Category Archives: Technology

SEO and the Words You Need To Get It

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Blogs are usually short, pithy, quickly-read, Seth Godin-ish snippets of 400 words or less. If the blog goes longer than that, experts advise you to break up your verbiage with subheads or lists. The things I mostly write here would … Continue reading →

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Crystal Balls

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Terry Taylor

A recent national Yankolovich study concludes that the future will be less global and more local. It will hinge more on personal responsibility in how we treat each other and the planet (among other things). It will be built around … Continue reading →

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Police Scanners, Y’all

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I will get some argument here, but I have noticed a severe proclivity for usage of police scanners among Southern men. I’m sure that’s just because I have seen a lot of police scanners in my travels through the South. … Continue reading →

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Business As Unusual

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I have recently been thinking about what will happen when we take the media out of social media and build more network into social networking. I am not the only one. David Armano at the Dachis Group recently gave a … Continue reading →

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Print The Future

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Did you know that you can make a functioning product or a part for a machine by just scanning it and letting a 3-D printer build it instantly? Have you ever seen a 3-D printer? Can you grasp just how … Continue reading →

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Top 5, 7, 10, Whatever

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Are you following Twitter’s A-List through their precious 140-word squirts or reading the latest Top Five or Ten? In our endless efforts to categorize and rank everything and everyone, who tops out as the Number One Human right now? Jesus, … Continue reading →

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Terabyte of Life

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Terry Taylor

How many blogs do you read a day? A week?  How about Twitter? YouTube? Facebook? Myspace? Skype? You catch that show on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, the game on ESPN? Jon Stewart, House, American Idol? Wait, sorry, I have to respond … Continue reading →

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Wrecknology

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Terry Taylor

The Urban Dictionary defines “wrecknology” as, “A piece of technology designed to prevent another piece of technology from working or to reduce its usefullness significantly.” Yes, they misspelled “usefulness.” But the misspelling fits the definition like my cell phone fits … Continue reading →

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Cheap Is The New Black

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Terry Taylor

May we live in interesting times, indeed. While pundits debate recession fears, and global warming is treated like Obama addressing his ex-pastor, gas is headed for $7 a gallon. Don’t believe it will get that expensive? Drive and watch. It … Continue reading →

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Point A to Point B Via Point C,D,J,M Q and W

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I love the feel of an old school map crinkling in my hands, pressed drum-like against the steering wheel, obscuring my vision as I roll down the interstate, weaving in and out of traffic at 70 mph while traversing the … Continue reading →

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You Think Brett Favre Has Seen It All?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Terry Taylor

We tend to attach logos to the ends of our accomplishments in branding. I’d like to look at the last 29 years, however, as experiences (plural) rather than experience (singular). There is a big difference. Tweet This Post

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Gizmodo and Engadget

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Terry Taylor

In case you have grown tired of the endless things available on the web to distract you, I offer you two more: Gizmodo.com and Engadget.com (thank you again, Jeff). Now I can sleep even less because I’m up all night … Continue reading →

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Wht ru txting?

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I find the texting craze that is so fashionably addressed toward teens to be amusing. I have seen several TV commercials making fun of parents for being clueless on the language of texting. That said; I probably send 40-50 text … Continue reading →

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Cheese Grows On Trees?

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I have always been a sucker for manufacturing processes and I am virtually hypnotized by watching how stuff is made. It seems there are more and more TV programs that cater to my Jones. Maybe it was started by Unwrapped … Continue reading →

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Genome Phenom

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Terry Taylor

A scientist recently built the first man-made genome. The little sound you hear is your DNA adjusting to that information. Continue reading →

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