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This will be the last post I make here -- everything from now on will be available at http://blog.retrosight.com . Read More...
eBay Develops TiVO Sample Application
Check out the Java TivoDemo for a TiVO box with the TiVo Home Media Engine (HME) . I think it's great eBay is looking at the living room and ten foot presentations of their service. For you see... I'm a fan of eBay although not a heavy user (I'm cmozen Read More...
An Introduction to Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
[Courtesy of my friend and colleague John Canning , who isn't blogging but should be -- especially about his world traveling photographic expeditions...] Here is a resource we nailed for the 2004 version of Media Center and revised for the 2005 version. Read More...
Breaking A Scoble Rule: I'm moving my blog soon (but it will be worth your trouble)
Robert Scoble has a rule ( The Corporate Weblog Manifesto #12) which states 'Never change the URL of your weblog.' Unfortunately, I started blogging before reading The Manifesto. Yes, I know: RTFM. However, I see this as a definite success story about Read More...
HowTo: AutoSync Podcasts in Windows Media Player 10
I've been wanting a way to do this -- and Sean took the time to write up the instructions for all of us. Download & HowTo: AutoSync Podcasts in MP10 Read More...
Could this replace my Audiovox SMT5600? The i-mate JAM is nearly the perfect mobile device for me.
Today I was given the opportunity to use an i-mate JAM PocketPC Phone Edition device to see how it compared to an Audiovox SMT5600 . Wow! All of the features of PocketPC in a form factor not that much larger than the Audiovox -- I'm nearly sold since Read More...
Demoing PhotoStory for Greg Reinacker and Lane Mohler of Newsgator
This was the first time Greg had ever seen PhotoStory (he really needs to get out more :-). Greg says this about PhotoStory... "It's the coolest thing I've seen all day!" Check out the results we accomplished in 2 minutes (and the majority of that was Read More...
Powerful. Read it if you are a father...
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Things I Learned At The Blog Business Summit
I had a blast at the Blog Business Summit . A couple of observations from about 30,000 feet up... 1) Want to make money with a blog you write? Then... A) Get hired by Google and start collecting stock options or... B) Sign up for Google AdSense and AdWords Read More...
Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection has Media Center Problems
I took some time to respond to Thomas' blog this morning at MCE Television and LaCie Big Disk Problems . Thanks for taking the time to post your experience -- we do listen. Read More...
Looking Forward to the Blog Business Summit Starting Monday
I continue to discover the width and depth of blogs, so I'm going to attend the Blog Business Summit starting this coming Monday. I'm truly a neophyte when it comes to the blogosphere, so I'm hoping to get super-educated. The sessions and speakers ( Scoble Read More...
Ethan Finally Posts YAC Media Center Client
I've been watching Ethan build this since pretty much day one, and it goes a long way to show how *serious* PMs take their work. Ethan (along with many others) is the primary driver for the Media Center API and this proves he eats what he specs. :-) Check Read More...
Long Tail TV: Wishlist -- Can You Accomplish with Media Center Click-To-Record...?
By way of Sean Alexanders' blogroll pointer to Thomas Hawks' reference to Chris Anderson (*really* loving this whole blog thing -- it's replacing my newspaper more and more -- paradigm shift anyone?): Check out the Long Tail TV: Wishlist where Chris states Read More...
Back from Holidays and CES and Got A Nice Surprise from Sean on New Online Spotlight Partners
Well, I was going to blog about these new Online Spotlight partners over the weekend, but Sean beat me to the punch. Check out his blog for details on the Discovery Channel, Yahoo, XM Radio, Fox Sports and TitanTV. I'm so lucky my team gets to work with Read More...
Add In Samples Communicating with Web Services
Third in a series of responses to Media Center Development: What topic(s) shall I blog about next ? --> Dave Neigler: I'd like to see some samples using addins and html apps to communicate with web services (WSE2) hosted via http.sys (instantiated Read More...
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