A statistical snapshot of our digital world at the dawn of the social media era The video goes quick so I jotted down the numbers below for us to analyze. Here are some interesting facts about the state of the Internet in 2009, which provide a fascinating snapshot of the digital landscape just as social media was beginning to dominate online activity. Looking at these statistics from today's perspective offers a remarkable glimpse into how...
Category: Technology
Gmail Contacts: Find Duplicates
If you use Gmail to manage your contacts you will likely be happy to hear that they just added a find duplicates button which lets you find and merge your duplicate contacts. I ran the tool tonight and found out I had 92 duplicates from my 733 contacts. This was a huge time saver...
KeePass
I found a great open source password management tool called KeePass which I wanted to share with you. If you are like me, you have tons of different passwords you have to remember. KeePass organizes your passwords and encrypts them, which makes storing your passwords very safe and secure. The other nice thing is it works with Linux, Windows, and Macs. The above screenshot is the application freshly installed from my home PC running Ubuntu,...
Net Neutrality & The Internet Freedom Act
Why the misleadingly named "Internet Freedom Act" threatens innovation and open access online Net neutrality ensures a level playing field for all online services and content For most internet users, the term “net neutrality” might sound like technical jargon, but its implications affect everyone who uses the web. Net neutrality represents a fundamental principle that has shaped the internet as we know it: the idea that all online traffic should be treated equally by Internet...
Web 2.0 & Privacy: Gary Vaynerchuck’s View
For instance, I know a lot of people were up in arms about Google Street View. If you are not familiar with Google Street View, it is basically a car with a camera that drives down streets and takes 360 degree images of everything. So if you go to Google Maps you can type in the address of your home, and you may have a Google Street view of your entire street/community, which I thought...
Uh Uh Me Me (Uncle Jeremy) Coming Home For Christmas Voicemail
It doesn't get much better than this. Pretty dang cute. Your browser does not support the audio element. Click here to listen to the voicemail my sister left me today .