This Week in Startups review

I wanted to take a few minutes to write a quick review for one of my favorite podcast. If you have not heard of This Week in Startups (thisweekinstartups.com) you really should check it out. Not only does it give good insight to the fast paced world of Web 2.0 startups it also gives you [...]

Translator APP

So I have this idea that I will probably never make, but I would like to share it. With all the new technology that is coming out in portable devices I would like to see a Translator app. My idea is to be able to use the cameras on cell phones and OCR technology to [...]

Government Scrambles to Fix an Unfixable Issue.

If you have been anywhere near a TV, Radio, or Internet news site you have probably heard the word ConFlicker. I’m not here to talk about this internet terror itself, but I am here to talk about the actions that people are taking. As the title of this post says, the state is scrambling to [...]

Tally Talks

Just an idea Would anyone be interested in an every other month get together, for 2ish hours, where you would have 3 or 4 people give a 15 minute speech/lecture on a tech type topic and Q&A afterward? Think TED, but local Tallahasseeians giving mini-lectures on technology topics they find relevant. It could be anything [...]

Finding yourself and everyone else.

So, I have been trying this new service from Google called Latitude. Basically, it is a location based social media service that lets you share where you are and what you are doing. Latitude can be used through your phone or the web. The service will be within the RC33 release for Android (Google’s mobile [...]

I Have Questions, Do You Have Answers?

I have not had a chance to update my Blog in a while and wanted to get something up. I was trying to think, “What can I blog about?” I came up with nothing. Soooooo, I thought I would pose a few questions and see if I can get some ideas about what to write. [...]

Mail Goggles. Don’t Drink and Email

  For all those people (like me) that think Google is hilarious, well they have done it again. Google has launched Mail Goggles.    The officail line from Google  “Google strives to make the world’s information useful. Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next [...]

New College Graduate Desperately Seeking Progressive IT Environment.

Until about three weeks ago, I had never heard the word millennial used in the context of referring to a specific group people. I first heard the word when I was in an hour long IT session, Web 2.0 Technologies. The presenter used the term millennials to describe college students who will be entering the workforce [...]

Business Threats through Social Engineering.

The presentation covered four key aspects of Social Engineering Change Society – Make Cyber Crime a Bad Choice Old School Social Engineering Phishing: Greed and Fear Post Phishing: key loggers Spear Phishing Change Society- Make Cyber Crime a Bad Choice   The presenter started off by prefacing his reasons for the current state of internet [...]

Business Mashups FGTC 2008

Business Mashup Mashups take numerous data sources combined and layer them together to form an informative presentation that can deliver services tailored to individuals. The presenter used the book “The Long Tail” as an explanation to the shift from mass production of generic stuff to niche markets. “The Long Tail, in a nutshell“ The theory [...]