Posts Tagged with ‘geeks’

Kallow Launched to Revolutionize Technology Products Shopping – Unusual but Promising Idea

Svetlana Gladkova

Today there is a new site named Kallow launched to demonstrate a totally different approach to technology shopping that is supposed to be absolutely user-friendly and open to anyone, no matter how low the level of technology proficiency is. The idea for the site was born when the guys from Kallow thought about how often they were asked for advice in purchasing a complicated technology product from their friends and family members and realized that buying tech items must be [...]

Robert Scoble Thinks There Are Only Two Great Tech Blogs – and I am Understandably Happy

Svetlana Gladkova

On Friday Robert Scoble published a list of 160+ people worth subscribing to on FriendFeed for everyone interested in technology news. Quite understandably, this list have become one of the most discussed things over the weekend with people either criticizing Robert for this list or thanking him for compiling it.
I think that I have the most obvious reason to be happy about making the list as according to Robert’s comments there are only two great tech blogs - Ars Technica [...]

21st Century Pirates, Get your ayePhone on the Talk like a Pirate Day

Svetlana Gladkova

Since it looks like there’s no stopping to the pirate craziness today, I wanted to share a nice little tool for all the iPhone owners among today’s pirates - an application dubbed ayePhone. The idea is that all the lazy pirates may now avoid speaking like pirates and make their beloved Apple gadgets do the job for them.
For $.99 you can buy the small app and make any day the pirate day if you so choose (or entertain yourself for [...]

When Good Geeks Go Bad

Phil Butler

What should the prevalent geek community view as evil? I read a thought provoking Mashable article today by Pete Cashmore, and I knew I should share and comment on it.
The Viacom versus YouTube case is in the forefront of Web 2.0 news, and rightly so. A billion of anything is something to notice and the obvious legal implications of this case will affect all of us. "The Geeks Guide to Good and Evil" invites comment and some focused "geek" [...]