New Google Reader for Tablets: Google Currents

Google has released a customizable news reader for Android and Apple tablet computers. They call it Google Currents. Much like Flipboard before it, it makes reading news items from the web a lot more pleasant experience than trying to figure out RSS feeds as in Google Reader. It  takes web news and puts it in a format anyone can use. If Google Currents had come first and Flipboard second, people might have been calling Flipboard the Google Currents killer. With the timing reversed, I'm not exactly sure how nervous Flipboard should be. Currents has the advantage over Flipboard in that it's available for both Android and iOS. Flipboard has no Android version. Flipboard beats Currents slightly on visual appeal and pretty substantially on social network integration. Currents has basic Facebook and Twitter integration and surprisingly disapointing integration with Google+. You can +1 an article, but not share it to your Google+ feed.  Still it's a great option for Android, and it's Google Reader feed integration may make it a winning play even for those using an iPad or iPhone to read their news.

What happens at an Intensive Journal Workshop? (audio)

Intensive Journal workshops involve a series of writing exercises aimed at self development. Over a series of days participants write about themselves, their thoughts, friends, family, and conversations in a way that creates breakthrough experiences. Over 175,000 participants, from all walks of life attend these workshops since 1966, looking to gain insights about their relationships, career, health and goals. I had the opportunity to talk Jon Progoff, head of the Dialogue House and son of founder Ira Progoff, Ph. D. about the workshops, the Intensive Journal method, and what people get out of attending.

This interview first appeared on Your Day, which is heard on the ETVRadio network of stations.

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An Intensive Journal Introductory Workshop will be held in Clemson, SC on October 28-29, 2011. (This is a new date.)


Your Day airs at noon Monday through Thursday on the NPR stations across South Carolina.

Some basic talk about 4G LTE (video)

It turns out some people are still a bit confused about 4G. They don't even know if they have it or not. In an attempt to dispel a couple of myths and get the listeners of the Your Day radio show a basic introduction, I sat down and talked to the folks at Verizon Wireless.

A visit to the Immedion data center (Video)

Our October Your Day radio program included a technology road show where I went out and visited a couple of tech companies and did some interviews. The segments appeared on ETVRadio (South Carolina's NPR stations) and also on the Your Day website as video. This piece was from my visit to South Carolina based data center service provider Immedion.

Audio: Interview with John Warner - What is Innomobility 2011?

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John Warner, the creator of Innoventure, has something new up his sleeve. In a few days he will unveil Innomobility, the mobility brother of Innoventure. It's a conference with a global reach that's going to pull in automotive and mobility executives from across the country to present and connect with opportunities and business models in automotive, materials, and information technology. I interviewed John for Your Day and he talked about the presenters and opportunities he hopes will come out of this new conference.

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October 18-19, 2011
more info: Innomobility.com

Your Day airs at noon Monday through Thursday on the NPR stations across South Carolina.

Audio: Adding Windows features to your Mac, your calls.

On the third Wednesday of every month we do a live call in show taking your technology questions. This episode, first aired on August 17, 2011. We start our talking about Lion, the new Mac OS, but the bulk of this show, as always is the improv we do when we take your calls.  You never know what we're going to be asked, or what we might say.

In this show:

• How to be your own computer detective.
• I'd rather be lucky than stupid.
• Should you leave your computer on at night?
• Do computers dream during hibernation?
• We solve domestic disputes.
• What can keep you from making a recovery disk?
• How do you keep your Macbook from overheating?
• Should you use anti-virus software on your Mac?
• What you might think abut before giving up your PC for a Mac.
• How to pair a bluetooth headset with a new cell phone.
• How solid state hard drives make your computer boot faster.
• Can solid state drives be compromised?
• My laptop is turning itself off! Help!
• Why do laptops overheat?
• Why do cats hate computers?
• Why do I run out of Virtual Memory?
• Voodoo may be our answer to your computer problem.
• Are the "affordable options" for smartphone service worth trying?
• and some bonus calls that were never heard on the air!

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Your Day airs at noon Monday through Thursday on the NPR stations across South Carolina.

Back to the old Blogger...

A month ago I got pushed to the new Blogger editor, assured by the pop up windows that it was newer, cleaner, better. It has taken me a full month to realize that the new interface is still half-baked.  I had to go back to the old blogger interface because you can not publish podcasts in the version of Blogger in Draft available today.

The New Blogger -- What a difference!

I'm still looking for a reason to fall in love with the new Blogger editing interface.  I guess I need to spend more time with it.  Anyone love it yet?

Read about all the changes on the Blogger in Draft blog.