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{ Monthly Archives } May 2007

Malls are for cars, not pedestrians ;(

I’ve lived in short walking distance from the Topanga Westfield mall for nearly a decade. I have been there literally hundreds of times with my daughter. They recently doubled the size of the mall, adding an Apple store, a 2-story carousel, a Target, and a bunch of amenities.
The problem is, it has always been hard [...]

Monetizing Podcasts & Videoblogs

A recent article I wrote, Monetizing Podcasts & Videoblogs, was just published in Streaming Media magazine and has now been reprinted on streamingmedia.com.

“Any business built around podcasts and videoblogs has to start with the fundamentals: Compelling content that can be exchanged with an audience for their attention. Still, the past two years have taught us [...]

Maker’s Faire Nash Exhibit – How it went

Hi, I’m Adam Stolarz, Damien’s brother and carputer hacker cohort. We just got done showing off our restored and computerized Nash at the Maker’s Faire.
So I was in charge of demonstrating the Nash’s computer features and GUI, and quite a few people said they had seen the original Nash blurb page but didn’t feel like [...]

TransitTV – on Los Angeles’ Orange Line

I’ve been watching a bit of the evenly-bilingual TransitTV content since I’ve been commuting on the Los Angleles Orange Line across the San Fernando valley. I seem to be one of the few who uses a laptop/EVDO combination on LA rapid transit.
The system cycles through a lot of short form content, weather, news clips and [...]

Save Net Radio, again (sigh)

In the early ’00s I had a company that developed P2P streaming software that powered Internet radio broadcasts. At that time, there was a big risk that Internet radio would get shut down. It didn’t – but it was burdened with regulations that made it pay MORE fees than terrestrial or satellite radio. (Net radio [...]

A mid-century car with next-century features

Will you be coming to the Maker’s Faire?

http://www.makerfaire.com/

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Epitaph 2.0

I commute a lot in Los Angeles, and I have noticed an intriguing but literally disturbing trend: Mobile epitaphs.
No kidding, these are short dedications to the deceased on the rear windows of my co-commuters.
I have to say, as an observer and writer on emerging media trends, the mere fact of this emerging medium for paying [...]

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