Lossy & Loud: The Modern Music Streaming Experience
What is the relationship between maximizing loudness, psychoacoustics and perceptual lossy compression? Does loudness maximization affect the quality of streaming audio?
Technology
Trimming the Bloat: A Dearth of Elegant Code
Moore’s law is a curse. In 2005 I built yet another computer in a long line of homebrew PCs. I don’t recall the exact specs, but it was a single core Pentium4 with about 1GB of initial RAM. The computer ran an optimized XP operating system, surfed the web at light speed using Firefox with … Continue reading Trimming the Bloat: A Dearth of Elegant Code
Stride Academy Adaptive Online Learning Software
After years of research and development my teammates and I at LTS Education Systems are proud to launch the all new tablet-compatible learning platform, Stride Academy. Built on the latest HTML5 technology, Stride Academy is a giant leap forward in terms of user experience and front-end flexibility from the previous flagship product, Kid’s College. With … Continue reading Stride Academy Adaptive Online Learning Software
Email Blasts: Like A Machine Gun In A Post Office
Email is one of the most attractive methods of modern marketing because of its low cost and relative ease of deployment. However, for the average professional it is one of the least understood and potentially perilous ways of connecting with your customers. Email blasts seem too good to be true. Many times they are. Like … Continue reading Email Blasts: Like A Machine Gun In A Post Office
The Revenge Of Scientific Marketing
Lawrence looked Jenny straight in the eye and said, “One of the big advantages of using our company is that we perform Search Engine Optimization on our websites.” “What is that?” Jenny asked. “It’s a process of optimizing your website’s code so that it performs better on search and ranks higher,” says Lawrence. “Oh that … Continue reading The Revenge Of Scientific Marketing
Email & Social Marketing for Brands: Why Most Get It Wrong
Email marketing is still king of the hill: The USA’s Direct Marketing Association conducts an annual review of the ROI (Return on Investment) delivered by all forms of direct marketing. Email marketing is a consistent chart topper. For 2009, they predict an ROI for email of US$43.52. That’s over $43 returned for each dollar invested … Continue reading Email & Social Marketing for Brands: Why Most Get It Wrong
Sportsmanship Program Aimed at Bettering Sun Belt Student-Athletes, Coaches, and Administrators
I’m pleased to announce that Learning Through Sports has launched their online Sportsmanship Learning Platform for the Sun Belt Conference Universities. My team and I were honored to play a central part in the design and actionscript programming. Entering its 34th year of athletic competition the Sun Belt Conference and its member institutions continue to … Continue reading Sportsmanship Program Aimed at Bettering Sun Belt Student-Athletes, Coaches, and Administrators
Three Common Traps For New Websites
There are few deadly traps that almost every business falls into on their web campaign, and your developer may not steer you clear of them. Even though I’ve produced or collaborated on hundreds of websites, I still like a good reality check to keep me on my toes. The web development community has been playing … Continue reading Three Common Traps For New Websites
Why Move Part of Your Ad Budget To Web?
Ive’ officially changed my opinion on web advertising: it’s time to set the record straight. Ok, you are probably thinking, “of course this guy is going to suggest that I move my ad budget to web: he’s a web consultant!” Well, I may be a web developer, but I’m also a businessman and a pragmatist. … Continue reading Why Move Part of Your Ad Budget To Web?
Watts The Solution?
The future of the American energy crisis is clean electricity. With clean electricity we can power our current interstate infrastructure, keep our car culture, and continue to enjoy our transportation independence. We can move goods around the country, and actually do it cheaper than ever before.
Health Care: Why is it so damn expensive?
My brother, Adam emailed me this morning about a whopping hospital bill he received for a recent visit to the ER… “Eighteen-Hundred freaking dollars for an IV and a gurney???” Absurd, isn’t it? We all know horror stories like this. A simple visit to the hospital because of a real emergency (like severe dehydration, in … Continue reading Health Care: Why is it so damn expensive?
The End of Internet 1.0
Net Neutrality: there has been a lot of talk about this movement recently and an equal amount of misunderstanding. When I first heard about the NN bill, it was after it had already been voted down in the house.The same newspaper reportalso explained that the defeated bill was trying to prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) … Continue reading The End of Internet 1.0
Humble Beginnings
In 1982, my father took me to a coworkers home to examine an electronic device called the TI-99/4A home computer. The coworker was a reseller of these systems and Dad was interested in purchasing one. I recall going down into the tan and brown decor finished basement of the man’s home, complete with wood paneling … Continue reading Humble Beginnings
Cut the cord, slap it on the butt, give it a laptop…
In 2002, theorganization known as “One Laptop Per Child” set out to do what many thought was impossible or impractical: build a mass-production laptop with a price tag under $100 thatis incredibly durable,can surf the web,and even run without electrical outlets via a hand-crank power supply. The concept is targeted at emerging markets (think Sudan), … Continue reading Cut the cord, slap it on the butt, give it a laptop…