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Classic Scoble : Editor’s Choice: highlights from Digipede’s interview and demo

Robert Scoble — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:09:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.
And for more context, check out his blog, from one year ago today!

Just the best stuff from Digipede’s interviews and demos where they talk about how easy it is to build an application that uses a grid architecture with the Digipede Network. This is a great video for developers and CTO types.

Other posts from a year ago:
Demo of building a grid with Digipede
Talking about Digipede’s grid technology

Tags: Digipede, grid architecture

Classic Scoble : ScobleShow at SXSW with Thirteen23

Robert Scoble — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:12:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.
And for more context, check out his blog, from one year ago today!

At SXSW I talk with Ryan Dawson and Doug Cook, who have created one of the first killer 3rd party desktop apps for Windows Vista. Their toolset bridges the gap between designers and developers.

Other posts from a year ago:
Thirteen23 demo with Scoble at SXSW

Tags: SXSW, Ryan Dawson, Doug Cook, Windows Vista

Classic Scoble : Behind the remixed music site, JamGlue

Robert Scoble — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:13:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.

JamGlue is a cool music remix site put together by a group of young entrepreneurs living together in a Seattle-area house. Get a tour and sit down with co-founder Matt Rubens.

Other posts from a year ago:
Demo of JamGlue: music remix site
Editor’s Choice: highlights of JamGlue’s interview and demo
Learn about SmartSheet.com, online team/event spreadsheets

Tags: JamGlue, music, remix, Matt Rubens

Classic Scoble : Talking software productivity tools Seapine Software

Robert Scoble — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:41:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.

Paula Rome, director of product management, Seapine Software sits down with me to talk about its suite of software development tools, including bug tracking and source code management, and how its suite is different from others on the market.

Other posts from a year ago:
Demo of software productivity tools from Seapine
Editor’s Choice: best parts of Seapine’s interview and demo
Joel Spolsky: The famous blogger on software productivity
Editor’s Choice: best of Joel Spolsky’s interview

Tags: Paula Rome, Seapine Software, software, tracking, code

Classic Scoble : TeamDirection keeps your projects on schedule and online

Robert Scoble — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:20:00 +0000

Here is another Classic ScobleShow post.

Also read what Robert was saying a year ago on his blog.

We interview John Milan, founder and senior software architect of TeamDirection, as he takes us around TeamDirection’s project management software which lets your teams collaborate around schedules in a new way online. You’ll hear how he’s using Amazon’s S3 data services to make your data available to your team – no matter where your team is located.

Other posts from a year ago:
Editor’s Choice: the best of TeamDirection’s interview and demo
Inside Mozilla Foundation (the folks who bring us Firefox)
Editor’s Choice: the best of Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker interview

Tags: John Milan, TeamDirection, Amazon, S3

Facebook Status Update

Jason Lopez — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:01:46 +0000

Last October, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook, suddenly placing Facebook’s value at a lofty $15 billion. Now, we see that revenues for 2007 came to around $150 million, while expenses still leave the company with a negative cash flow that could be as high as $150 million next year.

Microsoft’s recent move to acquire Yahoo!, which began with a telephone call from Microsoft CEO Steven A. Ballmer to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang (a call that Ballmer later claimed was “definitely not a courtesy call”) prompted us to revisit the Facebook/Microsoft relationship - what it means for Facebook, and what Microsoft might have been thinking last Fall.

As Facebook moves to launch versions in Spanish, with more languages coming soon, analysts are looking again at the juggernaut, guessing about whether breaking into languages will erode its power as a single network around the world. Meanwhile, widgets and applications continue to proliferate, and Microsoft’s role in aiding advertising at Facebook continues to be a work in progress.

Forrester Research senior analyst (and former host of PodTech’s own Web Strategy show) Jeremiah Owyang speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about Facebook’s evolving business.

Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, Steven A. Ballmer, Jerry Yang, Web Strategy, Jeremiah Owyang, Jason Lopez

blueEnergy: Focused on Sustainable Development

editor — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:34:24 +0000

San Francisco-based blueEnergy provides sustainable energy services to isolated communities in Nicaragua. Mathias Craig, executive director and chairman of the board of the nonprofit corporation, was on-hand last year to receive the prestigious Accenture Economic Development Award at the Tech Museum Awards, presented by Aplied Materials. He spoke to PodTech for this video podcast, live at the Tech Museum.

blueEnergy brings electrification to remote regions by building power systems that convert energy from wind turbines to battery power. Their efforts have brought lighting and refrigeration to towns along the Caribbean coast on Nicaragua, where less than 20 percent of the population has ready access to electricity. Their systems are built from scratch, relying on local labor that ends up providing training of local laborers, increasing skills and local economic opportunities, while providing a critical necessity for continued economic development through electricity.

Long before his efforts in Nicaragua earned him and his growing company high-profile status as one of CNN’s “Community Crusader” 2007 Heroes, Craig and his brother were aware of the need for electricity in rural Nicaragua. Their mother, a linguist, spent time in the remote region, where only about 20 percent of the settlements have electrification.

Check out video of the award presentation at the Tech Awards, as well as links to lots of coverage of blueEnergy’s efforts. And of course, check out Mathias’s blog, on socialedge.org.

Full coverage of the 2007 Tech Awards

Tags: blueEnergy, sustainable energy, Nicaragua, Mathias Craig, Tech Museum Awards, socialedge.org, Tech Awards

USB 3.0 & Wireless USB Technology - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 24

editor — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:00:23 +0000

Explore the latest innovations in one of the most successful interconnect technologies in computing history – the Universal Serial Bus (USB).

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: interconnect, Universal Serial Bus, USB, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Inside Intel’s Graphics Software - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 23

editor — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:00:03 +0000

Learn more about the software that drives Intel’s Graphics Media Accelerator and about the display interfaces supported. Listen now!

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Intel, Graphics Media Accelerator, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Designing Mobile Internet Devices - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 22

editor — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Intel Fellow and Chief Platform Architect for Intel’s Ultra Mobile Group, Ticky Thakkar, takes you inside Intel’s mobile computing platform research and development.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Intel, Ticky Thakkar, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Itanium Processor 9100 series - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 21

editor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:00:05 +0000

Kirk Skaugen highlights innovative new features integrated into the Intel Itanium Processor 9100 series.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Kirk Skaugen, Intel, Itanium, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Common Sense Media: PS3 and Nintendo Wii

Kevin Edwards — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:43:59 +0000

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer gives parents the scoop on two items sure to top kids’ holiday wish lists this season: Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Nintendo’s Wii.

CommonSenseMedia.org

Click here for transcript.

Tags: Common Sense Media, Jim Steyer, Sony, PlayStation, PS3, Nintendo, Wii

Smoking in the Movies and the Impact on Teens

Kevin Edwards — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:15:12 +0000

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer talks about a new study that finds smoking cigarettes on the big screen can lead teens to light up.

Statistics cited in the podcast from CBS 5 San Francisco:
2,000 teens start smoking every day in the U.S.
60% of movies feature a lead character smoking.
80% of PG-13 films feature smoking.

More info:
CommonSenseMedia.org

Click here for transcript.

Tags: Common Sense Media, Jim Steyer

Technology Trendspotting - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 20

editor — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:00:22 +0000

Dr. Moira Gunn, host of NPR’s Tech Nation, discusses everything from biotech demands on computing architectures to how she became a talk show host.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Moira Gunn, NPR, Tech Nation, biotech, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Intel’s 5400 Chipset-based Platform - Intel Chip Chat Episode 19

editor — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:23:54 +0000

Explore what’s inside Intel’s first 45nm quad-core and dual-core platform for workstations.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Intel, 45nm, quad-core, dual-core, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Developing the Home Storage Server - Intel Chip Chat Episode 18

editor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:57 +0000

Discover what Intel is innovating for your digital life - interoperable devices communicating with a centralized home storage server.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Intel, interoperable devices, home storage server, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Advances in Nonvolatile Memory - Intel Chip Chat Episode 17

editor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:47:27 +0000

Listen in as Intel Fellow Knut Grimsrud explores the challenges and opportunities in nonvolatile memory for platforms.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Intel, Knut Grimsrud, nonvolatile memory, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

What Parents Need to Know About “Bully”, the New Video Game from Rockstar

Kevin Edwards — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:33:45 +0000

Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer discusses “Bully”, the newest release from the company that produced Grand Theft Auto. “Bully” for the Sony Playstation (PS2) was controversial months before it hit shelves. Now that it’s here, what do parents need to know?

More info:
CommonSenseMedia.org

Click here for transcript.

Tags: Common Sense Media, Jim Steyer, Bully, Grand Theft Auto, Playstation, PS2

(Explicit) Keen on… an airport conversation

editor — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:53:00 +0000

The Comedy stylings of Andrew Keen and Steve Gillmor, still bantar on who is more in love with Hillary Clinton. I think Andrew Keen wins hands down!

Facebook, 1000 Billion? Are these guys serious?

Tags: Andrew Keen, Steve Gillmor

Adobe Flex and AIR with Bruce Chizen: A Dreamforce07 Keynote

Aron Pruiett — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:22:54 +0000

The language of PostScript has expanded into many facets of day to day use. Bruce Chizen (Adobe CEO) presented Adobe’s Flex and AIR applications during Dreamforce07 and shared his vision on where Adobe and PostScript are going in the future.

With user interface options and online / offline compatibility across all platforms, will Flex provide a breakthrough in communication and development? Is Adobe the source for bringing web design out of the dark and into non-PC applications?

Tags: PostScript, Bruce Chizen, Adobe, Flex, Dreamforce07

Silicon Valley Turns Out to Honor Top Technologists

Aron Pruiett — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:26:47 +0000

Silicon Valley is not known for paying much attention to its own history but things are changing. The Computer History Museum’s 2007 Fellow Awards was sold out as much of Silicon Valley’s aristocracy turned out for a $250 fund raising dinner that paid tribute to four top technologists: Morris Chang, John Hennessy, David A. Patterson and Charles Thacker.

Morris Chang helped create the fabless chip industry. And in doing so, he created a massive innovation platform by enabling small bands of chip designers to buy production time as they needed it. Chip companies no longer needed to own and maintain hugely expensive chip fabs.

John Hennessy helped develop the RISC microprocessor, whose features are found in all modern microprocessors. As president of Stanford University, he has made huge contributions to education, and the creation of a student body that has gone on to found many of Silicon Valley’s largest companies. And his work has helped generate huge licensing revenue for the university.

David Patterson made important contributions to microprocessor design and RAID data storage technologies. As head of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, he has helped educate generations of computer engineers.

Charles Thacker helped create the personal computer. His work at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center led to the Alto, the machine that inspired Apple Computer and featured a windows graphical user interface. He co-developed Ethernet and also the laser printer.

Tags: Morris Chang, John Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Charles Thacker, John Hennessy, David Patterson, Charles Thacker

(Explicit) Dan Farber on…

Steve Gillmor — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:24:08 +0000

Is the valuation a term that is taken too lightly? These days, new tech companies like Facebook seem to be popping up from every part of Silicon Valley. Can Facebook actually monetize the bazillion apps that are being thrown their way? And from the consumers perspective, do we care? Farber and Gillmor discuss the particulars of Facebook’s valuation and the possible efforts of the mighty Google, building a similar platform. And who’s the guy telling us this is private property?

“The Next Big Thing” part 2

Aron Pruiett — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:00:13 +0000

In part two of the Dreamforce07 keynote, Robert Thurman and George Lucas open their conversation up to personal insights and philosophies around education, survival and knowledge.

As part of an ecosystem, what roles will innovation and technology take on? As populations grow and diversity increases globally, will the momentum be matched in education? Is there profitability in compassion and altruism?

Tags: Dreamforce07, Robert Thurman, George Lucas

“The Next Big Thing”

Aron Pruiett — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:00:17 +0000

George Lucas brought news of Edutopia.org and the George Lucas Educational Foundation to Dreamforce07, where he spoke with Robert Thurman about his background and educational experience before “Star Wars.”

What is missing in the education system that has created the need for advertising and marketing on order to gain interest in building basic cornerstones for innovation? Will innovation and technology create solutions to classroom overcrowding and instructor quality?

Tags: George Lucas, Edutopia.org, George Lucas Educational Foundation, Dreamforce07, Robert Thurman

Building Online Cancer Support Communities

Aron Pruiett — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:14:32 +0000

The Experience Project is a novel business, its mission is to build online support communities around specific medical conditions. Its first community is Cancer Support Project and one of its lead evangelists is Carol Lin, a former CNN reporter. Experience Project is a for-profit company that hopes pharma and other medical-related advertising will support its work. Tom Foremski interviews Ms. Lin and others involved in the project at the recent launch in San Francisco.

Tags: Experience Project, Carol Lin, CNN, Tom Foremski