Friday Picks: Macs in the workplace, Internet memes that helped Obama
Pick #1: "The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit," BusinessWeek, May 1, 2008 With Apple’s market share growing in the consumer market, more corporate users are demanding that they be allowed to use Macs at...
View ArticleFriday Picks: Woman indicted in MySpace suicide case, quench your office...
Pick #1: Federal prosecutors take unusual approach to charge woman in MySpace suicide Remember the case of the Missouri woman who was accused of creating a fake MySpace profile to torment a 13-year-old...
View ArticleFriday Picks: Evolution of the cell phone, making Microsoft Cool, the...
Pick #1 "The Evolution of Mobile Phones 1985 – Today This video provides a fun look at how mobile phones have changed from the Zack Morris style units to the sleek touch-screen phones of today. See how...
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Friday Picks: Three videos for your enjoyment
Pick #1: Weezer’s "Pork and Beans" The band’s music video includes a who’s who of Internet viral videos. There’s the Numa Numa guy, Ms. South Carolina, the Chocolate Rain guy and a bunch of others....
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Friday Picks: Vanity Fair’s blogosphere map, ‘Is Google making us stupid?’
Pick #1: "Blogopticon," Vanity Fair If you are a newbie to some of the most popular blogs on the Web, this chart should help you out. Or even if you know lots of these blogs, it’s cool to see them...
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Friday Picks: The Bill Gates Edition
Today is Bill Gates’ last day as an employee of Microsoft. In honor of Gates’ last day, here are some Gates-related items for you to enjoy. Pick #1: Bill Gates’ Last Day Here’s a video Microsoft put...
View ArticleFriday Picks: NPR on texting while walking; NY Times on Internet trolls
Pick #1: The dangers of texting while walking It may seem like common sense not to do it, but a lot of people are getting injured because they are sending text messages while walking down the street. A...
View ArticleFriday Picks: ‘The Dark Bailout,’ Wired on Weird Al and Hulu
Sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve done my Friday Picks of cool articles, videos, blog posts and other media worth spending some time checking out this weekend. So here we go… Pick #1: The Dark...
View ArticleFriday Picks: The Simpsons spoof Apple; Woman loses degree because of MySpace...
Pick #1: The Simpsons make fun of Apple This week’s Simpsons episode had a hilarious spoof of Apple, its products and the cult-like devotion of its fans. If you didn’t see it, you can watch the whole...
View ArticleFriday Picks: Newspapers on the Computer?; The wired White House; A look at...
Sorry it's been a while since I posted some Friday Picks, but a guy has been busy, you know? Pick #1:1981 TV news report on the early beginnings of reading a newspaper on your computer With so much...
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