Andrea Weckerle has fulfilled a long-time ambition by establishing CiviliNation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to "foster an online culture where every person can freely participate in a democratic, open, rational and truth-based exchange of ideas and information, without fear or threat of being the target of unwarranted abuse,…
Content summary: A musical interlude from Eric Schwartzman and Bryan Person; congratulations to Edelman for ‘Agency of the Decade’ award from The Holmes Report; upcoming FIR Interview with Andrea Weckerle; FIR Live on Jan 23; Dan York has resolutions for 2010 and reports on Seesmic and Ping FM, Skype on…
There’s been quite a lot of buzz during the past week or so surrounding rumours that Apple will be launching a tablet device very soon, and the expectation that there’ll be an announcement by Apple on January 26. I wrote a post myself, too. What’s behind all the buzz? How…
A New Year and a new list – the top 30 technology blogs in the UK for January 2010 according to Wikio: TechCrunch Europe (+1) The Guardian Technology blog (-1) Econsultancy blog (+6) Coolest Gadgets (=) BBC Internet blog (- 2) Geeky Gadgets (-1) The Red Ferret Journal (-1) Dot.life…
The share of web traffic from mobile devices increased by 110 percent in North America over the past year and 148 percent globally, according to a new study by Quantcast as reported by MediaPost News. […] While still only a small fraction of overall Web traffic, the Internet analytics and…
Content summary: Welcome to the 5th anniversary episode; how FIR started; first test audio from Dec 2004; clip from FIR #1 on Jan 3, 2005; some listener comments; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; acknowledging our correspondents, past and present: Lee Hopkins, Michael Netzley, Dan York, Eric Schwartzman, David…
Ellee Seymour asked me if I’ve tried an e-reader yet, one of those gadgets that you use to read e-books. Something like a Sony Reader, perhaps, or an Amazon Kindle. I told Ellee that I hadn’t yet. I do read a great deal of material on a computer screen, either…
The Royal Mail has a terrific series of stamp designs it plans to release on January 7 that features the covers of some iconic British rock music albums over the last 40 years. The Classic Album Covers collection features album covers from these bands: from left to right, top row…
