Monday, February 23, 2004

Business Blogging Interesting article on business blogging in the Feb-2004 edition of Business 2.0. Thanks to the combination of using a newsreader and plugging into a few good blogs (which then plug into more, and so on ...), I've created a hot list of business-oriented information that doesn't just rival my old information-gathering habits, it blows them away. Not only do I spend less time searching and more time learning, but I've also joined a challenging and diverse community of minds and business interests. Once you're in this kind of web, you don't leave it -- you'd be out of the loop. And in business, being out of the loop means death. I would say this is a pretty strong endorsement for blogging.   10:35:55 AM    comment []

I love my Pogo RipFlash digital audio player and recorder I've been looking for a decent audio player and recorder for sometime now and I think I've found one I finally can live with.  It's the RipFlash Pro-2 from Pogo Products. From the Pogo online brochure... The RipFlash PRO-2 combines a fully featured 256-MEGABYTE MP3/WMA Player with the ability to directly record to the MP3 file format from any audio source using the Line-in connector or internal microphone. No PC Required! That's about 4 hours of MP3 or 8 hours of WMA playback capability.  It also has a digital FM radio receiver with a direct record feature so you can save your radio broadcasts. The RipFlash PRO-2 doubles as an advanced digital voice recorder with features like internal microphone and speaker, Voice Activation Detection, Multi-speed playback, and a whopping 110-hour record time capability (for voice quality recordings). I ordered mine from Comp USA via Amazon for about $175 (including shipping).  It came just as I was headed out the door for two meetings in Cambridge last Thurs.  I threw the recorder and little manual in my pocket and jumped on the subway. The damned thing worked.  I was able to listen to my favorite FM station on the way to Cambridge and then record two back to back 90 minute meetings flawlessly *without* and external mic.  The only drawback on this device is that it's so small and light I just know it will wind up in the washing machine one of these days. 4:44:45 AM    comment []