Category: Technology

Panels I’m Planning to Attend at SXSW Interactive

Panels I’m Planning to Attend at SXSW Interactive

Keeping in the spirit of not waiting until the last minute, I’m looking to fill out my schedule for South By Southwest Interactive before I get there next week. My original intent was to drive down Saturday, but it looks like there are a couple of panels on Friday that...

A Fresh New Look Arrives at The Root

A Fresh New Look Arrives at The Root

I had a chance to preview changes made TheRoot.com website on a blogger conference call yesterday.  I’ll have to say kudos to Managing Editor Joel Dreyfuss and Managing Editor of the site.  I think the content is much easier to find and they are able to highlight key articles much...

Bryant Gumbel 1994: What is internet anyway?

Bryant Gumbel 1994: What is internet anyway?

This gets funnier everytime I see it.  Not his ignorance of the internet, because I didn’t learn about “internet” until 1995.  It’s just funny how far we’ve come in such a short period of time.

The Digital Story of the Nativity – #relevant

The Digital Story of the Nativity – #relevant

YouTube video shows how main characters of Bible’s great story might behave in a digital world.

U.S. Rep Clyburn/Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Host Social Media Forum w/ Shawn Williams & other Leading African American Social Media Strategiests

U.S. Rep Clyburn/Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Host Social Media Forum w/ Shawn Williams & other Leading African American Social Media Strategiests

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), chaired by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, will debut Digital Fusion – CBCF 2.0 at a first-of-its-kind forum of the leading African American social media strategists called Black Power 2.0 – Social Media and Digital Content Mobilizing the Masses. The convening will address...

2009 Blogging While Brown Recap by Dallas South

2009 Blogging While Brown Recap by Dallas South

Everyone keeps asking me, “How was the Blogging While Brown Conference” and I either answer “great” or “excellent. I then think that this may sound vain in some way because I was responsible for helping to put the program together. In actuality, I didn’t feel much different from last year...

Blogging While Brown Conference starts Friday in Chicago, attendees announced

Blogging While Brown Conference starts Friday in Chicago, attendees announced

The 2nd Blogging While Brown Conference gets underway on Friday at Chicago’s University Center with a Beginning Bloggers Boot Camp. Conference organizer Gina McCauley afforded me the opportunity to serve as programming chair for the conference, and I’m excited about the group of panelists and presenters that we were able...

Me and my Palm Pre – the wait is over

Me and my Palm Pre – the wait is over

There are very few memorable lines from the Star Wars prequels. But one that always sticks with me is when the Chancellor/Darth Sideous tells Anakin Skywalker “your patience has paid off.” It looks like the patience of Palm users has paid off with the arrival of the Palm Pre, now...

Sample of Texas meteor found in West, Texas south of Dallas

Sample of Texas meteor found in West, Texas south of Dallas

According to the Associated Press (via the Dallas Morning News), two University of North Texas researchers have found samples of a meteor seen in Texas skies on Sunday. More from the A.P. story: Two samples of fresh material from a meteor that alarmed numerous residents when it streaked across the...