Archive for June, 2007
CNBC Plus is a relatively new service from CNBC. The compelling reason to subscribe to this service is that you get access to over 30,000 videos.
There are two sections: On Demand and Live streaming. The live streaming is pretty self-explanatory - you tune in to CNBC as if you’re using a TV. (click to view […]
No Plan, No Capital, No Model… No Problem
0 Comments Published June 25th, 2007 in News, Community, Entrepreneurship, Marketing.This is a very informative video. Moderated by Guy Kawasaki.
Tags: churchill, Entrepreneurship, guy kawasaki, startup, VC
I’ve recently subscribed to Fabio’s blog and I’m not disappointed. Fabio’s keeping me up-to-date on all things Flash.
It looks like the Flash player just got a boost in the video deparment. Here’s the feature list (from Fabio):
Multi-threaded video decoding. The VP6 video decoding will now be performed in a separate thread if a multi-core […]
How to tell you’re spamming DIGG
0 Comments Published June 11th, 2007 in News, Media, Community, Journalism.Now, you’re all familiar with the DIGG phenomenon. A few people digg your post and suddenly tens of thousands of people visit your blog.
I admit I have only managed to get it to work for me once (though I never tried hard anyway). My Starcraft 2 blog had a post with 1,500 diggs and around […]
Vietnam cyber dissident released
0 Comments Published June 10th, 2007 in News, Media, Community, Journalism.Vietnam has entered the spotlight as the next big thing in IT outsourcing. As the economy picks up pace, the contrast with Communist-led government is even more striking.
Today, BBC reports that the authorities has unexpectedly released Le Chi Quang, 34, who was convicted in 2002 because he posted online essays (blogged?) that were critical of […]
Apart from the obvious lesson (bootstrapping), Burt Rutan makes an amazing presentation on space flights, innovation cycles, commercialization of technology, and the superiority of private enterprise (to government).
Tags: bootstrapping, burt rutan, space, space flight
BBC has aired a video sent by Alan Johnston’s kidnappers. The original BBC one is not share-able, so I got this one:
The BBC came out with a statement as well:
We are studying the video very carefully. We have been working very closely with Alan’s family for the past 81 days. This is a highly distressing […]