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If you scroll down the left sidebar, you’ll see a badge from Website Grader with a score of 94 in it.  That’s my score.  It means that out of all the websites and blogs out there, the grader has assessed everything from content, to site indexing, to subscribers and is telling me that I rank [...]

Associated Press reporter, Roxana Hegeman, reported this morning on a Wichita Kansas’ judge’s groundbreaking decision to allow Twitter in the courtroom of a racketeering gang trial.   Now, Twitter has been allowed in some courtroom’s for about a year, but this trial will attract a ton of attention as the profile runs even higher with Twitter [...]

I’ve talked about Twitter before.  Twitter is a very different kind of social network — it is based on micro-blogging (think 140 character text messages to say EVERYTHING that is on your mind…well at least in that moment.  Twitter is a viral phenomenon (just as MySpace was when it first caught on) and there is [...]

The California budget and economy is falling apart. 21,000 state employees are getting layoff notices in about a minute.  Those remaining will be forced to take 2 day furloughs per month — but at least they’ll still have their work.  The federal stimulus package was just signed by Obama, so over time, some lost ground will [...]

I was inspired to write a lengthy post about the stimulus package by a comment from a reader.  However, as I tried to log on this morning, my site went down.  No matter what I tried, I couldn’t get in — not through WordPress and not through BlueHost, my hosting company.  So after realizing that [...]

If you happen to be a woman looking to buy a car, or know a woman thinking about buying a car, a must-stop is www.AskPatty.com, a website and blog dedicated to automotive information specifically for women.  I’d also love to direct you to my guest post on that site – all about alternative propulsion choices, [...]

If you haven’t yet found Twitter, then you are missing out on the new phenomenon — “Micro-blogging”.  To get an idea, head over to Twitter and set up an account, or if you feel shy, visit my twitter page at www.twitter.com/GenPlus and you’ll be able to see the mini-posts that are turning the internet on [...]

The hurt keeps on coming.  This morning Microsoft announced their 2nd quarter results and with the global economy still limping along, put plans in place to lay off 5,000 staff over the next 18 months, included 1400 who got their pink slips today.
Always go to the source:  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-22fy09Q2earnings.mspx
In light of the further deterioration of global [...]

Mixed into the excitement of today’s inauguration, were two technological items of note that may have gotten swept a bit under the carpet.  The first is the launch of Barack Obama’s Presidential website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/  Obama’s team have created the first dynamic Presidential website with a tone very much in keeping with the tone Obama [...]