Entries Tagged as 'Utah'

May 17, 2007

Skype + Applescript = poor man’s voice web services

Skype is one of my favorite applications. I recently used Skype to call someone in Russia and it only cost a few cents. I’ve also been studying the Skype API, which opens some interesting possibilities.
On a Mac, you can combine simple Applescript commands with simple Skype commands to open a lot of possibilities. For example, [...]

May 8, 2007

Make more phone calls and meet more often

A couple of weeks ago I grabbed lunch with Blake Snow. Lots of good conversation, time went by fast, and I was reminded of the importance of getting together in person. Blake has an excellent blog on tech and business at Smoothharold.com. His pro blogging experience has brought a slightly “critical” bent (in his words) [...]

April 19, 2007

Seven ways the Internet is changing politics

1. Last week I attended the opening event of Phil Burns’s new company Politic2.0, a platform for communication between politicians and citizens. When I first heard about the event, I was skeptical that it would be anything more than the buzz-word-ification of another niche, but by the end of the event I was really [...]

March 16, 2007

Big milestone for CP80 but still many detractors

It was a big week for CP80, the anti-pornography group led by Ralph Yarro. The Utah legislature unanimously passed, and Governor Huntsman signed, a non-binding resolution calling on the U.S. government to do something about Internet pornography. The resolution calls on the federal government to “take action to help stop children and employees [...]

October 16, 2006

TagJungle coming soon

On Friday I attended a luncheon about Tag Jungle, the latest project to come from Phil Burns and his talented development team. I’m excited for what it promises to be — a better way of finding blog posts that interest me. I’ll be able to browse by keyword, and it will even find [...]