Jason Thibeault's Blog: From My Pen, page 93

One Step Closer…

Posted in Knowledge

Originally posted 2011-07-12 09:53:35. I am a firm believer that renewable energy sources will eventually become the dominant form of energy production. Up until now, solar has really been an ineffective method to generate electricity. But that's because we have always been thinking big (i.e., how can we generate enough electricity to power our house). [...]

Why Does Time Fly?

Posted in Knowledge

Originally posted 2011-07-20 15:40:33. A recent Scientific American article recently explored this concept with some starting results. http://www.scientificamerican.com/art... In short, The experience of time is not linear. Fear and joy stretches time as do stimuli that move towards us.  What can we learn from these studies for our day-to-day experiences?  When we experience something as [...]

Visual: The Power of Pinterest

Posted in BusinessInfographics

The wonderful people at TechCrunch have posted a great infographic about Pinterest. Who's using it? Why? How? Etc. Great insight (compiled from ComScore data and other sources).   From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, post Visual: The Power of Pinterest

I Wonder What They Are REALLY Doing…

Posted in Photo

Originally posted 2011-07-09 17:06:32. Joseph Holmes, photographer, spent two months capturing candids of people texting. Now that may not seem like a very interesting subject matter but I believe he got inspired by the curiosity of wondering what was so important. http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/jo... When you look at these pictures, you begin to wonder what they are [...]

Goodbye Flash for Mobile…Hello Platform!

Posted in Programming

Originally posted 2011-11-10 14:11:36. In the ever evolving world of software development, there has always been a nirvana: writing code once to deploy across multiple operating systems. Not only does this greatly reduce the complexity of the development workflow but it also enables software companies a better ROI on resources. This need for a cross-platform [...]

Sell Your Photos Online

Posted in Photo

Originally posted 2011-09-26 14:22:11. A great primer on The Next Web about selling your photography on line: http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2011/... From the article: When it comes to selling your photography online (or offline for that matter) it can seem like a daunting task, and if you're not sure where to start, we've put together a basic guide [...]

Like to Write? Good at It? Want to Earn Less Than Minimum Wage?

Posted in Publishing

Originally posted 2011-07-18 19:39:02. Well that's precisely what has happened in the freelance content market as a result of the Internet. Sites like Demand Media, Elance, and others routinely allow job postings for writing that may pay $5/hour or less. A new startup is hoping to curb this trend: http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/cont... Contently is looking to become [...]

The Evolution of the Magazine

Posted in HypothesisPublishing

Originally posted 2011-08-03 12:16:23. In a recent ReadWriteWeb post on the New Yorker's iPad app subscription base growing to 100,000 readers, it's become clear that the tablet (not just the iPad) represent a fundamental shift in the format of a magazine, much as the Web did for newspapers. Before I launch into why, let's look [...]

Cloud on Cloud

Posted in CloudReview

Originally posted 2011-07-12 09:13:16. I wrote previously about a "hybrid" approach to cloud-based businesses where a cloud-service business develops their own, proprietary software but utilizes other cloud service businesses as their infrastructure. I found another one, CloudFlare. It is unclear to me how much of other cloud infrastructure they are using. Their primary product is [...]

The Consumerization of IT

Posted in BusinessMobile

Originally posted 2011-08-01 11:40:35. Before the advent of the Apple App store, corporate IT environments were walled gardens. Phones were often provided by the IT departments and although they couldn't be locked down like their desktop counterparts, employees were often forbidden (by IT policy) from installed third-party applications because of security risk and support overhead. [...]