It took 34 years for a jury summons to arrive in my mailbox. I knew it was coming, I just never knew when. But alas, it’s arrived. So here I am in the Jury Pool awaiting my instructions at Dade County Court in Miami, Florida. Getting here wasn’t an issue. It was about four minutes from my apartment. But surprisingly, I never ‘drive’ downtown for anything. So today I had...
A few weeks ago, I spent hours re-wiring my desk of its computers, printers, scanners, TVs, VHS (yes, for editing and old Rocky movies) players, hubs, routers, and external hard drives. I was disgusted to see how many external hard drives I had. Some were 250GB, others 500GB. That’s no match for the file sizes of the present day. Most were near full. But daisy-chaining all of them was a...
Here come the new domain names There is a major load of top-level domain names (TLDs) about two be dropped on the World Wide Web. You know about .com, .net and org. Yes, there’s .edu and .gov examples as well. But in the next two years more than 1,400 new top-level domains will come online. It’s about to get crazy. Some examples? .ninja, .web, .inc, .church, .toys, .wine, .nyc, ...
I love when the leaves turn this time of year. Wait, I don’t see much of that in Miami. It’s the tradeoff. You get about 350 days of amazing weather and not much for changing seasons. Regardless, the changing of seasons is a great time do a number of things: winterize your home, check your smoke detector battery, vow to workout more (again) and change your computer screen’s...
How Twitter makes money Today is IPO day for Twitter. Analysts on both sides of the fence – on why you should or shouldn’t buy Twitter – are still sounding off and will continue to do so long after trading closes for the day. If you’re new to Twitter, have never used it or are downright confused what it is, you’ve probably wondered how Twitter makes money. Good...
Thanks to my friend Justin from San Francisco for pointing out this gem. If you’re a cat lover and want to adopt a cat, this is for you. For the record, I wasn’t a fan of cats for years. But now I have two. They’re arrogant, pompous and lazy. But they blow my mind in a bizarre kind of way that keeps me pretty impressed with how smart they are. So yes, I now like them. Back to...
My mind was blown today. I was cranking out some work at my desk when my FaceTime started going off. Thanks to Apple’s new update, ALL of my devices started blowing up. Turned out it was my nephew. I clicked him on and we chatted about ‘something cool’ he just had to show me. He flipped his iPod around and pointed it at my brother’s computer screen. This is about how the...
If you’re confused by Klout, don’t worry. You’re like most people. Klout is a website and mobile app that uses social media analytics to rank users according to online social influence via the “Klout Score”, which is a numerical value between 1 and 100. Essentially it’s the size of your social media network and a score based on how people are influenced by the...
I don’t know about you, but I’m going to jump on Christmas ideas early this year. And since I’m on a flight to Chicago, there’s no better way to generate ideas than SkyMall magazine for the perfect gift. And lookie here, I’ve already found it: One of a kind shirts, for one of a kind men. Who wouldn’t want to stand out in a crowd wearing a $130 cotton shirt made...
Are you a desk jockey? Sitting at your desk all day can be a drag, especially if you have a window view. Watching the birds frolic and the runners pass is enough to drive anyone into a guilt-ridden straight-jacket of frustration. If that’s not bad enough, there is a massive amount of evidence that sitting at the desk all day is literally killing you. An example. And another. Ahhh nother...
