The word on the street this month is speech. (Which makes it the spoken word on the street.) Speech-based iPhone apps are just a throat-clearing for the stream of oratory Continue reading »

Forget the implosion of the housing market. Never mind whether the Big Three automakers have been dragging their heels on fuel efficiency and innovation. Set aside financial deregulation and a Continue reading »

The news that Barack Obama will probably have to surrender his Blackberry during his time in office seems incongruous. With a torrent of suggestions flying for how the new U.S. Continue reading »

Some of my favorite blogs and news sites have one huge, grating shortcoming that keeps me from becoming an all-out fanboy: partial feeds. There's a title, a supposedly tantalizing teaser, Continue reading »

Living in Canada, I've been spared the joy of voting using Diebold's (now Premier Election Solutions') notorious machines. Given their track record, maybe it's time to consider another vendor - Continue reading »

Hey, none of McCain's other messages seem to be closing the gap. They might as well try this one. Besides, the new iGoogle interface seems to be an issue that Continue reading »

Okay, let's not panic everyone. Yes, there's the odd eerie echo of the last bust, and yes, times are suddenly a lot tougher, and yes, investors are suddenly asking digg_url Continue reading »

Sarah Perez's post on Friday had my number: I'm one of those people who click right past the user agreement whenever I install software or sign up for a new Continue reading »

Sorry you're not seeing this cartoon earlier, but I had to update my Facebook status, upload and tag my Flickr photos from yesterday, answer three LinkedIn questions and stay on Continue reading »

There are people out there in the worlds of PR and marketing who jump on the Cluetrain, order big pitchers of the Kool-Aid and start authenticating transparently like mad. God Continue reading »