I was inspired by CC Chapman’s 2009 in Pictures post to document this year… and what a year it has been. This year included: 3 trips to Mexico – one paid for by Amateur Traveler, one blogger trip and one volunteer trip Conferences like Blog World, MacWorld and TBEX Trips to Arizona, Chicago, Colorado and ...

An old saying is “Two hands clap and there is a sound; what is the sound of one hand?” Now at last that question can be answered.

I loved this video of comedian Louis C.K. on Conan O’Brian’s show. He talks about the technology that I grew up with (you had to dial the phone and you had to stand right next to it) and how much cooler the new technology is. But, as he points out, people seem less happy now ...

I can google with the best of them… at least that’s what I thought before I saw this interview by Patrick Norton of Google’s Matt Cutts. I knew how to: do a phrase match – use quotes exclude specific words – use minus do spell checking get around spell check – use plus do currency ...

There may have been some confusion when speaker Aubrey de Grey came to the stage at the TED conference for the talk Aubrey de Grey: Why we age and how we can avoid it. The British researcher on aging declared that aging can be avoided or at least slowed down. Although de Grey sports a ...

Neil Howe is one of the two authors of the book Millennials Rising. He spoke yesterday at the Sun Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2008. He is an interesting speaker but the topic itself, the difference between baby boomers, gen x-ers and millennials is fascinating. He argues that millennials have gotten criticized for how they ...

A funny video that considers how your “big boned” PC laptop will feel when the MacBook Air is getting all that attention.

When I showed my co-workers the video from CES of Bill Gates last day one of them was reminded of a similar short video from Bill Clinton’s last days in office.

A friend in Argentina sent me this video of a young man in Hong Kong giving out free hugs. Maybe this world is not so far apart after all.

The thought occurred to me that the NSA is intercepting cell phone conversations anyway, they could so make money in the process. This was based on an audio recording originally made for Buzz Out Loud.