I’ve been asked recently why I never use a handle when I’m posting on an online community. Beyond the communities that pretty much force you to use you real name (Facebook, G+), my username for other networks are equally as bland. On twitter, I use “jwoody”, on reddit I use the more identifying ”jeromewoody”, and most blog [...]
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Why I never use a handle when on online communities.
March 20, 2012
My Google Chrome Ecosystem
February 10, 2012
Two big things happen this week that pretty much solidified having a Google Chrome ecosystem, the premiere of Chrome Beta for the Android operating system, and the arrival of my newly purchased Samsung Chromebook. But I’m getting ahead of myself. A little background : I’ve been using google chrome ever since I found out my [...]
Amazon Fire
September 29, 2011
Overall, I like what I see in this tablet. It has a lot of great features, I think Amazon silk may be a breakthrough in Android browsers. The fact that it’s $50 less than my Nook Color makes me not too guilty if I pick one up myself and give the nook color away (honestly [...]
The Persistent Stream
March 15, 2011
Today, Wired posted an story about AT&T proposing a general data cap on thier DSL and UVerse Fiber networks, 150 GB a month for DSL and 250 GB a month for Uverse. Now I can go on and on about how once again a telecommunications company is diluting services in the name of preventing network [...]
Finding out about Egypt
February 4, 2011
Like many Americans, up until this point Egypt was a country on the peripheral of my imagination. It was a country in which I remember in adventure films. Indiana Jones, The Mummy. Camels, sand and the pyramids. That’s it. Even in this post-9/11 age, Egypt was in the background. It was always portrait in the [...]
Grist gets more props
March 12, 2008
Grist.org gained some props from our colleagues across the Atlantic today. Our blog Gristmill gained top spot on The Times Online must read list of Green blogs. Says The Times: The green blog from the other side of the pond. Grist Mill has dozens of posts a day, a veritable army of contributors and is [...]
