There has been talk over the years about creating younger-oriented versions of public radio tentpole programs. The research I have done has clearly indicated that this is the wrong way to go and such efforts are likely to fail - as indeed they have generally done. That doesn't mean there's not a market for information programs among younger audiences. It simply means the way we define "information" must fit the definition of that audience, not the definition we associate with All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
- Todd Mundt
via acarvin.posterous.com Andy Carvin's excellent presentation on Social Media trends... from a webinar he presented to PRPD members today. ...
- Todd Mundt
we’ve put together a step-by-step guide to doing this, for free, in around 15 minutes (depending on how long it takes to download the OS itself). No, this won’t get your computer booting Chrome OS natively (and frankly, you probably wouldn’t want to yet anyway). But it will get it up and running in a virtual machine using the free software VirtualBox, which is available for Macs, PCs, and Linux.
- Todd Mundt
Cross-platform media player VLC is often referred to as the "Swiss Army knife of media applications" for good reason: Not only does VLC play nearly any file you throw at it (you even voted it the best desktop media player), but it can do so much more. From ripping DVDs to converting files to iPod-friendly formats, let's take a look at the four coolest things you can do with VLC and start you on your way to becoming a VLC ninja
- Todd Mundt
Check out this cool how-to video on creating a twitterbot without any programming. It was put together by frinkey.com and I'm proud to say, inspired in part by my code-less NPRbackstory hack.
- Todd Mundt
since Pandora arrived on the iPhone in July 2008, 9 million people have created new accounts on smartphones, including iPhones, BlackBerrys, Palm and Android phones. That’s 24 percent of Pandora’s total user base, which is currently at 38 million and growing. Pandora has been installed on 13 million smartphones to date, meaning that about 70 percent of its smartphone users didn’t have desktop accounts previously.
- Todd Mundt
here’s the quick and easy way to create the overlapping event exactly where you want it in the first place. Press and hold Option and Command, and then just start dragging at the time you wish the new event to start.
- Todd Mundt
If you simply click the Save button, Mail will save all of that message’s attachments. But Mail can do more with attachments, as long as you know the secret: click and hold on the Save button, and a menu appears, listing each attached file’s name along with a Save As button. Select any individual file, and you’ll save just that attachment to disk. But the really nice feature is the final menu item—Add to iPhoto. That’s right; with one button click-and-hold, you can add all of a message’s attached images to iPhoto.
- Todd Mundt
Un petit arrêt à la Brasserie Brunoise avant un match au Centre Bell? Oubliez ça. Au lieu du chaleureux restaurant au menu inspiré des brasseries françaises, vous tomberez sur une succursale du Peel Pub. Pas exactement le même résultat dans l'assiette. La Brasserie Brunoise a été vendue. Les associés sont partis chacun de leur côté. Version Laurent Godbout? Lui aussi a laissé sa place à un autre resto, tout comme Aszu, un autre du Vieux-Montréal dont le message téléphonique nous explique que l'établissement est fermé pour un moment, le temps de rouvrir avec une nouvelle administration. Shed Café? Hier, on n'y répondait pas... Duel? Jamais rouvert depuis l'incendie.
- Todd Mundt
Microsoft is embracing a world of apps and mashups to enable developers to build software that can run across mobile, PC and other device platforms. Linking all this together will be Microsoft’s Azure cloud, which will go into production Jan. 1, 2010.
- Todd Mundt
WNYC's mock up of a public media mapping tool that simplifies the process of creating maps and even porting submitted audio content directly to the air
- Todd Mundt