Cranky on AOL and ICQ – who's still on it?

December 21, 2009

This week I joined John C. Dvorak, Sebastian Rupley, and David Coursey for another roundtable tech bash-a-thon better known as Cranky Geeks. All of us are old hats having covered the tech industry each for at least twelve years. On the show I asked the question, “Who still uses ICQ?” I honestly don’t know one […]

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The cool and not-so-cool of LeWeb

December 10, 2009

I attended the LeWeb conference in Paris with the Traveling Geeks. Here’s my round up of the good and bad from the conference, plus some of the other things we saw while we were in Paris.

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Dating tech service Wuiper offers a fun way for people to meet

December 9, 2009

Unless you’re incredibly suave, it can be difficult to impossible to meet someone you want to date. Just walking up to a stranger in a public place and thinking of a way to strike up a conversation and make a connection is not easy. That’s why we have a market for dating technologies, such as […]

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Touchable movable video

December 9, 2009

While at LeWeb in Paris, I caught a quick video demo of a cool application by Eeple, a French web development company Eeple. Built in Silverlight, it’s touchable movable video.

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Accordionist and Bassist on the Paris Metro

December 9, 2009

I have seen so many accordions in Paris, especially on street cars on the Paris Metro. I’m still waiting for one of them to play “Lady of Spain.” This was the first time thought I saw a stand up bass on a train. And I complain about having to drag luggage. I must say the […]

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Traveling Geeks in Paris: Day 1 video report

December 8, 2009

Here’s my day one report for the Traveling Geeks trip in Paris, a week long tech tour that culminates with two days at the Web 2.0 conference Le Web. The whole group was fighting jet lag and minimal sleep, but we got to see lots of great new French tech and to listen to many […]

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What can you do with a scannable and identifiable model of Paris?

December 8, 2009

At Silicon Sentier, a startup collective in Paris, I interviewed Maurice Benayoun, Artistic Director of CiTu a research lab for artistic projects. One such project, Terra Numerica, is an easily digestible and programmable scan and index of the city of Paris for which others can use the data to develop applications. City planning and management […]

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Free report "Real-Time Search and Discovery of the Social Web"

December 7, 2009

Full explanation and roundup of the technologies, market, and need for real-time search and discovery services. Download and read the full free 20-page PDF.

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Parisian accordionist sings "Just a Gigolo"

December 7, 2009

Here’s another video from the karaoke accordionist I saw in Paris on my free day before the beginning of the Traveling Geeks French tech junket. While the accordionist handed the mike to others to sing while he accompanied, he took over to sing “Just a Gigolo” (history of song) all in English.

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Karaoke accordionist in Paris

December 7, 2009

The Parisians know how to have a good time. With a free day just before I met up with the other Traveling Geeks, for our junket through some of the latest in Paris tech and Le Web conference, I took a day to wander around Paris. At a weekly Sunday Parisian street fair, I stumbled […]

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