More watching TV online - Hulu ads near sellout for year!
A look at Google Trends (current in the lower right column) or Twitter trends (TwitScoop at right) on any given weeknight and one thing becomes apparent in the US.  TV drives search in a big way. That trend continues, and provides an insight into viewing habits as the trends almost always peak as the episodes air live (and gobs of people on

Seesmic for Windows Preview Version now available
A short time ago, the new 'Seesmic for Windows' Twitter client (which we previewed here) went through a significant update and the program also came out of 'closed preview' and is now downloadable (in an enhanced  Preview Version) from the Seesmic Website. What makes it different? So far, a variety of features mentioned earlier but most notably ... seemless (and excellent) integration with Windows 7 plus support for Twitter lists (as well as multiple accounts).  You can read about this latest version

The Money is in Redistribution
While the tech world continues to spin the story that Murdoch (News Corp / Fox) wants to block Google and cut a deal with Bing, this whole deal could be missing the point altogether. Anyone who follows this blog knows that almost everything I've done here has been some sort of experiment in marketing (while providing a little stuff you may want to know at the same time). Over the past year, we've seen some dramatic changes in the Internet distribution landscape.  One of those trends is 'shared feeds' like the one I try to update at least daily to the right of this page. There are others that share with me while others port their 'shares' to Facebo

Microsoft Office 2010 Betas now available
As short time ago, Microsoft made it official. Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 betas are both now available to the public. The news came first today in an article by Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet who, over the years, has very much been in the loo

Seesmic for Windows previewed at PDC09
It wasn't just new and enhanced Microsoft programs being launched yesterday, the first day of Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (or PDC09) in Los Angeles. Loic Le Meur 's team revealed a preview of  'Seesmic for Windows'.  A new version of the popular Twitter client optimized for Windows 7. I received a copy of the preview bits th