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It’s the Twitter Generation….

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

...coming at you, feeling free. What do Twitter and Pepsi have in common? Not a theme song, that's for sure. But something generational for sure -- less to do with age and more to do with Web 2.0ishness. Anyway, if you've run out of people to tweet, Pro Blogger Darren Rowse ...

Two stupid things that really pleased me

Monday, July 21st, 2008

OK, readers of T.O.T. may have no interest in this, but: I am stupidly pleased by two little bits of link love that were bestowed upon this blog recently. The first is Jon Newton at P2Pnet 'syndicating' yet another of these posts (originally written for Infoworld.com) called "Everybody's Got Something To ...

Microsoft + AOL: Let no man tear them asunder

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld's Notes From the Field blog.) Proving that you can't keep a good rumor down, news reports swirled yet again this week about a possible marriage of inconvenience between the House of Redmond and the House of Dulles. Though my gut instincts tell me ...

What is the most innovative tech company?

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Some companies talk about being innovative, others actually do it. So I'm talking a poll. Which company do you think has done the most to push technology in interesting directions, or change how we use tech (computers, cell phones, the Internet) in our daily lives? If these four choices aren't ...

Apple iPhone — Great or Overrated?

Monday, July 14th, 2008

So the iPhone 2.0 has finally arrived last Friday, and what a friggin' disaster it was. Apple's servers were totally overwhelmed with traffic from people trying to activate their new phones, as well as those trying to download software from the iTunes AppStore and upgrade their iPhone 1.0 firmware. A ...

Facebook: What’s originality got to do with it?

Friday, June 27th, 2008

(A slightly different version of this post originally appeared on Infoworld.com.) Pity the innovators -- always hounded by the jealous hordes who clamor for a sliver of their success. And so it goes with Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, though exactly who's the innovator in this scenario is a matter ...

Five Ways to Make Your Office Virtual

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Running a virtual business is easier (and cheaper) than ever, if you have the right tools (An edited version of this story originally appeared on PCworld.com.) by Dan Tynan When it comes to running a business, our feet are firmly on the ground but our data and software are increasingly in the cloud. ...

You Don’t Know Tech: The News Quiz

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Windows holes, Google food, aging tunesmiths, cranky billionaires, Tony Soprano, and -- yes -- the ghost of MicroHoo dominate this week's quiz. Are you ready to demonstrate your geek street cred? Give yourself 10 points for correct answers and bupkis for everything else. Ready? Then let's rock and roll. -- Dan ...