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NASA Flagship Computer Pleiades
Monday April 26, 2010
Reading Time: 6 minutes
A visualization of the Ares-1’s main engine plume interacting during a type-4 stage separation with the Interstage, created at the NASA advanced supercomputing facility. The facility’s current top-end supercomputer, known as Pleiades, is the sixth-fastest computer on Earth, measured recently at 973 teraflops–or 973 trillion floating point operations a second.(Credit: Goetz Klopfer, NASA Exploration Systems…
Cities Around The Country Making Attempts To Catch Google’s Eye
Monday April 19, 2010
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Greenville, South Carolina recruited citizens to spell out Google with color coded glow sticks. Last month Google announced its plan to provide a Fiber Optic network to a select group of cities. This fiber optic network would be 20 times faster than residential fiber optic services that are available now in select areas. This is…
Google Promising Faster Service
Tuesday April 13, 2010
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Where did all the paper go? I am not very old, but, I can still remember when paper dominated my life, it seems like it was everywhere. Years and years of paper work, school work, personal writings, and daily reminders; then there were piles of devices designed to hold all the paper – binders, notebooks,…
The Importance of Story In Your Life
Monday April 12, 2010
Reading Time: 7 minutes
A great photo to highlight the importance of story! Joann Eagen, Agnes Eagen, Pat Kimball, and Judy Eagen, Winter 1951 I am writing this blog today because Chris Brogan has challenged his readers to write about the “importance of story in your life.” Chris was talking about Don Miller’s latest book A Million Miles in…
Census 2010 – Be Part of the Snapshot of America
Thursday April 1, 2010
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United States Census 2010 Envelope Have you checked your mail this past couple of weeks? Did you find a 6 X 10 inch envelope from the U.S. Census Bureau simply addressed “TO RESIDENT AT”? The fact that this official government document is not personally addressed to YOU may prompt you to think that this is…
Femtocells, Small, Lower-Power Radio Transmission Stations, Provide a 3G Network
Monday March 29, 2010
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the future of mobile carriers and the ability to provide the broadband necessary to supply billions of users. Everyone who has had the opportunity to experience the 3G network has also probably experienced a slow connection. If you travel a lot you will notice that from…
Chinese Ad Partners Beg Google For Information
Monday March 22, 2010
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Screen Shot of Google.cn Back in February I created a post which discussed Google’s problems with censorship in China and how they may pull out of China completely if China didn’t bend a little. Google has a lot invested in China, so for them to pack up and leave China would have a devastating impact…
Want to Know What’s Happening on Twitter?
Monday March 15, 2010
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Judy’s new books to read! Trust Agents and Social Media 101 If you read this blog regularly then you already know that I have written on many occasions about my Twitter sentiments. To help you enjoy my evolution I will link to the related blogs at the end of this post. But today I thought I…
Apple Suing HTC Infringing Patents
Thursday March 4, 2010
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Apple has started a patent battle with Taiwanese Cellular company HTC, but, may be starting a war with Google. Apple announced Tuesday that it was suing HTC for allegedly infringing on 20 of their patents. Despite only one company being named in the lawsuit, there is no question that Apple is throwing its weight around…
My Take On Guest Experience Design
Tuesday March 2, 2010
Reading Time: 9 minutes
Lately I have been reading a lot on-line about customer service, particularly about social media and customer service. You may have followed a few news stories that covered how someone’s tweets very quickly managed to get the attention of a large company. Then recently Chris Brogan discussed “guest experience design” and he followed up by…
Search Engine Marketing Newsletter Winter 2010 1st Quarter
Monday March 1, 2010
Reading Time: 8 minutes
This message is intended for Webconsuls’ clients that use BLOGGER Many of you have already received an email from Blogger Support (blogger.com) regarding their intention to shut-down FTP (File Transfer Protocol) technical support. If you have not received this email or have not read the email, then you can see it in its entirety below.…
Exploring Side Streets with Chris Brogan
Thursday February 25, 2010
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News Flash: I follow Chris Brogan on Twitter. A few months ago I attended Blog World Expo in Las Vegas. I wrote about it. I promised that I would try to apply what I learned. One of the first things I did was to begin following Chris Brogan. Don’t get excited. I am one of…