The StevieFTW podcast officially launched yesterday, March 31st, and will air every Wednesday. Her initial guest, none other than gaming industry icon Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games.

Pirates have been an unseen driver of technology since the dawn of the digital age. Here's why we need to have a love/hate relationship with them.

Thousands of South Carolinian's are expected to capitalize on and use the power of social networking tools to stage an online rally aimed at voicing their opinions to state legislators.

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.

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 condenser microphone, featuring AKG's renowned 1-inch large-diaphragm true condenser transducer.

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

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 they’re working “extremely hard” to fix the problem. "We're very early in this space. This was one of our first big attempts," Todd Jackson, Buzz product manager, told BBC News.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 first author of the study remarks, “This is the first time that we’ve been able to take a real-world task like a video game and show that the size of specific brain regions is predictive of performance and learning rates on this video game.” Erickson’s article first appeared in the professional journal Cerebral Cortex. He has since been joined by researchers from MIT, Florida State (which is also currently conducting a study on consumers’ virtual goods buying habits), and the University of Illinois.

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.

A fresh batch of macro images. Part of an ongoing 'Macro Fun' series.

I recently had the absolute pleasure to photograph Ms. Alicia ONeill. She's a Coloratura Soprano based in Vienna. Not only is her voice simply extraordinary, but you'll see from the photos, she's also a natural in front of the camera.

Some of you might already know about my love of Christmas films. I have about 7-8 that I go through during the holiday season, but one always remains the climax: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. While packed to the hilt with comedic gems, there's one character, and one scene in particular that always does it for me. "Now how about some eggnog, Clark?"