Being TechyMike, I always try to be on the leading edge (with a few noteable exceptions chronicled in this blog). As such, I was eager to jump on Social Media when it started, and have been active ever since. But, being TechyMike, also means I am, by nature, an introvert tending towards long hours of deep contemplation…..alone. That is probably
Read moreWell, it seems that Facebook now offers point-to-point video chatting from within Facebook. Good for them! BUT…point-to-point is kinda useless…just saying. I have more than one friend I like to chat with, and all the Bay Shore Kids could have a reunion. Overall Opinion HoHum, but, at least video conferencing is now reaching the masses. After 20 years….my work is
Read moreJonathan Yankovitch posted an email on the Coworking group with a link to Memolane. I clicked on the link and……saw something REALLY cool! If you have been reading my blogs, you pretty much know that I consider Twitter and Facebook as too temporary. You post something, and somewhere between 5 seconds to a day later, it is gone. And worse,
Read moreI tried video chat (video conference) via Facebook about a year ago…it sucked. Now…the good folks at PCMag.com tell me that the co-founder of RealNetworks, Rob Glaser, has developed a new Facebook video chat (video call) application called “SocialEyes“. Very clever name. But it remains to be seen how well it works….you know me…Mr. Skeptical. I’ll give it a whirl
Read moreBeen thinking. Yeah, I know that is dangerous. But, hey, I enjoy it (being dangerous, of course). 😉 Blog About 5 or 6 years ago (I think) I heard about this relatively new way to put your thoughts out for the world to see. The Blog. In a previous life, my thoughts ended up in a magazine (DVC Magazine, TeleConference Magazine, New
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