Marketing software round-up
WordStream, a provider of search marketing software and pay-per-click services, published the handy infographic above earlier this week. Titled the “WordStream Internet Marketing 150″ the list is a...
View ArticleGeek-out Sunday part XXXVI: Happy Mother’s Day
This week’s post is dedicated to all the moms out there who keep curiosity and imagination alive. Without those traits there would be no dreamers, no innovators, and certainly no one to ask “why”...
View ArticleThe most engaging brands on Facebook
There’s been an enormous amount of press given to Facebook these past few weeks – even more so than the normally copious volumes – due to the impending $100 billion initial public offering. However,...
View ArticleGeek-out Sunday part XXXVII: Leap Motion
Leap Motion released their pre-production teaser video (below) of their newly announced Leap 3-D gesture device and set the gadget world on fire. The product certainly looks impressive and the...
View ArticleRobotic stair master
I had meant to post this video some weeks ago but got caught up in a number of other social media related discussions that were a bit more salient at the time. That said, I’ve been a big fan (and...
View ArticleMemorial Day 2012
Every day 1,000 World War II veterans die. This Memorial Day please take a moment and reflect on the tremendous sacrifice this group, as is the case with all veterans, made to protect the liberties...
View ArticleVision of the future includes embedded augmented reality
It has been a few weeks (okay, two months) since I last posted to The Road Not Taken but when I saw the video below I knew I had to repost it as soon as possible. The futuristic film comes from...
View ArticleMars Curiosity descent
There have been a great number of photos and videos released since NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down on Mars on 06 August 2012. The video above is – without question – the very best of the bunch....
View ArticleDeus ex machina
There is something decidedly beautiful about the elegant and harmonious motion of a complex machine that draws us to marvel in the grandeur of vision required to imagine such a creation and the...
View ArticlePeople really are awesome
I have, on occasion, written about acts of kindness and inspiration - those heartwarming events that salute a particular triumph of the human spirit. This is not one of those posts. Well, perhaps...
View ArticleAngry Birds in Space
You don’t have to be a NASA fan, an Angry Birds fan, or even a Don Pettit fan to truly appreciate how terrific the video above is in the grand scheme of things. There’s nothing like zero gravity to...
View ArticleA world made of glass
In February of 2011 Corning, the American glass manufacturer founded in 1851, released a video called “A Day Made of Glass” (below). The video portrays a not-too-distant future where most of the...
View ArticleApple iTunes Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Have you ever wondered what the major themes are in the 27 page Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for Apple’s iTunes? Well intrepid reader, wonder no more. I ran the document through Wordle last...
View ArticleCommunications through the ages
The richness and sophistication of human communications is often what separates us from the other inhabitants of planet Earth. While we can’t say for certain what the various clicks, hoots, howls, and...
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