Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category

NASCAR and the Internet: A marriage made in heaven

Around 2003 NASCAR began its quest to get out of the South and into the mainstream. The powers-that-be decided the Internet was going to be the great liberator of the sport. They began what was, and still is today, called “trackpass.” In the beginning of this experiment, one was able to follow only a few [...]

The importance of transparency in business in the online world

When dealing with a client recently, I had an epiphany of sorts. The same transparency we use in our social media world translates to the business world with amazing success. Like I have said before, in the mind of the person receiving your service, their issue is #1 on their agenda and it should be [...]

My great iPhone fail

About a year ago, I was faced with a difficult decision. It was the time of year that all cell phone owners look forward to and dread all at the same time… UPGRADE! As I stood there basking in the glow of an entire store worth of possibilities, my head kept one very constant debate [...]

Effective “Wave”ing

Today something happened that will forever cement the importance of Google Wave in my mind. Something simple, yet so profound that I believe we are finally starting to see real world purpose for Google’s latest creation. It started much like all of my days start, wake up, hit the computer, logged on to Twitter to [...]

Vevo: The new (read, better) way to watch music videos

MTV, VH1, BET, CMT all used to have one thing in common; they played music videos. Somewhere between its launch that fateful August day in 1981 and the umpteenth season of the Real World, MTV dropped the “music” from its television and become the poster network for “reality” tv. Soon after the other music networks [...]

A disturbing truth

Ok, I have a confession to make…it might make you all a little uncomfortable, so I urge you to brace yourself. Are you ready? I Google myself…there I said it. Wait, what were you thinking? Sickos… What, you want proof? Fine, here it is… It’s true. I do from time to time slap my name in [...]

Lesson from a “Rodcaster”

So as many of you know, I recently took part in the Run and Walk against hunger Thanksgiving morning in downtown Stockton. It was put on by the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin and was the fifth year of the event. Also most of you know that I was broadcasting live during my walk, [...]

Introducing “Rodcasting”

So as many of you already know from listening to the latest episode ofPodcast Stockton, I am preparing to team up with the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin to participate in this years Run/Walk against hunger. Sounds pretty normal right? Well if you know me, you know I can’t do anything normally. So for the first [...]

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