Posted on April 13, 2010 11:35 am by Shel Holtz | Books | Death Watch | Technology | Video | Writing and Editing
A tweet directed me to a TechCrunch guest post titled, “Dear Authors, Your Next Book Should be an App, not an iBook.”
While the post’s author, 21-year-old startup exec Cody Brown, doesn’t exactly make the case that books are dead, he does suggest that authors eyeing the iPad as a platform for their books are “missing the point:”
What do you think would have happened if George Orwell had…
Posted on February 18, 2010 4:24 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Technology | Widgets
I am seriously conflicted about how to feel about Sprout‘s decision to “sunset” its consumer widget-building software-as-a-service tool, Sprout Builder.
By “sunset,” of course, Sprout means “kill.” For a startup, they’ve certainly learned the corporate art of doubletalk.
I’ve been raving about Sprout Builder since its debut. Before Sprout Builder, dynamic, multimedia widgets were a costly undertaking requiring programming expertise. Sprout Builder made it drop-dead easy for anybody to create one and…
Posted on February 8, 2010 3:49 pm by Shel Holtz | Social networks | Technology
In a comment left recently to a post I wrote for Stop Blocking back in October 2007 about malware on Facebook, David Jones with CommerceMicro wrote:
Stupid, out dated information.
We have users that repeatedly get infected with viruses and spyware no matter what level or type of antivirus and antispyware software we install. It???s rather odd that ONLY THOSE particular users…
Posted on January 19, 2010 10:35 am by Shel Holtz | Technology
The Microsoft keynote at CES last week in Las Vegas was preceded by this video from Saturday Night Live cast member Seth Meyers. Enjoy!
Posted on October 20, 2009 3:01 pm by Shel Holtz | Ethics | Social Media | Technology
I spent some time today, while at the IABC Heritage Region Conference, with Amy Salmon. Amy is a business consultant based out of Oklahoma City. She’s wife and a mom to two young children.
She’s also blind, the result of macular degeneration that struck her as a young adult. She gets around with the help of friends and family, and her guide dog,…
Posted on October 7, 2009 11:51 am by Shel Holtz | Social Media | Technology
Cross-posted from Stop Blocking:
At least 10 of my colleagues have alerted me to a study released yesterday by Robert Half Technology, in which 54% of the sample of 1,400 CIOs of companies with 100 or more employees block employees from accessing any social media at work.
Mashable points out the Robert Half study is consistent with other reports. The trend is…
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