22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Brovan  |  under Misc.
There have been many news reports and blogs written about copyright infringement on YouTube.  A quick Google Search turns up several lawsuits against YouTube for this reason.  Some nations have banned all access to the website or else have restricted the content therein. In this Internet Age, I believe that YouTube has done a commendable job [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Brovan  |  under Misc.
We all know that YouTube, with all its popularity, should be useful for the clever entrepreneur. Webworkerdaily.com has listed 34 ways that YouTube can benefit your business at http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/07/28/34-ways-to-use-youtube-for-business/ Here are some of my favorites: - Create short videos of valuable tips of interest to your clients and prospects to show off your expertise - Post customer video testimonials [...]
15 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Brovan  |  under Misc.
Today I caught up on last week’s episode of 24, and was struck by how quickly I was able to watch the show.  When watching a video stream online (available free at fox.com/24) the show only lasts 43 minutes, instead of one hour!  Fox does add one commercial between each segment of the episode, but [...]
15 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Brovan  |  under Misc.
Our culture has reached a point where an online “tweet” or a simple text message are deemed capable of communicating key ideas.  If we continue to embrace these shortened methods of communication, we will lose our ability to hold deeper conversations, to think critically, and to analyze body language or facial expressions. Although I have never [...]
8 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Brovan  |  under Misc.
While researching I recently stumbled across the quite helpful site Wikiquote.org.  Although this domain has been around for over 5 years, I have somehow failed to notice it before.  For this reason, I thought it might be helpful to share it with the rest of the readers here. There are a few key benefits to finding [...]
8 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Brovan  |  under Misc.
At the signing of the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin famously remarked that the painting of half a sun on the Convention Presidents chair was most certainly a rising sun to represent our nation, not a setting sun. We have reached the point where the same question might be asked of the widespread social networking site Facebook.com.  With [...]