I'm still thinking more and more about the question of "What do you do?" and why it is so important. 

Actions Vs. Beliefs

Happy Canada Day! Today, July 1, is the celebration of the creation of Canada on July 1, 1867. 

TDYR 257 - Happy Canada Day! And Looping Audio On the iPhone...

Emil Ivov is the founder of Jitsi and Jitsi Video Bridge. We got together for a yerar-end chat to talk about life in Austin, Texas (moving from Strasbourg, France), the acquisition of his company and life in general.

A Chat with Emil Ivov

If you want to send someone a message online today, you've got a hell of a lot of options. Far from the erstwhile IM dominance of ICQ, today there are messaging platforms of every shape and size, a blurring of the lines between messaging and social media, and messaging components incorporated into almost everything. This week, we ask a simple question: why so many, and what are they all for?

Why Are There So Many Messaging Companies?

How do you create your own personal content (articles, blog posts, podcasts, etc) in the midst of all the other demands of life? Do you "pay yourself first" as Jeremiah Owyang once recommended? What do you do?

TDYR 299 - Do You "Pay Yourself First" In Creating Content for Blogs or Podcasts?

Full FIR episode at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/the_hobson_holtz_report_-_podcast_651_may_14_2012/

My report covered the following:

    iPad/iPhone audio apps:
        http://hindenburgsystems.com/products/hindenburg-field-recorder
        http://www.harmonicdog.com/
    649 - SoundCloud vs AudioBoo
    DRM alternative is *no* DRM
        http://boingboing.net/2012/04/24/tor-books-goes-completely-drm.html
        http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/04/25/macmillans-tor-abandons-drm-other-publishers-must-follow/
        http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/24/breaking-drm-publishing-exec/
        http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html
        http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/how-compatible-are-rival-e-readers/
   New gTLDs - 2,000+ applications!
        http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-04may12-en
        http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-08may12-en

FIR Report from Dan York for FIR #651 on May 14, 2012

Dan York - author, speaker, technologist - comments on the technical, cultural and social changes happening all around us, particularly related to the Internet.  Emerging technology, social media, security, and other random topics... 

FIR Report from Dan York for FIR #651 on May 14, 2012

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