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A Lure and A Legend – My Interview with Dave Sumner
One of the downsides of the franchising of America is the resulting homogenization of our experience. The hotels, the restaurants and the big box retailers are definitely a far cry from the Americana of yesteryear. They are all the same, almost anywhere you go. Fortunately, there are still some things that cannot be franchised…
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The Transition to Broadband – The More Things Change…..
“Consumers are going to drive what applications are successful,” said Doug Wenzlaff of Solarus, in this video interview with Roger Bindl. Wenzlaff points out that one of the big changes in the telecom industry is that providers have had to shift from a culture of “build it and they will come” to one where the…
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Bundlemania 2.0 with Chris Purdy
Ken Pyle talks with Chris Purdy on Bundlemania at OPASTCO’s 2009 PR/Mktg Symposium. ViodiTV is produced by Roger Bindl video camera/editing & Ken Pyle interview.
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The Austin Electrical Grid – A Smart Enterprise
The so-called smart grid is more than just putting out smart meters in the network. Andres Carvallo talks about the challenges Austin Energy has faced as they evolved their electrical grid into an enterprise network that today controls over 500,000 devices. Carvallo explains how these devices collectively generate, on an annual basis, hundreds of terabytes…
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Live Broadcast – Courtesy of An Android App
Live broadcast of video keeps getting easier and easier. Last week, USTREAM announced their broadcast and viewer applications for Android. Instantly, my G1 cell phone had yet another cool feature that was not there when I purchased it last year (and the next day it received step-by-step voice navigation, but that’s for another post). The…
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David Lewis, Computers and South America
David Lewis of TCA explains how he has collaborated with a pastor to bring computers and technology to locales in Guyana and Haiti. In this video, filmed at OPASTCO’s 2009 Summer Convention, Lewis explains how he and his wife have been making regular visits to his South American “family” and the inspiration behind these…
