Updates from cyberetto.org

Branching out

I've been using this site as a place to congregate tech-related things, and make tech-type posts. I usually think there are others who are so much more knowledgable in the tech area, so haven't commented here for a while. I will again, but concurrent to this I'm setting ...

Crayon Physics on a Tablet PC

Cool game on the tablet PC: [youtube]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTqspnvAaI[/youtube]

New cyberetto blog

The content which was over at http://cyberetto.wordpress.com has now been moved over here to this new blog. The site has been built using Brian Gardner's Revolution theme for the base for the site. I've been having fun better getting to know Wordpress and its capabilities, modifying the theme to tailor it for ...

3 must-see videos on the Web 2.0 world

Here's three Must-See YouTube videos. They each present concepts in a fascinating way. Worth seeing just to get ideas on how to present concepts. But then if you want to get a grip on what's happening with Web 2.0 and how the world is changing, these are ...

Big news overnight: Google bought Jaiku

I go to sleep and wake up to find that my world changed overnight: Google has bought Jaiku (Jaiku blog). It's too soon to know the ramifications of all of that, but I'm hoping that it means that Jyri and Petteri and the current Jaiku team can still influence the development ...

Free Burma!

Walk On, Burma

I awake this morning to news of shots being fired out in Burma against the demonstrators against the military regime. In the words of U2's song "Walk On": Oh, oh Walk on, walk on What you got, they can't steal it No, they can't even feel it Walk on, walk on Stay safe tonight Our thoughts and prayers ...

Google Australia has launched an election 2007 site

Australians can access a bevy of information about the 2007 Election from this page set up by Google Australia: http://www.google.com.au/election2007/ From there you can: ...

Another place uses Barry Manilow music to fight crime

In July last year I reported reading that a local council is playing Barry Manilow music to keep away hoodlums. Now, I read that a Colorado judge is setting a sentence of listening to Barry Manilow music for one hour for noise-pollution offenders. He said that after listening ...

The Trust Economy

Today I read a blog entry by Chris Brogan on communities and marketing, and he wrote: I believe in the Trust Economy: that we are in a mode where we want to hear about things that matter to us from people we trust. That really struck a chord with me, not just ...