Net@night 127

Net@night Episode 127

Net@night 127: That Was Measy

Guests

• Ian Manheimer, CEO, Measy, Inc.
  • Measy.com

Topics

• Canadian high school is first in the world to announce the supply of Sony Readers in place of printed textbooks

• Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year: Unfriend

Other tech words considered:

• hashtag - a # [hash] sign added to a word or phrase that enables Twitter users to search for tweets (postings on the Twitter site) that contain similarly tagged items and view thematic sets

• intexticated - distracted because texting on a cellphone while driving a vehicle

• netbook - a small, very portable laptop computer with limited memory

• paywall - a way of blocking access to a part of a website which is only available to paying subscribers

• sexting - the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone

• Nasa dispels 2012 predictions with website

Picks of the Week

WEB APP

• Snailmailr.com

WEB DESIGN TRENDS FOR 2010

• Webdesignledger.com

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible.com/night
• ad time: 00:00:54-00:01:06 and 00:39:05-00:42:57

Picks

Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Lloyd James

Other Sponsor

GoToMeeting 3

• GoToMeeting.com/night
• ad time: 00:01:08-00:01:19 and 00:24:2400:26:06

FordSYNC-2

• SyncMyRidePodcast.com
• ad time: 00:00:35-00:00:52 and 00:05:53-00:09:27

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes:

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