Dan Briklin Still At It

Dan Bricklin, he father of the spreadsheet, an other things, is still at it. WikiCalc is moving foward and he inspires me to continue working on RealSimplePresentations (Zlides).

Media Blogger Association

This looks like a good group that I’ll probably have to join soon. It came to light when Dave Winer pointed out that Lance Dutson of the Maine Report was hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit. More sand?

Economist's View: We'll Be Watching You

Economist's View: We'll Be Watching You. pointed to a great video based on the new Fed chair to “Every Breath You Take.” Will you see this on the nightly news?

Zlides

Still hunting for a (domain) name for my new projects. Zlides.com is the best so far. Have about two weeks to nail this down.

Three Years of Blogging

Dave Winer had posted that a bunch of people have four years of blogging under their belt. It made me realize that today I celebrate three years of blogging. While blogging has been great, I think using RSS has been the real kicker for the past three years – even if blogger only produces Atom on this site. It was the answer to “What is XML good for?” and I think the key component that kickstarted the Web. 2.0 engine. I’ve used it in several creative endeavors including Real Simple Presentations. So thanks to Dave.

The popularity of my blog has not changed much in three years. Once in a while another blogger will point to an item. Some close friends like Don, Dick and Murch point to my blog. That is all okay because the purpose of writing the blog was to learn about this new medium/technology and McLuhan’s Laws of Media apply. I think I have it now. What a long strange trip it is.

Real Simple Presentations launched

Launched Real Simple Presentations. Leave a comment if you want to know more. Beta soon.

Pure McLuhan - The Times Literary Supplement

Paul Barker revives McLuhan discussion with article in The Times Literary Supplement.

Bucknell versus Memphis: 'Ray Bucknell

Memphis coach hasn’t show his team Bucknell film. “I don’t want to scare them. I don’t want their headspinning.” “They run too much stuff, the hold the ball.” We’ll see at 2:00 EST.

Check Out the Big Brains on Bucknell

Who would have thunk that a west coast paper, the Los Angeles Times, would have the best story and headline on Bucknell’s NCAA win over Arkansas? Headline made me laugh and the story was well written. J.A. Adande did his research. “Kevin Bettencourt wants to be a history teacher.” Talks about Charles Lee honoring 11–year-old ball boy who was killed. And he acknowledges that Bucknell is a pretty good basketball team too.

At the moment, they can claim more NCAA tournament victories than Texas, Alabama, Louisiana State, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Kansas, Syracuse and Iowa over the last 12 months.

Also a good story in the New York Times by Thayer Evans on Charles Lee living the American College Dream. Bucknell just started awarding basketball scholarships three years ago. Lee and Bettencourt, the two star seniors, are not scholarship players.

Bucknell Bison - Ray Bucknell

Last year I wrote about Bucknell after missing the Kansas game. And if you want some history, follow the links. However, it looks like I’ll miss the openning game this year because of a conflict. Tivo to the rescue. Go Bison. Ray for the Orange and the Blue. What a thrill!