I Heart Technology
Wired reports that Tivo is launching a way to transfer TV shows from your recorder to your PC. They said that you will also be able to record programs to a DVD soon, but not in this launch of the program. That's pretty cool and a feature that I thought would be a part of it from the beginning.
But of course this is being announced today, in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show. I've never been to CES, but friends who have groan about it. It's formidable, filling most of Las Vegas' trade show space, and it always comes right after New Year's. I think it's hard for a lot of people to jump right into business after the holiday wind-down.
I watched an interesting 60 Minutes piece on Google last night. I learned that their stock price has nearly doubled since going public in the late summer. Also, it seems like they're all still in a little bit of denial about how their success will change them. They went from being a garage start-up a couple of years ago to having a larger market capitalization than Ford and GM combined. What was most interesting was their "do no evil" approach to business. They believe that if they create great products that have never existed, products that don't harm anyone inspire trust in people, that the money will come flooding in through your door. So far, they're right.
That's the pioneer spirit of the Internet that I remember. Wendy's parents were here over Christmas, and Bill brought his computer with him because he upgraded his operating system and thought I could help with some of the bugs he was having. I was able to solve three of them by myself, but I just couldn't get the fourth one. He and Jane were kind of astounded when, on Christmas day, I was able to find someone in a newsgroup to help me solve the problem for free.
What I love most about technology is that it gives me hope for the future.
By the way, if you have Tivo and you haven't programmed that commercial-killing 30-second jump hack, then you're doing things the hard way.
But of course this is being announced today, in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show. I've never been to CES, but friends who have groan about it. It's formidable, filling most of Las Vegas' trade show space, and it always comes right after New Year's. I think it's hard for a lot of people to jump right into business after the holiday wind-down.
I watched an interesting 60 Minutes piece on Google last night. I learned that their stock price has nearly doubled since going public in the late summer. Also, it seems like they're all still in a little bit of denial about how their success will change them. They went from being a garage start-up a couple of years ago to having a larger market capitalization than Ford and GM combined. What was most interesting was their "do no evil" approach to business. They believe that if they create great products that have never existed, products that don't harm anyone inspire trust in people, that the money will come flooding in through your door. So far, they're right.
That's the pioneer spirit of the Internet that I remember. Wendy's parents were here over Christmas, and Bill brought his computer with him because he upgraded his operating system and thought I could help with some of the bugs he was having. I was able to solve three of them by myself, but I just couldn't get the fourth one. He and Jane were kind of astounded when, on Christmas day, I was able to find someone in a newsgroup to help me solve the problem for free.
What I love most about technology is that it gives me hope for the future.
By the way, if you have Tivo and you haven't programmed that commercial-killing 30-second jump hack, then you're doing things the hard way.
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