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by John Boitnott on October 16, 2011 in Facebook, Uncategorized
Skype Rolling Out “Phone Booths”
by Ollie Adams on March 31, 2011 in Fun Stuff, Tech Culture, Uncategorized
Imagine being able to hop into a booth like Superman and “call” up your wife and kids, or some friends via Skype. That’s the plan they have in store for you. Just launched is the first of its kind in Estonia’s Tallinn Airport. You can now connect to all your Skype buddies via this wonderful device. [...]
Man Offers $1000 To Restore His WoW account
by Ollie Adams on March 24, 2011 in Uncategorized
Those World of Warcraft players can get pretty fanatical, but this is one of the more extreme cases I’ve seen. Granted there are quite a few freak outs on YouTube. Apprently one guy loves his character so much that after having his account banned he posted this on Craigslist. “I got my WoW account banned [...]
How Much Do You Love Your Search Engine?
by Ollie Adams on March 21, 2011 in Uncategorized
There are many products and brands that I am a devotee of, and I’ll admit Google is certainly one of them. But I’m not so sure I would ever love a company so much as to permanetly “ink” them on my person. I mean, does this girl not realize that in 10-15 years or however [...]
Buffering…
by Ollie Adams on February 22, 2011 in Uncategorized
Looks like someone has gotten a little frustrated over the constant “buffering” over at YouTube. So much so that they felt the need to head over to their main headquarters and make a mockery of them. At least this makes a statement and hopefully they’ll get the point. It’s problems like these that frustrate users. [...]
Ultimate Compact Home Office
by Ollie Adams on February 7, 2011 in Uncategorized
A lot of us who are online a lot either work from home exclusively or at the very least do some of our tasks at the house. Personally I have a nice setup but nothing special or extravagant. I’d imagine that you too have something that at least lets you get a little work done here [...]
Videos Of Egyptian Revolution
by Ollie Adams on January 31, 2011 in Journalism, Uncategorized
Obviously you’re fully aware of what is taking place in Egypt right now. The revolution is still taking place and the mass outage of the internet by the “government” is still in affect. If you’re curious to see exactly what is occurring over there, here is a large compilation of AP video from this weekend.
Egypt’s Internet Still Shut Off
by Ollie Adams on January 29, 2011 in Uncategorized
As of noon on Friday the “government” of Egypt effectively switched off all internet connections in and out of country. Currently all connections still remain down. President Hosni Mubarak also ordered the shut down of mobile phone networks, including one run by Vodafone, all in an effort to undermine the growing protests over Mubarak’s rule of the country. While the world [...]
Thomas Edison’s 2011 Predictions From 1911
by Ollie Adams on January 24, 2011 in Uncategorized
Way back in 1911 the ever inventful Thomas Edison was asked by the Miami Metropolis what the world would be like in 100 years. That was on June 23rd, 1911. From golden taxis to books printed on nickel, some of his theories were spot on and some where quite far fetched. He accurately stated that [...]
They Call it Baby Man Yellow.
by John Boitnott on September 25, 2009 in California news, Environment, Television, Uncategorized
Sometimes things just work out perfectly. That’s what I thought as I sat down with my buddies Alexia and Janine for a cookie on Friday. Once I was done it was smoke time. And the pack of cigs had the exact same color tone as Alexia’s finger nail polish. And the same color as Babby [...]
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.