Videos? Education? Travel? Food? Tech?
OK, mainly Tech.
Apple’s iTunes is your first stop. Think of iTunes as a convenient distribution jukebox. Though many podcasters have their own websites, iTunes makes finding new material easier than searching the whole web — just browse iTunes’ podcast categories to see what’s available.
Search for iTunes in at Google.com
More information from Wired magazine: get Wired
The one I like best:
Chris Anderson is the editor in chief of Wired magazine
I’M WILLING TO bet that 2007 is the year that somebody figures out how to make video advertising work in a YouTube world. And if I’m right, the TV industry is going to get very rocky, very fast.
I doubt that the same disruptive force will hit movies, however. The big-screen home-theater boom created a market for high-def films, and that factor-of-10 increase in downloading time bought Hollywood another five years or so to figure things out.
I also think that this will be a big year for video gamers, and not just because of the delightful game-play innovations of the Wii and the power of the Xbox 360. (I can’t wait for Halo 3.)
Equally important is the fact that all of the current generation consoles now have built-in Internet connections. Their role as a bridge from the Net to the TV isn’t just a big deal for gaming, it’s also potentially a breakthrough moment for online video of all sorts.
We knew gaming competed with television for time, but now we’re learning that mainstream acceptance of networked gaming may also create the greatest competitor for the broadcast distribution model itself.
(via Boing Boing)
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
What?
Widgets are gimmicky little computer programs that I almost never use.
They are novelties.
If 2006 was the Year of YouTube — and it was — then 2007 is the year of TV delivered on-line.
Of course we already have TV on-line. But in 2007 the general public will finally catch on in numbers.
It will only happen if on-line video and TV are effortlessly delivered to our existing televisions. That will happen in a big way in the coming year.
That big monthly payment you make for crappy cable TV is an attractive target for entrepreneurs.
If for some reason that glad revolution is delayed … then 2007 will be the year when RSS finally starts to catch on with the great unwashed.
Widgets?
Give me a break, Newsweek.
TIME magazine’s man of the year is “You” and if that is the case, then widget is a good way to express yourself. Newsweek is declaring 2007 “Year of the Widget.”
Karina Stenquist of Mobuzz TV, a daily vlog on web related stuff recorded in Madrid, Spain.
And she’s the best spokeswoman of the very attractive bunch, as well.
Another opinion. The World’s Most Beautiful Women Bloggers of 2006 – Amit Agarwal
Really Simple Syndication is the usual expansion.
I prefer Rich Site Summary as more descriptive. RSS gives you a very useful overview of the content of the page.
Check Wikipedia for details:
To try RSS, use FireFox or another modern browser, not the dinosaur IE (Internet Explorer). Then start clicking on these icons:
Who doesn’t? Especially on Boxing Day.
Who do I want to complain about first? Canon? Air Canada? Telus? Direct Buy (formerly UCC)?
One day consumers will be able to vent our wrath on lying corporate weasels. This website is a start:
Slowly but surely.
One day retail outlets will simply be showrooms where we test merchandise before we buy online.
Online retailing | Clicks, bricks and bargains | Economist.com
I first saw this concept in a Tokyo electronics mall in 1991.
Wired magazine just opened a geek shop like this in New York.
Interesting long article explaining why almost everyone today suffers from Windows monopoly malady. How did the worst operating system get entrenched on your computer?
Check the link below for the blow by blow.
Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures : Page 1
I just posted a new website describing the trekking route to Machu Picchu via the little visited ruined Inca city of Choquequirao. We were the only people in Choquequirao when we visited June 2005.
Click on the link below to see the new site. Then PHOTOS.
Choquequirao Trek to Machu Picchu – Hiking Peru
Pack mule and our female guide.
Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia started only in 2001, is my favourite reference site. It is amazingly accurate and up-to-date, especially on technology topics.
Anyone can edit the articles — I have made dozens of improvements and additions myself.
One study by Nature found Wikipedia nearly as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Rick McCharles 