http://azratek.wordpress.com Analysis of were we are and were we will be... Socially, technically and interactively. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:18:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/60623e507a64059cbcc255da5fe24855?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://azratek.wordpress.com http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/were-moving-to-azratek-com/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/were-moving-to-azratek-com/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:18:00 +0000 AZRATEK Admin http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=603 Azratek.com. To read any of our current or past posts, please visit our new site, featuring an improved design and better graphics integration (i.e., it's user-friendly). Thanks for vising this site, and we hope to see you on our new one shortly. - the Azratek Team. Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/were-moving-to-azratek-com/feed/ 0 AZRATEK Admin http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/noteworthy-cellphones-kenya/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/noteworthy-cellphones-kenya/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:11:34 +0000 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.com/?p=590 Read the complete article HERE at NewScientist. Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/noteworthy-cellphones-kenya/feed/ 0 AZRATEK Staff david_masai http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/noteworthy-2500-yrold-birdnest/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/noteworthy-2500-yrold-birdnest/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:54:20 +0000 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.com/?p=565
BBC — A 2,500-year-old bird's nest has been discovered on a cliff in Greenland. Hundreds of generations of gyrfalcons have used the same nest site, but climate change might soon drive the birds out. The nesting site is still continually used by gyrfalcons, the world's largest species of falcon, and is the oldest raptor nest ever recorded. Three other nests, each over 1,000 years old, have also been found, one of which contains feathers from a bird that lived more than 600 years ago. Read the complete article HERE at BBC. Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/noteworthy-2500-yrold-birdnest/feed/ 0 AZRATEK Staff Falcons01 http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/paid-internet-barry-diller/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/paid-internet-barry-diller/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:44:29 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.com/?p=339 Barry Diller has made billions off of the Internet. So when he said that all Internet content of value would be "paid" content within five years I thought I would agree. But I just can't buy his idea of micro-payments for things of value. First off, I have to state that I'm damn impressed by the amount of money that Mr. Diller generates each and every minute on the Internet (his firm, IAC, uses around 30 sites, such as Ticketmaster, Match.com, Citysearch, and LendingTree, to generate over $1.5Billion a year). With that type of street cred, it's hard to argue with him. And yet, I can't help but disagree with his statements that "everything of any value" on the Internet would be fee-based within 5 years (you can read a good summary here on Jon Fine's blog at BusinessWeek). Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/paid-internet-barry-diller/feed/ 0 Fred InternetMoney Barry_Diller2005 http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/kaki-king-pink-noise/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/kaki-king-pink-noise/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:20:56 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.com/?p=383
Kaki King is one of the finest guitarists alive. Her performances, like this video from TED2008, embrace both a talent and a style that goes beyond music into the realm of art. Sometimes you listen to an artist and you like what you hear. Kaki is one of those artists.

Other times, you watch an artist and you like what you see. Kaki is one of those artists too.

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Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/scoble-interviews-markzuckerberg/feed/ 0 Fred facebook http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/green-it-how-2-deal-with-tons-of-legacy-gear/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/green-it-how-2-deal-with-tons-of-legacy-gear/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:08:24 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.com/?p=277 Nokia wants to plant a tree for every cell phone you recycle. No, I'm not kidding. They'll even map the tree on Google Earth so you can, well, watch it, I suppose. This video from TelecomTV (part of their Green Planet series) does a nice job of looking at the recycling and reuse efforts underway to increase global takeback of consumer electronics. Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/green-it-how-2-deal-with-tons-of-legacy-gear/feed/ 2 Fred stats1 vidlogo11 http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/why-i-think-t-ball-and-social-marketing-are-alike/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/why-i-think-t-ball-and-social-marketing-are-alike/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:35:02 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.com/?p=248 Sometimes it’s about Winning, and sometimes it’s just about learning how to play the game. My 6 year old son started his foray into organized sports this year with T-Ball. There are 13 kids on a team and everybody bats every inning (they play three). For most of the players, it’s the first time they've ever worn a team uniform (my son's team is the Raptors). For others, it’s the first time that they've ever really swung a bat, or tried to catch a ball in a glove. It’s a learning experience for all of them, and more than anything else it’s fun, even when all 13 of them converge on the ball at the same time. Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/why-i-think-t-ball-and-social-marketing-are-alike/feed/ 1 Fred http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/10-great-celebrity-tweets/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/10-great-celebrity-tweets/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 11:02:04 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=196 I guess the first rule of social media is that you are going to occasionally post things that just don't make sense to the rest of the world. Here are 10 of my favorite [and unedited] celebrity posts pulled from a recent online search. 1. Shaq O'Neal @THE_REAL_SHAQ - May 24th from TwitterBerry "The san diego wildlife parks sucks, u pay all this money and u cnt evn see the dam animals, Lions , tigers, and bears no way Uaaaw gag ..." Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/10-great-celebrity-tweets/feed/ 1 Fred Shaq JimmyFallon JohnMayer JohnMayer LanceArmstrong TonyHawk DaveMathews DrDrew PennJillette DavidGregory http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/why-twitter-wont-charge-users/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/why-twitter-wont-charge-users/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 01:03:17 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=173 Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/why-twitter-wont-charge-users/feed/ 0 Fred http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/3-reasons-why-twitter-wont-replace-newspapers-or-patrick-swayze/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/3-reasons-why-twitter-wont-replace-newspapers-or-patrick-swayze/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 11:23:13 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=152 Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/3-reasons-why-twitter-wont-replace-newspapers-or-patrick-swayze/feed/ 0 Fred http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/the-future-of-twitter/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/the-future-of-twitter/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 04:23:52 +0000 Fred McClimans http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=109 Continue reading →]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/the-future-of-twitter/feed/ 0 Fred http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/sean-gourley-on-the-mathematics-of-war/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/sean-gourley-on-the-mathematics-of-war/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 04:05:08 +0000 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=36 ]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/sean-gourley-on-the-mathematics-of-war/feed/ 0 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/31/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/31/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 01:42:45 +0000 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=31 ]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/31/feed/ 0 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/johnny-lee-wii-remote-hacks/ http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/johnny-lee-wii-remote-hacks/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:33:10 +0000 AZRATEK Staff http://azratek.wordpress.com/?p=40 ]]> http://azratek.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/johnny-lee-wii-remote-hacks/feed/ 0 AZRATEK Staff