SOMEWHAT FRANK

Microsoft Bids On Yahoo, Facebook Numbers Released, OpenSocial or OpenGadget?, No Tipping Point?, DEMO08 & Technology Tomorrow

Photo of the Week: This week I spent time at the DEMO08 conference in Palm Desert, California and I snapped this shot from my hotel room balcony.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 02.03.2008

Microsoft Backs DataPortability, Facebook Translates, Digg Tweaks, YouTube Mobile, Widget Kings, Mahalo Examined & Davos

Photo of the Week: The weather in California has been a bit moist this past week as this photo by Michael Risenhoover shows.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 01.27.2008

MacBook Air Unveiled, Yahoo Goes OpenID, Sun Buys MySQL, VC Funding At High, Facebook Plaxo Rumors & the 2007 Crunchies Awarded

Photo of the Week: Gabe Rivera of techmeme shows off his award for best bootstrapped startup at the 2007 Crunchies (more Crunchies coverage below). Photo taken by Zivity.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 01.20.2008

The Untold iPhone Story, Gates CES Keynote, Ways To Broadcast Yourself, Facebook Update Fatigue, The 24 Hour .com & Saving Your Eyes

Photo of the Week: I snapped this photo of my to do list earlier this week while staying at the W Hotel in Silicon Valley.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 01.13.2008

Social Network Advertising & 2008 Web Predictions, Online Giving Sites, Twitter Communications & Design Trends

Photo of the Week: Happy new year!! taken by Solveig with sparklers.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 01.06.2008

Apple Movie Rentals, American Content Producer Trend, Facebook Translations, Kayak Sidestep Analysis & 2007 Logo Design Trends

Photo of the Week: 'Tis the season for some holiday lights and this home with over 200,000 lights was quite the site. Thanks to Terren for snapping this photo and pointing out this tacky lights tour video on YouTube.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 12.30.2007

Someone Please Buy Digg Already!, Mozilla Weave News, Evan Williams On Product Ideas, Fraxi Digg Cloner & 50 Sports Social Networks

Photo of the Week: I took this photo of the Christmas tree in front of the Hancock Building while working from Chicago, Illinois this past week.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 12.23.2007

Knols Announced, Clearspring Widget Ad Network, YouTube Partnership Program, Mahalo Social Search & Coding Monsters

Photo of the Week: I witnessed the Penny Harvest first hand this past week in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City as they look to raise 100 million pennies for charity. The river of pennies was pretty amazing - I have never seen so many pennies in one place.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 12.16.2007

Google Apps Future, Mobile Phone Novelists, Edgeio Shut Down, Zuckerberg's $40m In Stock, MyStrands Funded & 100% Biodiesel Jet

Photo of the Week: This photo was taken by Joey Wan while she visited Laguna Beach recently. It had me California dreaming!

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 12.09.07

NASDAQ Internet Index, Facebook's Ad Plan & China Strategy, Google To Bid On Spectrum, Health 2.0 & Working On What Matters

Photo of the Week: There seems to be a bit of a chill in the air and ice is probably on its way as we enter December.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 12.01.2007

Google Getting Into Everything, NewsCorp To Buy LinkedIn?, FireFox 3 Beta, Death to E-mail, Popular Twitter Clients & Don't Text-N-Drive

Photo of the Week: With the Thanksgiving holiday this past week I ate entirely too much and encountered situation shown above several times. I am glad that Marc Levin captured it on film with this photo titled member of the clean plate club.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 11.25.2007

Amazon Kindle Going E-Book, Facebook Looks To Buy, Barack Cleantech VC Fund?, Workaholics Help, Design Trends & Presentation Tips

Photo of the Week: I spent the weekend in Chicago after another successful TECH cocktail this past week and snapped a shot of the new Playboy building the home of Playboy Enterprises and Northwestern University among other tenants.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 11.18.2007

Android Announced, IAC To Split Up, Digg Being Sold?, Forbes Buys RealClearPolitics.com and BlogWorld Takes On Vegas

Photo of the Week: I spoke at BlogWorld Expo about RSS feed this past week and the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas and it's oversized guitar was a reoccurring scene as Brian Solis captured in this photo.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 11.11.2007

Google Phone Details, OpenSocial Launches, No $200 Million Wordpress Deal, Zillow Launches Direct Ads & PlentyofFish.com $1 Billion?

Photo of the Week: With amazingly warm weather this weekend I was able to watch some sailboats in Alexandria, Virginia sailing down the Potomac River towards the ocean.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 11.04.2007

Microsoft Buys Into Facebook (Is it Overvalued?), StumbleUpon Adds Search, Webshots Sold, UK Bans File Sharing & Startup and Bootstraping Tips

Photo of the Week: With Halloween right around the corner this photo seemed appropriate.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 10.28.2007