Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I’m not going dark today, but I am well aware of the potential effects of SOPA/PIPA on web sites. Instead, I choose to share this video that explains the issue. You can take action by signing a petition at Fight for the Future. PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Adobe announced yesterday that it will stop developing the Flash Player for mobile devices. They will continue to support the Flash Player on desktop devices. Their statement said, Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app [...]
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Have you read the long and extremely well-done post by Adria Richards called Arrington, CNN and Diversity? It speaks to issues of white male privilege from folks like Michael Arrington; it speaks to issues of diversity in tech startups—particularly people of color in tech startups. It speaks to the issue of black entrepreneurs pitching startups [...]
Saturday, October 29, 2011
BlogHer is partnering with the folks at Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network to get the word out about the new “Create Jobs for USA” initiative that will launch on November 1st. Check out this post by Lisa Stone – Here’s how we can Blog Americans Back to Work. Here’s how BlogHer explained it. Starbucks is [...]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Are you a fan of “Friday Night Lights?” Great show, in my opinion. Remember the episode called “Blinders?” That was the episode in which Coach Mac McGill, played by Blue Deckert, made some racist remarks to a reporter. His apology is lame and all the African American players march off the field and refuse to [...]
BlogHer and many other organizations are lining up behind a campaign to stop bullying. It’s called Stop Bullying: Speak Up. You can join in at Facebook and take a pledge to help. You can also get a widget like this one that allows others to participate. There are a constant stream of blog posts by [...]
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Image Credit: Jonathan Mak
It’s about time to start thinking about what to give your favorite tech gadget lover. Or, more importantly, what new tech toy you want for yourself (or your kids, who might let you play along with their new games). What’s on your wish list?
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Facebook announced that small business will receive $10 million worth of free advertising on Facebook. The Facebook Small Business Boost program will give $50 worth of free advertising on Facebook to 200,000 small businesses. The program begins in January 2012. The program is a joint project of Facebook, the National Federation of Independent Business [...]
It turns out that this story was a hoax. Mashable and BBC News have both confirmed it. Sorry to have fallen for the story along with everyone else. But, I have to say, hoax or no hoax, if it shamed even one person into upgrading from IE 6 to a newer browser . . . The [...]
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