for April 2009
2009-04-26 Weekly Twitter Update
Watching “Kings,” pretty cool show. # Just installed Tweetie on the Mac. Great Twitter client. # Will be cheering on my sister-in-law today as she runs the Boston marathon! Track your favorite runners at http://bit.ly/jG43O # Board of Ed budget presentation went well. Now it’s time for bed. # Hopes that you can come to [...]
EVENT: Examining the Importance of the Youth Vote
I have been team teaching a class this spring as part of the University of Hartford’s new Political Practitioner in Residence program. It’s been great to return to my alma mater twice a week this semester to help build this new program. Tonight (Wednesday, April 22nd) I am hosting a roundtable discussion at the University [...]
2009-04-19 Weekly Twitter Update
Somali pirates: Don’t mess with the U.S. of A. # The consumable cost on my Jawbone bluetooth headset is nearing that of my laser printer.. It works great, but high TCO. # Congrats to the @marsrovers, still going strong after five years. The batteries were made right here in Connecticut. # Owning a kitchen trash [...]
GE's Augmented Reality Ad
This has got to be one of the coolest web ad campaigns I’ve seen to date. GE is promoting their new “Smartgrid” initiative using an innovative augmented reality application. Just print out a PDF from the website, hold it up to your web cam, and instantly an animated three dimensional scene appears on screen. And [...]
2009-04-12 Weekly Twitter Update
Ever wonder how much George Lucas made off the Star Wars franchise. The answer? Over $22 billion (as of 2007)! http://bit.ly/nNihY # Ever wonder how much George Lucas made off the Star Wars franchise? Over $22 billion (as of 2007)! http://bit.ly/nNihY # You know they do say that April showers bring May flowers right? # [...]
Niche Player Tesla Motors Bashes Volt and Range Extension
I like the Tesla electric vehicles a lot, but I don’t have much faith in the company’s ability to find more than just a niche audience for their vehicles. That belief was reinforced by an article today on the GM-Volt blog. In the GM-Volt.com post, Tesla’s CEO and former Paypal founder Elon Musk was critical [...]
2009-04-05 Weekly Twitter Update
Going to bed early! # Hey that’s cool, the White House is streaming activities live on their website. Auto industry statement at 11: http://bit.ly/cgYyE # Google always owns April Fool’s day http://bit.ly/ESv3 # Senator Dodd to answer questions via live video blog today beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT: http://bit.ly/fvvO9 # Looking at editgrid.com, possibly exposing [...]
New Macbooks Are Impressive
I switched to Mac about three years ago after they went to Intel processors. I was initially attracted to the platform by Apple’s Keynote presentation software, but Apple’s change to Intel processors (with their ability to seamlessly run Windows apps) was what finally brought me into the church of Steve. The build quality of Apple’s [...]