MsBehaviour reports on the growth areas of the entertainment industry. CD Baby have paid out over $100 million to indie artists and the stats show that contrary to some reports sales of entertainment media are on the rise… Full links and show notes are over at TheG33kShow.com.
MsBehaviour looks at why tagging data is important as the next phase in the development of the Semantic Web and provides some tips for tagging your content. Full show notes are up on The Big Idea and check out more audio and video over at theG33kShow.com.
Chelfyn has some great tips to improve productivity when doing repetitive tasks in front of your computer. He has found some nifty ways to employ gear that is traditionally used in a musical context to take care of those computer keyboard “shortcuts”. Indulge in more over at theG33kShow.com or follow Chelfyn on Twitter
Chelfyn tells us about Opera Unite which allows you to easily share your data: photos, music, notes and other files. You can run chat rooms and host entire Web sites. It puts the power of a Web server in your browser and using your own computer and internet connection. Indulge in more over at theG33kShow.com or follow Chelfyn on Twitter
MsBehaviour has a round up of sites delivering digital information about New Zealand Culture & History just in time for the school holidays. Listen to the audio and click the links over at theG33kShow.com.
MsBehaviour says that independent filmmakers, musicians and other creative types are harnessing communities of fans to microfinance, or ‘Crowdfund’ their creative projects. There are many tools on the web that facilitate that but one in particular that is looking rather exciting is a crowdfunding community called Kickstarter. The full rundown on crowdsourcing and the show notes is at The Big Idea. Check out more audio and video over at theG33kShow.com.
Chelfyn has been giving the next generation of Microsoft’s operating system a spin. Windows 7 is released in October but a downloadable release candidate means anyone can give it a go now. So does he think it is an improvement on the disastrous Vista? Indulge in more over at theG33kShow.com or follow Chelfyn on Twitter?
Chelfyn is back to tell us about Singularity University. From their website: “based on the NASA Ames campus in Silicon Valley, is an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies (bio, nano, info, AI, etc.), and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges.” Indulge in more over at theG33kShow.com or follow Chelfyn on Twitter.
MsBehaviour says one thing successful entrepreneurs have in common is that they share their dreams with a team of experienced mentors. Access to the knowledge, and networks of a mentor you trust will make your big idea far more likely to succeed in the long run. So how can you take a concept from idea to business success? Check out the full column over at The Big Idea.
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Chelfyn is building his ultimate PC and he is detailing how he put it together. Last week he looked at the hard drive. In this final episode of the series he gives us his picks for graphic card options including the many uses for a new piece of tech called CUDA. Indulge in more over at theG33kShow.com.
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