Podcast: Web 2.0
Me being skeptical about Web 2.0 on the BBC World Service. Listen here,
Category Archives: E-commerce
Podcast: Receipts
How to get rid of receipts, without just binning them. Another piece from the BBC World Service. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/1705_receipts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Teaching Kids to Get into Interactive Debt
Next mealtime, expect your kids to pester you to take out a loan on a new Scion. They’ll probably have filled in the forms for you. A month ago the NYT wrote about how a kids’ virtual world website, Whyville, was cutting a deal with Toyota to promote the Scion, allowing the youngsters to buy… Read More »
The Message Behind Instant Messaging
Be careful what you wish for. For nearly a decade I, and a lot of people like me, have been dreaming of the day when we could send an instant message to someone who wasn’t on the network as us. An instant messaging program is one that sits on your computer and allows you to… Read More »
Shrines to Frustration
It’s depressing that two gripes I’ve posted, both at least a year old, continue to get comments which push both posts to the top of the search engines. My grumbles about accessing Xdrive, an online storage service bought by AOL, comes out top if you search for xdrive problems on Google. Search for cancel napster… Read More »