FDIC, Olympic Insanity, Moon Dust, Mars Snow and more on Mike Thinks News #228

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: mike thinks news, newscast live.

Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet…

On todays show I take a look at these stories:

• The right the First Sale Docrtrine
• Go for the Gold in 2012…and get sued
• Kentucky tries to take over the internet
• Alleged Scammers get outed
• New eviction meathod
• When being correct is being wrong
• The White Stuff
• Moon Dust is nasty stuff
• Lost…its because your brain is defective
• Failure is not an option
• 21 million dollars and you get bumped off your flight
• Security that isn’t

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Product Placement, LOL Cats and more on Mike Thinks News #227

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: newscast live.

Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet…

On todays show I take a look at these stories:

• The product placement debate goes on
• Ebay makes you a thief?
• Blue ray adoption plummets, with no competition no less
• You look…but how did you see
• LOLcats don’t mesh well with hard hitting journalism…MTN says well DUH!
• New DVD recordable…now with leather?
• The road will soon be full of product placement
• LOOK! a new idea…that would have been cool…sorta…in 1993
• So should cable, satellite and network TV all play nice?

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Strange object in Space, Kilroy was here, Podcast Awards and more on Mike Thinks News #226

Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: newscast live.

Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet…

On todays show I take a look at some these stories:

• The new gang symbol…the rosary?
• Slight improvement on the take your laptop at the border issue
• NBC Olympic coverage doublespeak
• Mites in Spaaaaace
• Kilroy was here …and here…and here
• Scientist dumbfounded over Hubble discovery
• Your bag cost more than your do…you are now free to pay through the nose

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Spore DRM, Kim Jong dead, Sleeping baby and more on Mike Thinks News #225

Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: newscast live.

Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet…

On todays show I take a look at some these stories:

• Is Kim Jong dead?
• I e-Ink ready for prime time
• Can you become popular by removing your songs from iTunes
• RealPlayer, now with tick off the MPAA goodness
• Spore makes gamers mad
• The eccentric orbit of some comets
• Baby + Parent does not equal a good nights sleep

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RFID, Explosives, Truck Accidents and more on Mike Thinks News #224

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: culture, mike thinks news, newscast live.

Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet…

On todays show I take a look at some these stories:

• Spy on your neighbors …wear a brown shirt…
• Don’t just plop high explosives on the officers desk ok?
• The wings have eyes
• ISS takes evasive maneuvers to avoid Russian debris
• Going off the road causes accidents…who knew
• Earwax….eeeeewww
• Do you agree with THIS top 10 list
• IE has a great feature…and a few not so great features
• Visa, Master Card, Amex block Mythbusters episode on RFID

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Science news with a little Microsoft and Ebay on this weeks NewsCast LIVE #223

Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: newscast live.

Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet….everythin old is new

On todays show I take a look at some these stories:

• Hollywood wants to scan your braaaaiiinnnns and your eyeballs
• Seeing things in 4d
• How you deal with unexpected changes in plans
• Ebay moves further away from being…well ebay
• So Jerry was the best idea Microsoft could come up with
• Fake fish at your market

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Smaller Packages leads to overeating // NewsCast LIVE video

Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: newscast live.

NewsCastLIVE “Snacks”http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080822160351.htm

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Airlines nickel and dime you Newscast Live Video

Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: newscast live.

Airline nickel and dime you

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Airline fees, Netflix crashes, Passwords are private and more on NewsCast LIVE #222

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: mike, newscast live.

NewsCast LIVE , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet

On todays show I take a look at some these stories:

• • Netflix rises from 3 day long technology crash
  • Judge in VA rules you can’t force someone to reveal their passwords
  • Faking Photoshop
  • YouTube user sues for his fair share
  • Airlines get all sly by nightish with all the hidden fees

We’ve made some big changes in the show…let me know what you think!

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New Media Expo in Vegas, a content producers perspective (2008)

Posted on August 19th, 2008 by Mike.
Categories: mike, newscast live.

New Media Expo in Vegas, a content producers perspective (2008)

I wasn’t thrilled when they moved the New Media Expo to Las Vegas for 2008, I was concerned that it may cause a lack of focus by attendees. After all, whats more interesting, the glitz and glamor of the Las Vegas Strip, or a room full of computer geeks? There were many who shared my concerns prior to this years expo, including Todd Chocrane, the CEO of Rawvoice. The good news, is that it appeared to me that there was not a huge issue with people ignoring the conference to visit the strip, the bad news is that the venue itself proved to be more of a natural obstacle that I had imagined when it came to the after hours activities where so much value is gained by spending time talking with other content creators. I cannot fault the attendees for what I feel was a disorganized cluster of an experience, I point directly at NME management for not realizing that Vegas was just not a good choice.

Now you may be thinking I don’t like Vegas, this just isn’t the case. It’s a fun place to vacation and there is almost always something to do, and I had a heck of a good time. The issue is with the appropriateness of Vegas as a place to encourage the sense of community that defines the new media content creators. Since the actual expo takes place from the early morning till mid afternoon, and Vegas only really gets going after dark, I didn’t feel we lost too many attendees to the distractions. What we did lose what the ability of all the attendees to network and find each other easily. The sense of community felt missing as everyone scattered after the expo ended each day. Last year in Ontario California, there were all sorts of meet ups and get togethers in hotel suites and such. Vegas has such strict policies preventing this sort of natural interaction, that everyone ended up going in a hundred directions. Vegas is big, and Tom Merritt of Cnet said it was "Too Big for the New Media Expo" and I agree. It was a lot of hard work networking with people at the expo, and I feel I missed a lot of opportunities as we all scattered in small groups each evening, and the chances of happening into other groups was like rolling a Hard Eight…it didn’t hardly happen at all. It also didn’t help that because the venue is so large, there were at least 4 other conferences going on, so you couldn’t just look for people wearing lanyards with con badges.

I had a very good time, and did manage to meet with the people I really wanted too with just a little effort. But the natural spontaneity and viral nature of meeting new people you didn’t know before was significantly reduced. The point of a conference like the NME for many show producers isn’t just to go to preset meetings, it isn’t just to wander a show floor and find out about the newest content streaming utilities. The real value comes from the other attendees, we are more together than the sum of our parts, and Vegas diluted the opportunities we had to make those unexpected and valuable chance discoveries. Perhaps the NME management group will reconsider Vegas as an appropriate venue. I hope so, because I will find it very hard to justify the expense and time commitment if there isn’t a change.

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