TechnoMagicians Blog

Looks like my Heads Or Tails gameshow idea (original post Jan 13th, 2007 here) made it to a scene in How I Met Your Mother (Season 6 Episode 12).

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I’ve been wanting to write a blog post about Foursquare for ages but today seems like a good time considering Google Buzz may have just killed it. I’ve read far too many positive reviews on Foursquare over the past month and couldn’t understand where these people were coming from as I’ve attempted to use the […]

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I usually don’t bother blogging about these simple based chat systems that are similar to BlogChat since there are just too many to mention these days. There are so many of them out there these days that you can find one around any corner of the Internet. Most are done pretty well and are free. […]

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I had a lot of respect for Ray Ozzie until I read this article titled “Google Wave anti-web” It seems that Ray has been drowned in the Microsoft Cool-Aid and has been assimilated by the MS Borg. Ray Ozzie created Lotus Notes and Groove. Two very well respected and useful collaboration tools. However, a number […]

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You would not think that the most used tool of a poker player would be Twitter but it seems that is the case these days especially since the WSOP (World Series Of Poker) is well under way in Vegas right now and goes for another 5 weeks or so. Just about every poker pro and […]

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I’ve been reading what I can about Google Wave and it looks to have some really nice features for collaboration on so many different levels. I’ve missed a real collaboration tool since Groove was purchased by Microsoft. I used to use Groove on a daily basis with a number of different people and different projects […]

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Ever since I picked up an Apple iTouch (iPhone) I immediately knew Apple had to make a tablet sized device. The reality has been coming closer and closer with the various rumor sites announcing various things. The latest is right along the right lines Apple should be heading down. And hopefully they are. If only […]

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Image via Wikipedia The most popular game for all of the 90’s has just been released for the iPhone. Myst by Cyan. This is a perfectly suitable game for the iPhone interface. I predict that this will quickly rise to the #1 selling game on the iPhone for a whole new generation of folks. I […]

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Cover It Live (www.coveritlive.com) is a new tool that you can add to your website to enable live blogging. Basically a much more advanced BlogChat. Other features include publishing pictures, video, and email. Instant replay when the live event is over. Not sure what other features are available as the website isn’t that great at […]

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I agree 100% with this so am reposting the entire blog post here from GigaOM. Microsoft always used these techniques and I always thought it was one of the worst methods of conducting an interview. If Sergey Brin applied for an engineering position at Google today, would he pass the requisite phone screening? Don’t be […]

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