Category: economics
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2TB iPod on the way?
CNET’s April 14th article “The ‘500,000-song’ iPod isn’t surprising” caught my attention recently. As the owner of an 80 GB iPod but just a 16 GB iPhone, the desire for additional storage space on a mobile, handheld computer is familiar to me. The article cites a breakthrough by IBM researchers which will increase hard drive…
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Selling Twitter Followers?
Thanks to Darren Kuropatwa for tipping me off to Andrea Hernandez‘s tweet about the pending eBay sale of Andrew Baron’s (of Rocketboom fame) Twitter account and followers. As of now the bid is $1125. Should we be impressed, sad, disgusted, shocked, or not surprised at all? At a minimum I think this shows some creativity,…
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Podcast244: Stories of Life on the High Seas by Jonathan Gayton in Perth, Australia to Oklahoma Over Skype
This podcast is a recording of a wonderful videoconference conversation with Jonathan Gayton and Sue Waters from the Western Australia Maritime Training Centre in Perth, Australia, with our family in Edmond, Oklahoma. At the time of this videoconference, it was 8:30 pm on Thursday, April 10, 2008 in Oklahoma (US Central time.) It was 9:30…
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Tips for avoiding identity theft
These are my notes from a presentation by Kenneth Tidwell about preventing identity theft presented at the Weatherford Public Library in Weatherford, Oklahoma on 10 April 2008. MY OWN THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I have recorded this session and will share later as a podcast. This is important info for everyone. If you lose…
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The power of digital storytelling to help students understand immigration, sacrifices and war
I was both impressed and thrilled by the quality of the digital stories created a couple weeks ago by the largest group of teachers we’ve had participate together to date in our statewide digital storytelling project, “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices.” My interest in and passion for digital storytelling has been fueled by multiple people and experiences,…
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Helping students learn about personal finance
My conversations and interactions this week with a Primerica financial representative and their training group here in the Oklahoma City area have me thinking a lot more about my own personal finances, as well as our need to help students learn concrete, practical lessons about responsible finance decisions while they are still in school. After…
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Cell phones in Cuba today, political changes tomorrow?
CNN is reporting “ordinary Cubans” are going to be allowed to have cell phones, something not permitted when Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba. Fidel’s brother, Raul, made this decision. I think it is likely to have major effects on the Cuban economy, political culture, and society in general. Limiting access to information and…
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Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
These are my notes from a free webinar titled “Web 2.0 for your Business” offered by Irwin Lazar, Principal Analyst and Program Director for Nemertes Research. This webinar was offered via the AT&T Networking Exchange on March 25, 2008. Presentation slides for this webinar are available as a PDF. A recording and link to an…
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No medicine for you, the server is down
Since 2004 Oklahoma, like a growing number of other U.S. states, has placed restrictions on the over-the-counter (non-prescription) purchase of drugs containing pseudoephedrine, like Sudafed. Methamphetamine is “cooked” in meth labs using pseudoephedrine and other chemicals. By requiring consumers to show their driver’s license when purchasing legal over-the-counter drugs which include pseudoephedrine, Oklahoma has made…
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Managing information streams in the attention economy
We hear many terms to describe the era in which we live. Alvin Toffler calls it “the third wave,” John Naisbitt and others refer to it as “the information age.” As I detailed in a three part podcast series last fall, I increasingly find the term “attention economy” more descriptive and helpful. Michael Goldhaber first…