Posted by: scottmccord on: November 26, 2008
Though my Cool Tools broadcasts featured Yahoo! Pipes, I had so much still to process. This is a tough application. Tim O’Reilly loves it, but warns that it is not “for the faint of heart.”. So very much is possible, but Pipes is like a siren of sorts. There is a wacky learning curve, nice [...]
Posted by: scottmccord on: November 12, 2008
I’ve just been watching a conversation at the Alliance Virtual Library in Second Life. The gatekeeper, Franja Russell, has been advising a total newbie, Kingjames Hermit on land rentals inworld. I met somebody, newer than I, named Niky Dirval too. He logged in from Spain, and spoke enough English (or “Inglish,” as he called it) [...]
Posted by: scottmccord on: November 10, 2008
I have a friend – let’s call him Bean (his real name). Bean is a tech support specialist at Apple. He is 38 years old. He lives with his girlfriend Jen in midtown Sacramento. Bean is a hardcore gamer. At least I think he is. Recently he has been role-playing in Fable II. That was [...]
Posted by: scottmccord on: November 1, 2008
Okay, I’m tempering – if not quite recanting – the position I took in that last post. Probably the biggest frustration for me was the loss of audio when my own screencast was loaded to YouTube. I put the matter to Ambrosia technical support. The response: Sorry for your frustration. The issue is obviously due [...]
