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Impressive new technologies

April 1, 2009 - Huh? - by Mark - No Comments

Thought readers might want to examine these links. Most impressive technologies. Adobe CSOLPC Google CADIE IE 8.1 preview (thanks to Jonathan Worent for this one). Someone also told me that Taco Bell is planning to buy the Liberty Bell to help offset the national debt.

Montana Photos

March 22, 2009 - Travel - by Mark - No Comments

These are photos of my recent trip to Montana (Great Falls vicinity). Thought you might enjoy these. www.flickr.com

What am I missing here?

March 22, 2009 - Huh? - by Mark - No Comments

I encountered this business on my recent trip. Does anything seem odd?

Douglas Adams Birthday

March 11, 2009 - General - by Mark - No Comments

For those who may not be aware, today (March 11) is Douglas Adams birthday (1952 – 2001). “Don’t forget your towel.” If you don’t recognize that phrase, may I suggest reading the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Our nation’s first CIO

March 9, 2009 - General , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Recently, President Obama announced the nation’s first Chief Information Officer. Details can be found a number of places online. If you are a student in any of my current classes… send me an email message indicating the name of this individual and a short synopsis of his initial priorities. If […]

Happy 200th Birthday – Abe and Charlie

February 12, 2009 - General - by Mark - No Comments

February 12, 1809 saw the birth of these two gentlemen who made a profound impact in their respective areas (science and society). I thought it appropriate to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their birth.

Weblog SPAM

January 3, 2009 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

I have been tracking the number of SPAM comments various bots and individuals have attempted to include in my weblog. The volume is simply getting out of hand. Since I started the weblog in Dec. 2006, there have been 754 SPAM comments. 526 of those were in November and December, […]

The more I think about this…

December 10, 2008 - Huh? - by Mark - No Comments

Yes, there is a lot more to this story (post a comment if you would like to learn more). Sometimes a picture is worth more than a thousand words…

Interesting Sign

November 25, 2008 - Huh? , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I encountered this sign during my recent trip to San Francisco. It was in front of a major hotel. What is wrong with this sign? Send me an e-mail (or post a comment) if you think you know the answer.

Web Pro Community Challenge

November 19, 2008 - ICC , Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

The second annual Web Pro Community Challenge was announced at Adobe MAX (San Francisco) yesterday. The Web Pro Challenge is a Web design competition designed to provide the Web community with an opportunity to showcase their skills and talents, win prizes and benefit the community by designing and developing a […]

Interview with Jeffrey Zeldman

November 14, 2008 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

This is a podcast which was also posted on the WOW Technology Minute website today.

ICC Lecture Arts Series

October 30, 2008 - ICC , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Shari and I made a presentation on the future of technology as part of the ICC Lecture Arts series. A number of excellent questions were asked by the audience. If you would like to listen to the recorded version of this presentation, please contact me and I will provide the […]

Mozilla Labs – Ubiquity

September 3, 2008 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Mozilla Labs introduced an interesting approach to connecting the web to language. It seems similar to the concept of mashups, but allows for this to happen without having to write any code (mashups for the masses, so to speak). This is a very early prototype and does seem to have […]

Google releases a browser

September 2, 2008 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

For those who haven’t yet heard the news – Google has released a browser – Google Chrome. Details can be found at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html I would be interested in your thoughts regarding this browser (it seems to be based on WebKit with bits of Firefox). WebKit is baed on open source software and was the […]

Photosynth released

August 22, 2008 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Photosynth – http://photosynth.net/ is an interesting concept. If you have ever used PhotoShop to stitch multiple images together, you may appreciate this tool. Although most of the processing is done on the client side, you need to upload the photos to a MS server. I believe you do get 20 […]