Turner's Perspective

All over the country, universities put on what is called "The Last Lecture Series."It's a unique program. Faculty members are invited to give a hypothetical final lecture, as if it were the last lecture they were ever going to be able to give before they die. They get to choose the content and it...

We will probably find out on November 5.Yesterday, Google held a private meeting with 15 tech giants to discuss their plan to deal with Facebook. The meeting was so secret that all attendees had to sign confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements strictly forbidding them from discussing what wa...

Google Presentation's Greatest Strengths Are Collaboration And Interactive PresentationWhen I introduced Google's latest app yesterday, I was in a bit of a hurry and really didn't do a very good job of illustrating it's capabilities or explaining what I thought it's strength's were. Today I'd lik...

Digg, the popular social bookmarking site, has launched new profile tools that will make this more like a social network and making it easier to see what trusted sources and your friends are digging. Watch video of new features here.Digg also announced new features coming later this year:Digg Ima...

Some People Just Get Relationships.I flew to Omaha Monday to give a Web 2.0 presentation. The invitation to do so was extended by Nate Dodge and Mike Riedmann of NP Dodge Real Estate. They are tremendous hosts and organized a great showing at the Omaha Marriott. After the presentation, I went bac...

In April, Google announced that they would be developing a presentation application for Google Docs to complete their suite of applications. The new application is called Google Presentations. Maybe more than any other type of document, presentations are created to be shared. But assembling slide...

"Buying a home is a personal and private decision."This quote comes from Doug Scott, a client in Houston, Texas. He said this in response to an explanation I gave him for how people might use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace when they are in the process of making a decision to bu...

This Is Another "Mac User Only" Post. With the recent launch of iWork '08, Apple has has added new frame features to their Pages application. I've been using these frames for my photos both here and on the Real Estate Shows Blog. I used it again on photos from our mini AR gathering in Las Vegas. ...

I love the time I spend online with folks here at Active Rain. But each time I actually meet, live and in person, someone I've struck up a friendship with here online, I'm reminded of how much better real life is. Yesterday was no exception. I got to spend the entire day with John Novak and see h...

If you don't own a Mac, you can stop reading. You can't use what I'm about to describe. OK, now that all the PC folks are gone, us Mac lovers can chat a bit.I found a great little trick today on the Realmac Software support pages. The trick was written for use in RapidWeaver, but it will work as ...