Month: February 2011

  • Human Toolz Moovee Stand is Nifty, But A Ripoff

    Human Toolz Moovee Stand is Nifty, But A Ripoff

    As mobile phone screens get clearer and crisper, and cellular networks serve up data faster and faster, consumer are starting to watch more tv and movies on their phones. While in the LGA airport shop, i found this nifty Human Toolz Moovee Stand. It’s a cut plastic card that folds into a stand for holding…

  • Finally, Carriers May Be Consolidating to LTE

    Finally, Carriers May Be Consolidating to LTE

    Good move Sprint! In what could be a long needed win for the US wireless industry, Sprint may be adding to it’s 4G network with LTE support, in addition to the current WiMax deployment.  This would effectively put all major US cell carriers on the same LTE upgrade pathway, and ideally should make widespread network buildouts much…

  • Notes from the New York Times Travel Show

    Today I attended the New York Times Travel Show at the Javits Center in NYC. Here are a few notes from the forum, as well as the show floor. Travel wiser with bloggers forum, hosted by David Farley, with Kim Mance, Andrew Evans, Robert Reid, and Jen Leo – FB, Twitter defacto social connectors –…

  • Spotted: Tesla Roadster

    While walking on 34th street today, I spotted a shiny new Tesla Roadster electric sportscar, with the license plate “OHM RUN”…. Cool!

  • Using PubSubHubbub

    Using PubSubHubbub

    As of today, my blog is now using the PubSubHubbub protocol to PUsH out content. This, in addition to the future addition of hAtom microformats will ensure that content is standards compliant and semantically relevant. Here’s the rundown on the new content syndication technology, directly from Google. PubSubHubbub is a simple, open, server-to-server publish/subscribe protocol…

  • Infrared Art Viewable Only Through Your Camera

    Infrared Art Viewable Only Through Your Camera

    Toronto based artists Brad Blucher and Kyle Clements have created a series of art works that are only viewable through a digital camera. The art consists of a blank canvas with embedded infrared LEDs. Humans can’t normally see the IR light, but most digital cameras can. So, the only way to view these works is…

  • iPad Demographic Trends

    iPad Demographic Trends

    Quick post today. A few weeks ago I got an iPad, and have been having a great time getting more in depth with its applications and market positioning. Increasingly as the tablet market gets bigger, brand presence on the iPad is becoming more relevant. A few key snippets on the rise of the iPad, with…

  • Updating the Breezeblock Post

    Looking at traffic metrics for the blog, a significant amount of traffic has been generated by my old post on BBC Radio One’s old radio show The Breezeblock. It looks like people have been finding the post looking to download old shows. Unfortunately, over the years, and through a couple domain/server moves of this blog,…

  • Google Public Data Explorer: It’s What You Do With The Data That Counts

    Google Public Data Explorer: It’s What You Do With The Data That Counts

    This past week, Google opened its public data explorer tool up to any data in the Dataset Publishing Language. For quickly and effectively analyzing large sets of data, this is a huge win. As is often the case, it’s sometimes relatively simple to collect large sets of information – server statistics, varios web related stats,…

  • Computer Repair Shops

    A sign of the times – three Apple vs one Microsoft. Seen on the corner of 14th st and 6th ave, NYC. – Posted via mobile – Location:Jane St,New York,United States

  • AT&T iPhone Faster Than Verizon iPhone – But Not More Reliable

    AT&T iPhone Faster Than Verizon iPhone – But Not More Reliable

    This past week, CNN reported that according to Ookla’s mobile speed test, the AT&T iPhone transfers data much faster than the Verizon iPhone. Of course it does – AT&T’s implementation of its 3G technology is much faster than Verizons. However the main thing that must be kept in mind here is that the AT&T iPhone…

  • My First Blog: ILikeLasagna.com

    My First Blog: ILikeLasagna.com

    After my first experience creating a website on Geocities, I decided to buy my own domain name and start a blog. Back then, in the year 2001, the most prominent blog platform was the freshly released Blogger. It was in competition with a few other platforms such as LiveJournal, but seemed to me like the…

  • Augmented Reality Projections Come Home

    Projectors aimed at large buildings at night have been used for a while now to bring buildings to life. A massive high resolution projector is aimed at a building, and the images it projects are registered with the exact dimentios and features of the building. by projecting onto the dark facade of a building, it…

  • Wikipedia traffic tool

    Wikipedia traffic tool

    Quick post for today – This tool for looking at wikipedia traffic was just passed around my office. The tool, from Grok.se, lets users look at traffic trends on wikipedia articles over time.  This screen shot below is for NFC, a wireless protocol that’s seen increasedinterest lately, as it starts to be integrated into mobile…

  • Google Ads Click To Call An Unexpected Success?

    Who would have known that the lowly “click to call” option in Google Search Ads would end up being such a success? In an article on Search Engine Land, the click to call initiative is said to be a success – and a good thing too. Although a user clicking on or interacting with an…

  • Google’s New Nav Bar Being Rolled Out

    Google’s New Nav Bar Being Rolled Out

    Loading up Google this morning, I was given a brand new shiny navigation bar. The new bar is much more polished than before, and offers enhanced integration with my Google profile. Apparently they’ve been testing this for quite some time now, and are slowly rolling it out to the masses. According to Google Operating System,…

  • Tainted Red Hook Honey

    This past weekend I stumbled upon a test tube of cherry red Brooklyn Honey. Last fall, there was a major issue that developed with bees in Brooklyn, where the bees were getting into red syrup supplies at a local Marachino Cherry factory, and brining the chemicals back to their hives, turning their honey red.

  • Mobile Media is Driving Consumer Shopping Behavior

    Mobile Media is Driving Consumer Shopping Behavior

    Mobile is quickly emerging as a major force driving consumer online shopping behavior. Recently a few illuminating studies have come out: Mediapost: Mobile Shopping Growing Dramatically Key Findings 33% of respondents have used their phone to access a retailer website, and an additional 26% indicated they plan to access retailer websites or mobile apps by…

  • Google Labs Julia Fractal Map Uses HTML5

    Google Labs Julia Fractal Map Uses HTML5

    Recently Google Labs released its Julia Map fractal renderer – a neat project that uses the power of HTML5, the simple Google Maps interface, and remote processing to zoom endlessly into fractals. Try it! Google: Julia sets are fractals that were studied by the French mathematician Gaston Julia in the early 1920s. Fifty years later,…

  • Looking At Digital Agency’s Websites on Mobile

    Looking At Digital Agency’s Websites on Mobile

    You’d think that any self respecting digital agency nowadays would have not only a decent website, but also a decent website that embodies all the ideals of their industry. Unfortunately, this is not always the case – but certain new elements are catching on. Specifically, more and more companies are producing mobile-optimized websites to compliment…

  • QR Codes All Over NYC

    Lately I’ve been noticing an increasing number of QR Codes – high resolution barcodes showing up in store windows and street advertisements all over the place. For the most part they have been well implemented, and it’s beginning to look like the usage is going from a novelty to a necessity. I recently saw the…

  • Photographing the Church of St. Francis Xavier for Open House New York

    This past weekend I had the opportunity to photograph the newly renovated Church of St. Francis Xavier, working with Open House New York. From the OHNY Blog: The campaign for the restoration and preservation of the Church of St. Francis Xavier began in 2001. EverGreene Architectural Arts and Thomas A. Fenniman Architect completed this extensive restoration…

  • iAd Beating Traditional TV Ads? Well Duh.

    iAd Beating Traditional TV Ads? Well Duh.

    Today, a Nielsen study was reported as showin that Apple’s iAds are beating comparable TV Ad placements. In today’s market, it’s no wonder that ANY interactive ad platform is far outstripping tv ads. Interactive advertising, and now especially mobile interactive advertising is one of the hottest sectors of the ad industry right now. Also, I…

  • Blogging Every Day Takes Its Toll

    Starting at the beginning of this year, I’ve been trying to make a blog post every day. As I’m finding out, this is not always easy. For each blog post on this blog, I’m trying to keep it something personal and meaningful – when i post about a news item, I’m trying to add my…