Global Morning News – August 21, 2009
Here are some links to information Bradley Shende spoke about on Global Morning News August 21, 2009. Some great items for back-to-school that come in under $100 include (From BestBuy): Sony wireless headphone for the transit rider ($99.00) Sony’s Walkman Wearable MP3 player fuses headphones with a 2GB MP3 player into one sleek device that’s perfect for cruisin’ on the bus or skytrain or riding the new Canada Line. Its lightweight... [Read More...]
Bradley on Global Morning News
Global July 31 Summer is often about fixing things around the apartment, house, or cottage. Here are some great sites to help you learn how to do just about anything. http://www.wikihow.com/Cool-Yourself-Without-Air-Conditioning You can participate and actually edit the Wiki entries “One tried and true method is to wet your wrists and other pulse points with cold water, and then keep those spots cool by holding an ice cube wrapped in a face... [Read More...]
Google’s Wave – Microsoft’s Bing – big players, big changes
We’ve started doing a lot more in-house Voice-Over work at Media2o Productions (M2O). It’s really fun stuff. It’s also interesting that just as my recorded voice never sounds the same to me as it does to others – this seems to hold true for others doing VO work too. But, on to the big news – Google announced their latest innovation – Wave – today. Techcrunch has a great write up on it. If it’s half as... [Read More...]
Joey DeVilla on Microsoft’s Evangelism and Innovation
I’ve known Joey DeVilla almost as long as I’ve been blogging. Back then it was at Tucows, but we finally had a chance to work together at b5media where I always knew Joey as a Mac-Linux guy. Yeah he did Windows, but it always seemed begrudgingly. I don’t think I was the only one who was surprised when Joey took a job at Microsoft after b5. I finally had a chance to catch up with Joey at the Vancouver Bloggers Meetup.and chat about... [Read More...]
If Microsoft wants to rule the web, it needs to master burst downloads
Last week the first public beta of Windows 7 was released with great fanfare, and equal amounts of frustration. Users complained of not being able to reach the download site, get the download to come down in a timely manner, and the ever important registration key not being forthcoming. Yeah, not good. Yes, by this time the people who wanted Windows 7 have it, and the feedback I’ve read has been generally positive, but what does this mean in... [Read More...]