Archive for March, 2005

Free media - Orb now free

by eleanor on 28 Mar 2005 @ 4:17 pm in Mobility | Life-Culture-Play   ++

I’ve been playing with apps and javascript, and trying to tool up to commit to more immediacy and pertinence in blogging (and not go insane in the endeavor) . One find (thanks Tony Gentile) — SharpReader — has brought tangible progress already, in popping up to report that Ted Shelton just blogged that Orb is Now Free. Ted says:

Yes, there will be advertising in the future — but we know that this must be done the google way — advertising that is unobtrusive and adds value without inhibiting the core use of the service. And more importantly there will be content subscriptions coming soon — all kinds of new content that you can purchase through Orb…

But even if you never click on an advertisement and never purchase content, our core philosophy will guarantee you free access to your own TV, your own videos, your own audio, and your own photos… anytime, anyplace, any device.

This is a great move from Ted and the guys at Orb Networks, and should help drive adoption of mobile content - opening up new usecases and user communities. With my lagging-adopter experiments with Yahoo!’s Lauch music videos a couple weeks ago, I found that short advertisements did not mar the experience.

I’d love to use Orb to access my content (my Treo 650’s 1GB SD gives me an adequate daily soundtrack), but I still believe the killer hookup is between Orb and OurMedia (which launched last week to fanfare from all but me - belated congrats to JD and Marc!). Orb would make a fabulous engine to access OurMedia pieces - where the serendipity of boredom will drive user exploration of OurMedia’s quirky contents.

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Structured blogging: Silicon Valley/SF Tech Events blog

by eleanor on 22 Mar 2005 @ 4:18 pm in Geek | Toys, Tips, & Tricks   ++ Participate: 2 Comments | Trackback

CSS con/destruction today

by eleanor on 20 Mar 2005 @ 3:29 pm in Geek   ++ Participate: 0 Comments | Trackback

Bloghercon - report from inside the petticoat

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Howard Rheingold at SDForum

by eleanor on 19 Mar 2005 @ 4:02 pm in Events & Happenings | Life-Culture-Play   ++ Participate: 1 Comment | Trackback

New use-case for IE: Yahoo! Launch videos?

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Surprisingly neat stuff going on in education… ETech2005

by eleanor on 16 Mar 2005 @ 11:53 am in Geek | Events & Happenings   ++ Participate: 2 Comments | Trackback

Networked objects at ITP as art… Etech2005

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Wed morning at ETech2005

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ETech or bust

by eleanor on 15 Mar 2005 @ 7:36 pm in Geek | Events & Happenings   ++ Participate: 1 Comment | Trackback

WorldCom’s Ebbers conviction matters

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BMA Product Mktng/Mgmt Roundtable - Chuck Henderson on Launch

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Bloghercon ho!

by eleanor on 14 Mar 2005 @ 10:02 am in Geek   ++ Participate: 2 Comments | Trackback

Bloghercon pre-meeting thoughts

by eleanor on 13 Mar 2005 @ 12:28 pm in Geek | Events & Happenings   ++ Participate: 12 Comments | Trackback

Vacation

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