What an insane day at SXSW Interactive Day 1. I honestly could go home happy after just this one day.
I kicked off the morning hosting breakfast with Rick Calvert, CEO and Co-Founder of BlogWorld, Jim Turner, Chief Managing Partner of One By One Media and Nathan Wright, Founder of Lava Row. There was some fantastic […]

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I’m quoted in today’s Pioneer Press about the death of HD DVD. Our DVD/VCR combo crapped out months ago, but we postponed buying anything to avoid a trap.
Although we have a large library of DVDs, I’m still not convinced digital downloads and on-demand streaming isn’t the future — especially given the new high-capacity fiber optic […]

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This is what I just sent Apple:
I owned the first iPod, 3rd generation and 5th generation. Now I own two iPod Touch players.
One is three weeks old. One is one week old.
It’s poor customer relations to release a firmware update with new applications and charge users $20 — let alone a customer who purchased a […]

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As if pretending to play the guitar didn’t already make you a lame-o, check this out.
It’s the Guitar Hero brand Air Guitar Rocker from Jada Toys, with a GH-branded belt, wearable amp programmed with 10 songs and special pick you strum in front of the belt. It also has an output for external speakers. Songs […]

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In addition to a tony Nikon D40, I bought myself a Flip Video camcorder for Christmas.
It’s a cheap, pocket-sized point and shoot vido camera weighing in at 4.8 ounces. It captures 30 fps VGA video — suitable for YouTube but not full-screen TV.
I wanted one for posting concert and family videos to YouTube. I have […]

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