Tagged: media

A Chat With Brad Stone, Author of “The Everything Store”

As part of our tech book club, I’m thrilled to present an interview with seasoned journalist Brad Stone, author of “The Everything Store”, a book on the genesis of Amazon, and its vivacious founder, Jeff Bezos. The book is detailed, enthralling, and even a bit controversial, which makes it an awesome subject for an interview. Coming Up: “I was deluded enough to think Amazon...

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How MTV Managed To Do What Decades of Sex-Ed Teachers Could Not

Should schools replace sex education/health with MTV? Normally, I’d consider this question insane, but after a recent study by the Brookings Institute, I’m not so sure. That study found that MTV’s “Teen Mom”, and “16 And Pregnant” caused a 5.7% drop in the total US teen pregnancy rate. The Brookings Institute made an awesome video to explain how this is possible. MTV managed to...

Man of 1000 Voices (Non-tech Related: Just Cool)

Normally I do my best not to defer from what this blog should be about, which is technology, but this is just incredible. I just wanted to share this free video about Mel Blanc who created the voices for, and voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Elmur Fudd, Porky the pig, and so many other classic characters. He created all these 100s of...

Alec Baldwin To Speak At #DNC, And the Tech Behind the #RNC

Many across the net have joked (and secretly dreamed) about Alec Baldwin doing a Clint Eastowood-esque  performance at the DNC, but according to sources who wish to remain anonymous Alec Baldwin will indeed be somewhat countering and satirizing Eastwood’s infamous speech (posted below in case you haven’t seen). My sources stated that their employers had given them specific instructions on preparations to make for...

Microsoft Creates The Future of Newspapers

Are you into a strange topic? Maybe you’re an airline millage junkie, or a model car collector, or you really care about all the latest sports news of Belgium. Whatever you like, Microsoft Fuse’s fantastic Montage web app allows you to read about your passion. Basically, for the grand price of free you can enter the most obscure topic and it will create a...