Hidden Vampires Go Green
Money is green, and frankly so is everything else lately. But money is also king, if it costs too much then green is bad, and just won’t work. If it being green causes people with lots of money to loose some of it or make less of it then green is still bad and will…
Coffee Wars: Starbucks Brand Maintenance
I have a very well documented history of critique for Starbucks. From their predatory expansion to their burnt swill and snarky service people. But this won’t be one of those pieces, instead we aim for constructive criticism. Today 12 EDT, and 9PDT Starbucks…
CaffiNation 222: High Energy
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS On Today’s Show: Cars, Tests, Games, Apple, Coffee, Cell Phones, AND 2008 This show sponsored by GoToMeeting, Try it Free for 30 days For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts…
Connections and their value
In the spirit of the Adopt a Newb Day 2008 celebration which is fast approaching I wanted to answer a frequent question I get asked . And I might ask the same of you. What do you get out of Social Media, and Social Networking sites, and how can they help my (insert…
Second Life CaffieNated
I just barely got a handle on the first life and now people are telling me I need to experiance the second one? Come on. I am very late to the party here, But the place where i work has an island in second life, so I owe it too myself to fiddle with the program to the…
CaffiNation 221: No Fooling
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS On Today’s Show: Patents, Magenta, papercraft, coffee, tea, chocolate, google, Jokes Announcements and General Cruft WordPress 2.5 is now out, and in, and sweet Firefox 3 beta 5, First Impressions my April…
April Fun Throw Down
By the Time this has been posted April Fools day will be almost over in the US, and take with it a bevy of silly and awesome pranks. I decided to give you a quick run down of the awesomeness that was, and tell a quick tale of my own. I’ll post in bold any Rick…
Brave New Internet: Adopt a Newb 2008
The yearly Adopt a Newb day festival is nearly upon us. For those of you not intimately familiar with the concept I see it as a way for the Techy’s, the geek’s, and the nerds to try to help other people around us understand and accept technology more…
CaffiNation 220: Springtime Becons
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS On Today’s Show: Upgrades, Hacking, Wind Up Cars, Caffeine and Superheroes This show sponsored by GoToMeeting, Try it Free for 45 days Visit http://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast for more details Podsafe Music…
Coffee, Tea and Family Time
I needed to share this one quick little blip for you then set you back about your business. I often speak about tech on this blog and mention coffee as an after thought. But this once I wanted top address the Tea and Coffee acolytes of the CaffiNation. I personally…
