So the big news in the tech world this week was… Newt Gingrich. Just kidding it was SOPA – a proposed piece of garbage legislation written people that don't manage their own Facebook and Twitter accounts that, if enacted, could cause disastrous harm to innovation and the tech industry. This issue was so important that… Continue reading Friday Five – January 20, 2012
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Friday Five – July 22, 2011
Friday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post. #1 - Google's '20 Percent Time' Will Survive The Death of Google Labs [TechCrunch] Google announced this morning that it will be shutting down Google Labs, a platform that allowed users to interact and give feedback on experimental products produced by Googlers in their 20 Percent Time. While… Continue reading Friday Five – July 22, 2011
Friday Five – July 1, 2011
Friday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post that I write for my internal Praxair blog and cross-post here. #1 - Google+ invite received, we go hands-on [Engadget] When news of Google Plus' arrival broke today, we called the service an "all out assault on social networking." After playing around with it for a bit,… Continue reading Friday Five – July 1, 2011
Friday Five – June 24, 2011
"But, Derek – aren't you on vacation today and Monday?" you're asking. Yes, I am. But I already had a treasure trove of material for this week's Friday Five by Thursday, so I drafted and scheduled this post for Friday. Ah... the awesomeness of scheduled publishing. #1 – Social Media Policy [Youtube via Digital Landfill]… Continue reading Friday Five – June 24, 2011
Friday Five – June 17, 2011
It's been a couple weeks since I've been able to crank one of these out. Either I or my laptop has been unavailable. The laptop is now sporting a brand new SSD drive, though, so it was worth the interruption in content, at least to me. So, kicking things off this week, an in-depth article… Continue reading Friday Five – June 17, 2011