CommonCraft explains RSS

I thought CommonCraft’s plain English explanation of Social Networking was so cute that I would highlight their video explanation of what a RSS feed is.If your not into tech, these video’s represent a common sense approach to understanding common Internet terms and terminology.

CommonCraft explains Social Networking

Not really into all this computer and internet “lingo” but you’d like to understand about Social Networking?This well done “Social Networking in Plain English” explanation by CommonCraft is a great little video.[youtube 6a_KF7TYKVc ]I like the style that this explanation is done in. I think it carries over well!

The Vick Case…doesn’t innocent until proven guilty still apply?

I wish that it was still true in America that you’re innocence until proven guilty but recent events have left doubts that this still holds up to everyday practice.  Today, I became aware of this anti-Vick site that is dedicated to having the football player Michael Vick removed from the Atlanta Falcons, the NFL and from any type of corporate sponsorship….  However, living here in North Carolina I’ve been subjected to this same type of quick conviction without trial mentality with the recent Duke lacrosse players case.

Quick Look: Mac OS X Internet Browser Based Blog Authoring Clients

I recently published a post looking at three significant Mac OS X desktop blog authoring applications and for balance I thought I would give a brief look at a couple of the existing browser based alternatives.Browser based blog authoring tools for the most part will not have the depth of features of a standalone applications….  ScribeFire features WYSIWYG and HTML editing, live previews, link and image insertion tools, multiple blog support, tag/category support, page listings, notes, and previously posted article editing capability.  It also supports Technorati and del.icio.us tags, trackbacks, pinging, and image/file uploads.A unique tool of ScribeFire is the ability to query Technorati for related or linking blog posts for an article so you can see and consider all related data.ScribeFire is a very capable blog editing tools but there are no image management or editing features built in. You must prepare your images prior to upload with this applications.ScribeFire is free and can be downloaded here.

Apple post record $818 million net profit quarter

Approximately 64% of the Mac Computers sold during this quarter were laptops, which is where the major sales increase occurred, while the sale of desktops remained inline with past quarters.Apple’s brick-and-mortar store sales was also strong with a 33% growth from last year….  International sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue.Apple shipped 1,764,000 Macintosh(R) computers, representing 33 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous company record for quarterly Mac(R) shipments by over 150,000.  The Company also sold 9,815,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 21 percent growth over the year-ago quarter.”We’re thrilled to report the highest June quarter revenue and profit in Apple’s history, along with the highest quarterly Mac sales ever,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

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