Flash Video Demystified

Introduction Many of my customers, developers I work with, and people that are new to Flash Video contact me with questions about Flash Video technology. Learning to master a new technology is a process. The first steps are always the most difficult. I remember back in 1997, when streaming media technology just emerged, no one knew how to encode video files, how to embed media…

MSN-AOL: Speculation Day 2

Yesterday, the New York Post ran a story about Microsoft getting in on some AOL action. They reported Time-Warner was currently in advanced talks with the software leviathan over becoming equal partners in the entity known as AOL. Naturally, in the search world media, speculation flew fast and furious.

Doctors Need Cheese With Their Blog Whine

Imagine, someone using an online forum to complain about something. It boggles the mind doesn't it. Apparently a number of physicians who've discovered the vision of loveliness known as the blogosphere were in for protological awakening when seeing some patients thoughts on their bedside manner.

Battelles The Search: A Review of Reviews

Well, looks like John Battelle has done it. He's written the first and therefore definitive book on Google and the dawning of the search generation. But in the words of Lavar Burton from "Reading Rainbow," don't take my word for it.