| Saturday, 28 April 2007, 5:30 am Tags: Dane, iPhone, Video |
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| Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 6:50 am Tags: Ampex, Camera Phone, Photos, SFO |
I had a little time to kill before my flight to LA today, so I was finally able to stroll through the early audio exhibit in the United concourse at SFO (on the way to gates 76-90). Lots of interesting historic items including this first videotape recorder. When Apmex showed this to television executives in 1956 they gave it a standing ovation.
The exhibit is Dolby heavy – practically everything is on loan from Dolby Labs, including the Ampex. Ray Dolby was on the team that invented it – but well worth the 20 minute stroll.
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| Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 1:24 pm Tags: Television, The Lab, Video |
Glenn shows his skills on Steadicam on the set of The Lab With Leo.
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| Monday, 16 April 2007, 5:16 pm Tags: Friends, Morgan, TechTV, Video |
I ran into Morgan Webb at the airport this evening. I was on my way to Vancouver to tape The Lab. She was just arriving from LA. I haven’t seen Morgan in three years, but there’s always a bond between ex-TechTVers!
(Postscript: she took my advice and six months later launched Webb Alert!
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| Friday, 13 April 2007, 3:54 am Tags: Camera Phone, N93i |
I’m getting some really great stills with my new Nokia N93i (on loan from Vox). Can’t wait to see what the N95 I’ve ordered can do.
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| Friday, 6 April 2007, 1:01 pm Tags: Jaiku, Twitter |
When I talk about Twitter people think I’m crazy. Who would want to be bugged by hundreds of messages a day from your friends telling you what they’re up to. Well, as it turns out, lots of us would. Twitter is positively addictive and everyone, including Mike Arrington at Techcrunch, seems to think it’s going to be the next big thing.
I’m really happy for Ev and the gang at Obvious. Ev jumpstarted the blogging revolution and tried to do the same with podcasting until Apple jumped into the ring and squashed all the competition. Twitter is his well deserved second home run.
But I’m leaving it.
The problem is the name. I wish to heck he’d named it Tweeter, or Tooter, or anything but Twitter. Twitter is so close to TWiT that I’m afraid it’s really confusing. And it hasn’t helped the confusion that I’ve been such a fan of Twitter. I’m sure half the people there think we have some sort of relationship. But we don’t. And the proliferation of programs like Twitbox and sites like Twit This are not helping things much. So let me repeat…
Twitter has nothing to do with TWiT.
And, I’m afraid, I can’t have anything to do with Twitter, either. It’s just fueling the confusion. Fortunately, there are several similar services including Groovr, Dodgeball, and Jaiku. After a cursory glance at all three Jaiku seems to have the best mix of features for me (I’m too old to be groovy, or hooking up) so I’m moving to Jaiku. (In truth, it offers a much richer set of features than Twitter.) My handle is ChiefTWiT. Hope to see some of you there.
And I hope my Twitter friends will consider creating a Jaiku account and adding your Twitter feeds to it so I can still see what you’re up to. If you do, please make sure to let me know!
(Of course the Jaiku server crashed the minute I mentioned that on Twitter. Twitter’s powerful stuff. I’m gonna miss the mojo.)
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| Sunday, 1 April 2007, 7:40 am Tags: April Fools, From Vox |
OK I guess I was too subtle 
. This is an April Fools joke folks! I haven’t sold TWiT to anyone, least of all G4!!
I have some very exciting news. G4 Entertainment Inc has agreed to acquire TWiT in an exchange for stock and $1 cash.
We’ve been in extensive conversations for the past few months, but I’ve been reluctant to say anything until today. Here’s an excerpt from the G4 press release which crossed the wires a few hours ago:
G4 CEO , Loof Slirpa, said about the merger, “The synergy between G4’s smokin’ babes and classic TV series, and the TWiTs high end tech knowledge will allow us to reach a vast audience of teenage boys and disaffected computer programmers.”
Entrepreneur and media commentator Mike Arrington of Techcrunch.com said, “The dynamic synergy between the old web and the new makes this a win-win for everyone but the audience. I wish I had thought of it first.”
Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte said, “I’m moving to Canada.”
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