When it comes to managing websites, I like to apply a fairly cut-throat approach to site optimization. Content and links which fail to perform are ruthlessly swept away in favor of those parts of the website which have performed or show potential. I like to think of this process of culling and [...]

Back in the 1800s, visiting cards were considered essential personal accessories for anyone with a social life. Today, visiting cards are an increasing rarity outside the business world and are considered antiquitated by the youngest generations which are more likely to exchange an SMS with buddies. Still, I find visiting cards incredibly convenient, [...]

It was only a matter of time before laptops became something more than a portable computer. The ASUS Sideshow Notebook brings the standard lightweight laptop into realms once reserved for PDAs, Smartphones, and MP3 players. The laptop itself is nothing new, but the separately-powered secondary display on the outside lid of the laptop [...]

Does Pandora have a future? Just a couple of days after writing about the wonders of Pandora and other internet radio services, I came across a number of news stories concerning a new, seemingly insurmountable challenge to the fledgling internet radio industry. The Copyright Royalty Board, a body set up by the U.S. [...]

In the heyday of the dot-com boom, I recall listening to internet radio over Spinner, a little application with around one hundred streaming music stations categorized by genre. I have great memories of Spinner’s Acid Jazz station playing for hours, as I hacked away at the marketing plan for a startup company. Spinner was [...]