Bringing back Broadcast.com; the least TiVoed-through commercials; summer camp for geeks; Youlicit-ing similar Web sites; and why your cell phone is making you stupid. www.cnettv.com HEY THERE HOW ARE YOU…I’M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV IN NEW YORK CITY.CONGRATULATIONS APPLEBEE’S AND IHOP ON TYING THE KNOT… CRAVING STUFFED FRENCH TOAST STEAK ISN’T SO WEIRD AFTERALL! NOW YOUR MUST CLICK MOMENT! BEFORE YOUTUBE…THERE WAS BROADCAST DOT COM. THE BRAINCHILD OF TODD WAGNER AND MARK CUBAN… EIGHT YEARS AGO THE SITE WITH A VERY SUCCESSFUL IPO… AND THIS VIDEO TAKES YOU ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE… BROADCAST DOT COM WAS THE GO TO PLACE FOR STREAMING AUDIO OF SPORTS GAMES…AND BLOSSOMED INTO MUCH MORE. ONE TIME I WAS LEAVING A VOICEMAIL AND STUMBLED WHILE RECITING MY OWN PHONE NUMBER!THANKFULLY I COULD PRESS POUND TO RECORD ANOTHER VOICE MAIL — BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED… MY CELL PHONE IS MAKING ME DUMB. THAT’S ACCORDING TO NEUROPSYCHOLOGY EXPERT IAN ROBERTSON… HE SAYS AN OVER RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING US REMEMBER LESS… THE LESS WE USE OUR MEMORY, THE WORSE IT GETS… APPARENTLY BEFORE CELL PHONES PEOPLE COMMITTED MORE DIGITS TO MEMORY…AND NOW, WE JUST LOOK EVERYTHING UP. THE COMPANY WHO PIONEERED FAST FORWARDING THROUGH COMMERCIALS IS PRESSING THE REWIND BUTTON… WITH MONTHLY RATINGS OF THE MOST WATCHED ADS. SURE, THEY’VE DONE IT FOR SUPERBOWL…BUT NOW THE RATINGS HAVE A FANCY NAME… TIVO STOPWATCH SERVICE! THE INTERESTING TIDBIT HERE IS THE LIST OF …
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ripptjeans says:
December 4, 2011 at 11:43 pm (UTC 0)
Iam Robertson rocks. Read his book, Mind Sculpture. If he says it, then its true. He teaches Neuroscience in Dublan. He’s a genius.
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December 4, 2011 at 11:56 pm (UTC 0)
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