Blonde 2.0 from JD Lasica on Vimeo. For me, the highlight of the TechCrunch50 conference last week was spending three days with Ayelet Noff, aka Blonde 2.0, who's become a dear friend since we met in person in Israel for the first time ... Go to Full Article

Chris DeWolfe. Finally uploaded the last of my photos from last week's TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco. Here's the Flickr set with 150+ photos, including Chris DeWolfe, co-founder of MySpace (above), Mark Cuban, Marc Andreessen ... Go to Full Article

Two weeks ago I mentioned that RealNetworks is introducing a DVD copier. Today's San Jose Mercury News has this: New legal way to copy movie DVD. As you are probably aware, almost all commercial DVDs are embedded with software to ... Go to Full Article

One of the things that's always struck me about social media is the level of sharing that occurs on the many networks, sites, blogs, etc. I'm not talking about the ceaseless flow of status updates, geographical show & tells, ... Go to Full Article

The San Jose Mercury News identifies the top 5 companies that demo'd at Demo last week: Cool consumer products from DEMOfall. Go to Full Article

Ryan Sholin at the IdeaLab blog has A Q&A with NYU prof Jay Rosen: Can the Political Press Self-Correct? Spinewatch Hopes it Can. Basically, it's a way for all of us to throw a spotlight on whether the the press is calling out campaign ... Go to Full Article

Nir Ofir. As one of the very early members of the Online News Association, I've attended my share of ONA conferences over the years. This year, I wasn't able to attend the annual gathering that ended in Washington, DC, over the weekend. ... Go to Full Article

Ryan Sholin at the IdeaLab blog has A Q&A with NYU prof Jay Rosen: Can the Political Press Self-Correct? Spinewatch Hopes it Can. Basically, it's a way for all of us to throw a spotlight on whether the the press is calling out campaign ... Go to Full Article

At BeFunky.com, you'll soon be able to turn your home movie into an animated video. Not quite an iPod commercial, but perhaps the next best thing. The site already has an image animation engine, with video coming shortly. ... Go to Full Article

Ryan Sholin at the IdeaLab blog has A Q&A with NYU prof Jay Rosen: Can the Political Press Self-Correct? Spinewatch Hopes it Can. Basically, it's a way for all of us to throw a spotlight on whether the the press is calling out campaign ... Go to Full Article

At BeFunky.com, you'll soon be able to turn your home movie into an animated video. Not quite an iPod commercial, but perhaps the next best thing. The site already has an image animation engine, with video coming shortly. ... Go to Full Article

Support nonprofits with Causecast from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here's a 6-minute video interview I conducted Wednesday with Ryan Scott, founder and CEO of Causecast, on the day of its launch, Sept. 10, 2008, just after Scott's presentation ... Go to Full Article

Gli strumenti per fare videoconferencing ti permettono di organizzare videoconferenze con più partecipanti, semplicemente utilizzando la tua webcam e la tua connessione internet a banda larga. Una volta riservati ai sistemi proprietari ... Go to Full Article

Textbook. NY Times: Don’t Buy That Textbook, Download It Free. A broader effort to publish free textbooks is called Connexions, which was the brainchild of Richard G. Baraniuk, an engineering professor at Rice University, ... Go to Full Article

New York Times: Capturing the Moment (and More) via Cellphone Video. Still keeping in touch with friends by texting? How old-fashioned. Some early adopters of technology are now using their mobile phones to send not typed words or ... Go to Full Article