Friday, August 29th, 2008
Manuel’s on CNN via Qik
Apparently CNN’s internet reporter found my cellphone coverage of the hearty crowd reactions from the overflowing Manuel’s Tavern interesting enough to put on her big shiny screen. Bhaskar Roy, co-founder of Qik — whose software I used to stream video from Manuel’s (because frankly I wasn’t all that caught up in the speech) — […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Flixwagon on iPhone, Qik on WinMo
Live mobile video is breaking out all over. Last week, Qik announced a new version of its video software for a couple of Windows Mobile devices, the Samsung Blackjack and the Motorola Q. This can really expand the pool of potential live streamers — and of course make us Nokia types feel a little […]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Cute girl, but what the HECK is she saying?
So um, someday your laptop computer won’t roast the tops of your thighs, and it has something to do with nano light waveguide things. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go light my master’s degree on fire and hide under my desk while I try to process all that I heard in […]
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
More admiring the problem
As suspected, there was nothing particularly earth-shattering presented by last night’s panel on new media and ethics in journalism and business. What highlights there were — mostly coming from the Georgia State University professor of journalism (with a special focus on law and communications), Greg Lisby — seemed to be two steps forward only […]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
A long week in Georgia cit-J
For those of you joining us from CNN, that means “citizen journalism,” something you’ll want to reflect on with much consternation as you prepare to launch your new dedicated iReport website. Great, just what Street Team ‘08 needs: a Street Army of even more amateur amateurs sucking up all the footage and posting it before […]
