I couldn’t keep my hands out of podcasting for long and with my new found love of all things social networking along with years of experience being in the game long before it was called social networking (heck, long before the Internet was mainstream!)… what better topic put on a show about?
Already up to episode 2 (old episodes available) I present to you . . .
The World Is My Network!
A podcast covering all things social media and social networking from a “lifestyles” perspective. Enough geek-goodness to keep it real with enough music and beer to keep it fun.
Check out the TWIMN podcast today! Available via RSS or direct listening from the website.
Back in February (3 Months ago), a data tape with my personal information was stolen. BNY New York (not my bank) sends my a very non discript correspondence to notify me. I think that’s the part that makes me most mad, at least at the moment. Why didn’t People’s United (My Bank) notify me? Why wasn’t this letter a little more obvious? How many people just tossed this away and in doing so missed out on a year of credit monitoring services?
This video based on an actual event depicts a T-Mobile customer on a national calling plan being having their service terminated because they spend too much time roaming on a partner network. So much for national calling plans.
I used to be a T-Mobile customer and like the character in this video was very happy and enthusiastic. My reasons for leaving was different. (Caught in an endless loop of phone replacements instead of admitting that I simply exceeded the limitations of their network/devices).
Seeing this just makes me feel better about being a happy Sprint customer now!
For the vast majority of my readers I know you don’t have Virgin as one of your broadband options, but this is about a bigger picture. Net neutrality. Essentially we are looking to keep the internet as an open access venue. A place where we all have an equal opportunity to have our message heard. As stated in the video, the internet could easily turn into another Television channel, much like how cable TV / Satellite simply turned into a monetized version of over-the-air broadcasting.
I’m very concerned because I see a pattern over and over where people, specifically net citizens.. get all excited for a cause and if it doesn’t immediately effect them or if another cause comes their way that they think everyone else is supporting they simply forget and move on. I’ve recently seen this on my ea-land.com fan website. Everyone was up in arms, then they learned to live with the consequences.
It would be a true shame to see this happen to our Internet.
As our follow list grows on the Twitter network, it becomes increasingly difficult to spot the hot and not-so-hot links. Often by the time you discover the latest buzz it’s been cross-posted to death and if you’re a blogger, well you missed the boat on the story.
Here’s where AlphaTwitter.com comes to the rescue! By monitoring the Twitter stream, it keeps track of what links are being shared and re-tweeted across the channel. A lightning fast all-business interface gives you a quick top down over view of which links are being shared the most, how many people are sharing it and who!
Even if you’re not a blogger, you’ll love the little gems that AlphaTwitter will give you.
Forgot to mention, the native formats are AVI, WAV and JPG. This camera cannot be used as a webcam. Bottom line is it’s cheap, and you get what you pay for.
Am I happy? Yea, for the price and to have a vBlog camera I can abuse and bang around with it’s perfect.. Mobile post sent by pfmonaco using Utterz. Replies.
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Seesmic lately and from time to time someone crossposts a YouTube video. This one by Kroperx got me thinking.
Back in the days of Dos, I remember as a handful of folks started playing with Windows. Of course 3.1 is the version that most sticks in my head, the version that I first was exposed to but in those days Windows or not it was still DOS for most of us and Windows was little more then a click program launcher.
Once Windows 95 came about seems to be when the mid-geeks started playing around with Linux. Of course in those days the school of thought was that it’s most DOS-like (compared to Win95) .
Ironically now that DOS and the comand line is all but gone from Windows Vista, more and more people are going to Linux (Ubunto) for it’s Windows-like (but free) feel.
Now.. here’s what I’ve been seeing. Many people (usually triggered by a Windows frustration) jump on to the Linux bandwagon. For weeks, sometimes months they rant and rave about how wonderful it is. But almost always, little by little they quietly migrate back.
My question to you is… Is there any “joe average” user out there that has converted to a non mainstream operating system and has stuck with it for a significant length of time? Now I don’t want to hear from the die-hard Linux fans, we know you’re out there and you live and breath Linux. I’m talking about joe 6-pack who knows enough to maybe burn a CD but essentially uses his computer as an appliance.
For business notebook I’ve been toggling back and forth between IBM’s and Toshibas for most of the past 10 years. Both manufacturers have always come out with machines that have exceeded expectations at our price point of $1000. Typically the decision would boil down to who was running a promotion at the time and what kind of schwag I could get out of the deal
When Lenovo took over IBM’s notebook look I was very worried. I’ve always had durability issues with HP’s and Sony’s when given to non-tech users and was realy worried I’d have to start exploring those lines again to keep my prices in line.
Of course I didn’t abandon the ThinkPad line just because Lenovo took over. The price was right so I took a chance. I’m happy to say that now that I’m on my 3rd line of Lenovo ThinkPads I’m extreamly satisfied. The products reputation is rock solid in my book and though I never tought it was possible, Lenovo’s service is the best I’ve ever experienced!
When I call for tech support, the troubleshooter is never afraid of deviating from the scripts. Once they understand I’m an I.T. person we quickly cut to the chase. If I say I have a bad keyboard, they simply ship me one and not ask me if the machine is plugged into the wall.
The model pictured is my latest purchase, R61i. My only complaint is having to remove much of the pre-loaded software for my applications. Mobile post sent by pfmonaco using Utterz. Replies.
These Dymo LabelWriter 400’s just are not IT friendly to install, can’t imagine what Joe Consumer goes thru! And thse damn fish!!! WTF? Mobile post sent by pfmonaco using Utterz. Replies.
If you are an Outlook user, you probably have it open all the time. Now you can update your Twitter status and follow your friends without having to open any other applications. OutTwit seamlessly integrates Twitter into Outlook.
I’ve been a fan of Snitter for a while now and was really apprehensive that their could be an app that could pull me away. If it wasn’t for how well I’ve integrated Microsoft Outlook into my daily planning there would be no reason for me to switch.
OutTwit was an effortless install and so far, other then some idiosyncrasies inherent with Outlook itself it really runs great.
Your Tweets appear as messages within Outlook’s mail section and you can manage them just as you would any other message. Now the quirky thing for me is that I’m used to dealing with Email, not messages so it is somewhat of a different beast. My main difficulty is that I can’t seem to get a notification when a new tweet arrives, rules don’t seem to work. But I’m inclined to think I’m simply missing something within outlook.
THIS JUST IN 3/21/2008: WOOT WOOT - Thank You Alex!!!
Hi Paul,
We have just released a new version of OutTwit, which has a “Play a sound on new tweets” feature.
I couldn’t keep my hands out of podcasting for long and with my new found love of all things social networking along with years of experience being in the game long before it was called social networking (heck, long before the Internet was mainstream!)… what better topic put on a show about?
As our follow list grows on the 
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