Redwood Technology Consortium board member Daria Topousis did a great job summarizing the achievements, transitions and goals of the organization in today’s Tech Beat. She mentions that one of the highlights that the RTC community is the networking opportunities. I am excited about the new formats we will be trying this year with the luncheons and a tech conference. People may remember the RTC Tech Fairs we put on for several years. The conference...
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
Man, it’s been a busy time at Morse Media and I haven’t had a moment to finish a full blog post. Lots of tweets, though. I hope to change that soon. Lots of backlogged draft posts and ideas. In the meantime I want to wish everyone how happens across this old blog the Merriest of Christmases and a blessed New Year. Technorati Tags: christmas, morse media, new year, twitter
Get Congress on Twitter!
I have started using Twitter a bit more earnestly in the last couple weeks. I had put it off for along time, not really seeing the value. But now I am hooked and learning from it. I am working on a longer post about Twitter. But in the meantime here is a cool service that links you to Congresspeoples’s Twitter accounts. And this page is a list of California Senators and Representatives who don’t...
Saving the Web, One Site at a Time
Once again we have found ourselves working to save some web sites abandoned by their developer. What’s going on out there? Bad code, bad business practices, bad choices, really bad communication. Is it time to turn web development in to a real profession with standards and certification like doctors and lawyers and contractors? I don’t know. I certainly don’t know what the mechanisms are for creating such a system. And I certainly don’t mind...
EAST Lab Seeking Computers
Eureka Highs EAST Lab is seeking donatons of old computers for a project where they donate PCs to low income students. Here are the specifics in from the Times-Standard. Be sure you wipe your hard drives clean before dumping them anywhere.
Get ‘Yer Mac Protection Now?
Ars Technica churns out tech news articles faster than any service I know. And I follow ther outpout on Twitter. But sometimes they seem to just throw stuff out there without really giving much thought. Thus this article that points to a new Apple article that seems to indicate everyone should start using virus protection software (in spite of all their marketing hype that the Mac OS is invulnerable to virus attacks).The comments on...
