Wiener Eistraum 2010

Some of you might remember the time lapse footage video I made a while back featuring the Wiener Eistraum event. A new camera and a whole lot of experience later...here's my 2010 take on one of Vienna's most beautiful winter events.

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AKG Perception 220 Microphone

Let's take a look at the AKG Perception 220 microphone. Priced around $50 more than the Audio Technica AT2020, the AKG packs a number of features into an agreeable (approximately) $200 microphone that are often found on much pricier microphones. Similar to the Audio Technica, the P220 is a cardioid...

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Audio Technica AT2020 Microphone

The folks at Audio Technica have done an outstanding job at packing much more expensive sounding microphone into a minuscule $79.99 price tag.

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Google admits Buzz privacy fail

Google officially admitted yesterday that it’s testing procedure surrounding their new offering Buzz was less than sufficient. Since it’s February 9th appearance, Google has had to do some serious retooling of the product, amid privacy concerns that sprang up almost immediately. Google says that the...

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Social Networking usage: South Africa

South Africa currently ranks number 29th on Facebook’s global user list, and demonstrates a number of similarities with much larger using countries.

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Social Media Statistics

Opinions abound on Social Media. How it works, where it works best, how individuals and businesses can use it best, etc. Each of these opinions have their own intrinsic value, but sometimes, nothing beats cold hard numbers.

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Baby Boomers flock to Social Networking in 2009

There’s no arguing that 2009 was a banner year for online social networking platforms. Obviously, the big players in the field, Facebook and Twitter, saw a healthy increase in user activity. A new report from eMarketer might just point to the reason why.

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics – as mind map

Culling through listings of which Olympic events are happening when can be a bit tedious. To this end, I created this mind map to illustrate the flexibility of MindMeister's mind mapping solution.

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Gaming: Size Does Matter

According to a report compiled by researchers at several research facilities at the University of Illinois, human propensity for talent in video games can now be determined by measuring three key areas of the brain. Kirk Erickson, a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, and...

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Marketers to spend more on Social Media in 2010

According to a new survey published by Alerian, two thirds (66%) of marketing professionals plan on allotting more in their budgets for social media engagement.

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Obama’s nerd creds

You may recognize Hodgman from his Daily Show appearances, of perhaps more so from his “…and I’m a PC” line from Apple’s popular advertising campaign. Yes, this clip is 15 minutes long, but worth every moment, so go grab a fresh cup, sit back, and enjoy Hodgman’s vetting of President Barack Obama’s nerd credentials.

Now, if Obama had only closed the session with the correct Vulcan response, “Peace and Long Life” he would have scored 110 in my book. However, he also loses points for playing the ‘basketballs’, so we’ll average him out at about an 85% nerd rating. Fair enough? I think so too.

A big thanks to Brent for sending over this gem.

Tags: apple, barack obama, daily show, john hodgman, nerd

This entry was posted by Dan Taylor on June 23, 2009 at 8:45 am, and is filled under News, Video. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

Eric @ Motorcycle Paint Colors

This is very amusing. Hodgman is very articulate, pointed and witty. I love his jocks and nerds comparison and contrast especially when he talked about strict constructionists on the Supreme Court. Apple, try something new: have John ad Juston Long trade places on future commercials and see how the audience reacts.