May 31, 2006
SocialMail, another Big In Japan tool, recently launched to help you manager and organize group email by turning it into an RSS feed. Since an RSS feed can be seen by anyone that has address it is an excellent way handle large mailing lists without having to give out an...
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May 30, 2006
Waxxi, an interactive podcast event company, which held its first event on May 20, 2006 has released the first interactive podcast audio. I participated in the event and highlighted it on Somewhat Frank. The event featured Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, the authors of Naked Conversations as well as participants...
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May 29, 2006
The New York Times recently published an article titled Pimp My Grill highlighting the use of technology to produce some high-end, pimped out grilling machines. The piece also spotlights some of the grilling obsessed. These are the folks that use their grill year round through sun, wind, rain, snow and...
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May 28, 2006
I am pleased to announce the creation of TECH cocktail (as mentioned by Mike Arrington), a series of mixer events opened to bloggers, technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and companies interested in the technology arena in the midwest. I am working with a fabulous team which includes Eric Ols0n, of VentureWeek as...
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May 27, 2006
Apple lost a court appeal yesterday (May 26, 2006) which upheld the protection of the rights of bloggers to not have to disclose their sources. The decision puts bloggers into the same class as traditional journalists and further blurs the lines between bloggers and mainstream media journalists. I think this...
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May 26, 2006
The New York Times announced today that they are investing in a company called Root which focuses on attention. I recently attended Syndicate NY where Seth Goldstein, the CEO and founder of Root, explained how Root is using attention. I do not recall a single mention of a big player...
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May 26, 2006
I love wine. I cannot say I am at all an expert in wine tasting, sniffing or drinking since the label art often plays into my selection process. However, I do appreciate a good glass of wine. Also I am somewhat glad that health professionals say: "Research indicates that moderate...
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May 24, 2006
Though I am an admitted fan of Moby (music) all the recent talk about the new .mobi Internet extension has made me want to scream AH AH from the top of Mount Vesuvius. Ok, that might be an exaggeration, however, I am a little befuddled about the new .mobi extension....
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May 24, 2006
Nike and Apple have teamed up to announce a new line of products called Nike+iPod. The Nike+ shoes will incorporate a small compartment inside the insole to place a oval fitness sensor. The sensor will communicate with an iPod nano to collects and displays time, distance, calories burned on the...
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May 22, 2006
I have been hearing a lot about the new Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City and after further investigating I have concluded that it is worth of the buzz. The glass design of its new flagship store draws sharp comparisons to the Louvre in Paris, France which...
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May 21, 2006
Ever want to circle the globe? Shel Israel author of Naked Conversations and Rick Segal, a venture capitalist, are teaming up to do just that - circling the globe in 23 days. Here is what Shel has to say about teaming up with Rick for the journey: We are coming...
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May 20, 2006
I just participated in the first waxxi Interactive Podcast event with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel authors of the book Naked Conversations and it was an amazing experience. Waxxi's interactive podcast enabled me to connect with Robert, Shel and everyone else on the call making it a very rich conversation....
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May 20, 2006
Pearl Jam, with the voice of Eddie Vedder and best known for its early 1990's rock, has released a new video on Google Video. It is released under a "some rights reserved" Creative Commons license meaning that you can download, play and share it via Google Video. More details are...
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May 19, 2006
A few blogging tips and resources and how to's on getting started in the blogosphere posted on SOMEWHAT FRANK.
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May 19, 2006
Have you every looked up your name as a domain name? I am sure we all have at some point I just do not remember the last time I did. So I looked up FrankGruber.com and everything thing looks normal once the site redirects except the email is: danger [at]...
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