Jason Thibeault's Blog: From My Pen, page 16

What’s a Personal Cloud (And Do I Want One)?

Posted in Technology

The “cloud” is not something new. Apple hasiCloud. Google has Google Drive/Google Docs/Google etc…,Microsofthas SkyDrive.AmazonhasKindleand AWS. There are others as well such asRackspace,Dropbox, andBox.net. And people are starting to use them. Through a variety of synchronizing technologies (maybe you install a piece of software on your computer or, as in the case with Apple, synchronization is built into all of their operating systems), files get uploaded automatically,...

Spawning the Brain in a Binary World

Posted in Tumblog

This is a thought in progress. Trying to work this into a longer blog post.

I want to write a piece about potentially mirroring a person’s brain using Big Data and Cloud Computing. Are there server resources to “render” it? How would one interface with it? The problem is that the output is self contained. It’s like having a printer cable from a computer go back into the computer instead of the printer. What we need is something that dumps the data into a model that can be visu...

Is Fighting Control Just Another Form of Control?

Posted in

I recently posted a piece that talked about the “digital divide,” the quintessential discussion about the haves vs. have-nots in this age of instant information access. There is nothing indigenous to the Internet itself which makes limiting its access any different than how access is limited up until the Internet. Bookstores set up shop where the buyers are (often well away from rural locations) and ISPs pipe in broadband where they will get the most margin for the products and serv...

Hands-On: Skype for iPad

Posted in Hands On

Now you can connect your iPad 2 to your massive, global network of skypers as Skype has officially launched their iOS app for the tablet. GigaOm has a great hands-on review of the app:

http://gigaom.com/apple/hands-on-with-the-skype-ipad-app-that-came-and-went/

Originally posted 2011-08-02 08:21:24.

“Venture?” Capitalists

Posted in Business

Note: this blog post was originally published in 2008. I wonder if these observations still hold?

Having spent the last six months or so trying to raise money for GoWare (www.goware.com), I have formed a lot of opinions about the venture capital community that I would like to share.

First, let me say that all the VCs we met have been great, intelligent people. There is no nastiness in the process. Some are better than others at communicating their opinion, some are worse than...

Ted Talks: Illustrated

Posted in Tumblog

Fever Pictureis a collective of scribes and graphic facilitators who translate the words said in conferences into comic form.With this graphic method of note-taking, they’ve illustrated several talks given so far at TED2013, highlighting main points through speech bubbles and quotes. Below is just one example. Head on over to the Ted page to see a bunch of them for the 2013 Ted conference.

Originally posted 2013-03-17 08:44:38.

Hands on with 500px.com Online Photography Portfolio

Posted in Hands On

A startup, 500px.com, is aiming to be the “best photography and the best user experience for aspiring and pro photographers.” Apparently they have been around a couple of years but only recently have started to see some serious growth.

[image error]

This site serves two primary purposes:

Browse, find, and purchase photos
Build an online photo portfolio (to be included in #1)

Searching through photos is a great experience. You can simply click on a popular photo (or one you find through search...

Add Some Fight To Your Story with Video

Posted in SpeakingStorytelling

This was originally published on the Limelight Networks blog as part of my day-to-day responsibilities as the Sr. Director of Marketing Strategy.

I love old Kung-Fu movies. First, because the whole dubbing-to-English thing was hilarious. Second because more often than not, one of the characters would reveal some awesome super move. Whether it was Panther style, or Crazy Monkey death punch, or whatever, it always changed the outcome of the epic battle at the end.

Th...

Web Traffic vs. Data Traffic. What’s the Real Story Here?

Posted in Business

According to NetMarketShare, Apple’s iPad accounts for 1% of global web browsing:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/06/ipad-makes-up-one-percent-of-global-web-browsing-magic/

I understand the point of this: to demonstrate the growth of the tablet and its slow but gradual displacement of generic PCs as the primary gateway to the Web.

But I think a little misleading as to the true impact of tablet-based devices.

As a medium, the web is not the ideal candidate for determining overall...

Wrap Your Mind Around This One Spock…

Posted in Science

The fundamental precepts behind quantum mechanics, that particles can exist in the same state anywhere at anytime (and that they only take on the characteristics we see when we look at them) leads to some very interesting, and possibly outlandish, theories about alternative universes. Scientific American’s latest issue tackles the concept of the “multiverse:”

The word “multiverse” has different meanings. Astronomers are able to see out to a distance of about 42 billion light-y...