Radio 2020 is issuing a call-to-action via their blog to have people petition to get FM radio on their cell phones.  Although I see some value in a feature like that, I am wondering if it is worth the R&D since faster connections and more internet radio stations limit the necessity of this capability.  Personally, I’d rather my iPhone have an FM transmitter so that I can send whatever I...

This music video for the song “Hibi no Neiro (Tone of Everyday)” by the Japanese band Sour, was directed by Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura and Masayoshi Nakamura. The cast is a selection of their fans across the world filming themselves on webcams. The amount of work that went into this is amazing, brilliant and inspiring. This is just one more example of how the music...

Andy Peating from BuddyPress has just released a 20 minute tutorial on how to install Worpress Mult-User (WPMU) and BuddyPress locally on a Mac.  If you are just getting into the WPMU realm or are working on setting up a development environment for your WPMU and BuddyPress site, this video is for you!

Historically, Hinutech has done a poor job of soliciting feedback and encouraging readers’ comments on our blog entries.  We used to require people to go through the hassle of creating an account and authenticating before they had the ability to comment.  Needless to say, this didn’t happen very often. In order to make amends in that department, I would like to formally announce the availability...

The time comes in any the life of any start-up where the influx of to-do items exceeds your capacity to keep track of them effectively.  Odds are, you start off by applying filters to emails.  You establish an elaborate folder scheme that works pretty good.  You use and abuse your email client’s flag system, and if you’re really good, you even add to-do items to your calendar. ...

The newspaper industry is dying as people seek their news from more timely sources.  I believe that a compromise needs to occur between real journalism and anonymous bloggers, but clearly, the practice of getting yesterday’s news on dead trees is going away as the Daily Show expertly highlights in this interview of the New York Times.

Back in August of 2008, I wrote a pretty long entry about how open social networks can be useful but are ripe for abuse/neglect becuase, by their very nature, they are open.  Anyone can join the party — which presents great opportunities and great challenges.  The opportunities presented are that you have unfettered access to a nearly limitless array of people, ideas and thoughts. ...

Here is a great post from Sonia Simone via CopyBlogger about how to write compelling content that gets people past the fear of getting burned by you or your product.  This quote exemplifies what I have been beating on for years: "Trustworthiness, transparency, credible authority, lots of high-value content, and just plain old decency are your best weapons." Enjoy!

Some users of Google experience slow responses and even unavailable servers this morning.  Google explained the problem on their blog, apologized, expressed their embarrassment and are looking into the issue.  Sweet.  So many companies choose to push problems under the rug and either hope that people don’t notice or don’t care that people were frustrated.  Google did...

In January, I wrote about how the City of Hamilton was losing it’s Elder-Beerman store.  My primary observations about that loss, circled around Hamilton’s inherent need to reinvent itself.  Hamilton has assets that few cities have — a regional campus of Miami University, a minor league baseball team, life-long residents who are dedicated to the community, a beautiful river front...