CNN.com – Don’t put another dime in the jukebox – Nov 28, 2005 – Many bars are now allowing patrons to bring in their iPods and play DJ for the night. Very cool!
Category Archives: Remaindered
Xooglers
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I found a reference to Xooglers, self explained as “A gathering spot for ex-Googlers to reminisce and comment on the latest developments in search”. Some interesting reading here.
Steve Dahl Show Podcast Now Available
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Chicago’s Steve Dahl now has his radio show available as multiple podcasts, with his 5 hour show split into 15 minute intervals. Quote from the site: “You may hear periods of silence in between segments”. I know some anti-Dahl people that will definitely take that statement and run with it.
Harvard Extension School course made available via iPod
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Harvard Extension School course made available via iPod – another feather in the podcasting communities cap. From the article, “Extension School students represent a variety of ages and occupations and Podcasting has become a convenient asset that allows them to learn with minimal obstruction to their other obligations”. The article mentions that Princeton also offers lectures via the medium.
Chicago’s NBC Channel 5 goes Podcast
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Chicago’s NBC Affiliate has now joined the podcast front.
Google Analytics wobbles due to increased demand – Computerworld
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Google Analytics wobbles due to increased demand – Computerworld – as of this morning I’ve been unable to access the site. It shoots me back over to Googles home page once I log in.
How People Work At Google
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Forbes.com has an interesting article describing the environment over at Google.
From the article: “Hundreds of projects go on at the same time. Most teams throw out new software in six weeks or less and look at how users respond hours later. With 82 million visitors and 2.3 billion searches in a month, Google can try a new user interface or some other wrinkle on just 0.1% of its users and get massive feedback, letting it decide a project’s fate in weeks”. Now thats agile!
Using iPods To Sell Homes: New Podcast Service for Real Estate Agents Launches
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Using iPods To Sell Homes: New Podcast Service for Real Estate Agents Launches – an interesting application of podcasting to the real estate industry.
Amazon Adds Tagging to Product Data
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Hey, look at this — Amazon is adding user tagging to product data. There is also an article on news.com.
Steve Dahl Show Podcast
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Steve Dahl says in his Weblog entry from November 11 that his show will be available as a podcast. This Steve Dahl Show Podcast page on WCKG’s website confirms it.
Bieber Labs 