Marios' Digital Cafe'WYPR Digital Cafehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2010-02-02T03:20:24ZSquarespaceGoogle Vs Chinahttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2010/1/26/google-vs-china.htmlSong2010-01-27T03:00:00Z2010-01-27T03:00:00Z

Censorship! Espionage! Communism! Alex Pasternack, editor of Vice's technology site Motherboard, joins us to discuss why Google's has suddently decided to change their stance on censorship after nearly half a decade.

]]>Social Media is Good For Your Healthhttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/12/22/social-media-is-good-for-your-health.htmlSong2009-12-22T22:26:00Z2009-12-22T22:26:00ZDana Stibolt, President of Mac Medics, joins us to discuss how he uses social media to stay up to date on specific health information and to search for a kidney. 

]]>The Internet, Making Your Life Easierhttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/12/15/the-internet-making-your-life-easier.htmlSong2009-12-15T21:50:00Z2009-12-15T21:50:00ZDavid-Michel Davies is the Executive Director of the Webby Awards which has recently launched Netted. It's a daily email newsletter filled with ways to use the web to make your everyday life easier. He shares some of his recent favorites.

 

  • Gazelle – be green and get some cash while you're at it.
  • Rent-The-Runway – it's like Netflix for dresses. Instead of buying that $800 dress you can rent it. They even send you two sizes in case one doesn't fit.
  • RunPee - the guy who runs this has figured out the best time for you to take a bathroom break during a movie so you don't have to worry that you've missed anything.
]]>Webcasting Town Hallshttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/12/8/webcasting-town-halls.htmlSong2009-12-08T22:00:00Z2009-12-08T22:00:00Z

Governor O'Malley hosts Maryland's first online town hall to discuss small business and credit reform. John Marsh, Director of Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, joins us.



]]>3 Types of Tools for Small Businesses and Non-Profitshttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/11/17/3-types-of-tools-for-small-businesses-and-non-profits.htmlSong2009-11-17T05:20:00Z2009-11-17T05:20:00ZMario discusses 3 technology tools that have the capability of increasing productivity and efficiency:

1. Scheduling Services

2. Customer Relationshiip Management Tools

3. Note Taking



]]>Partying with Windows 7http://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/10/20/partying-with-windows-7.htmlSong2009-10-20T13:57:00Z2009-10-20T13:57:00ZMicrosoft wants you to party like Andrew WK with their new operating system. XP has the a monumental marketshare lead over all the other operating systems combined. Why are they so desperate to be liked?

 ]]>Real Life Social Gaming with Foursquarehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/10/13/real-life-social-gaming-with-foursquare.htmlSong2009-10-13T04:12:00Z2009-10-13T04:12:00ZHow do games have the power to change the way that we live our lives? Dennis Crowley of Foursquare discusses how the mobile application encourages users to try new things in their real life with its combination of gaming mechanics, and hyper-local social networking.

]]>TEDxMidAtlantic Lands in Baltimorehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/10/6/tedxmidatlantic-lands-in-baltimore.htmlSong2009-10-07T03:54:00Z2009-10-07T03:54:00ZSerial entrepreneur Dave Troy gives us a brief history of the lecture series that has attracted speakers like Bill Gates and Bill Clinton to talk about culture, technology, media, and innovation and how TedxMidAtlantic came to debut in Baltimore. The primary theme for this event is the power of stories and why we do things.



]]>The Outernethttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/9/29/the-outernet.htmlSong2009-09-30T03:47:00Z2009-09-30T03:47:00ZDigital-out-of-Home communications in Blade RunnerAre we hurtling to a future of pop-up advertising surrounding us everywhere we go? James Tunick, founder of Studio IMC, discusses the huge growth of digital-out-of-home communications and how internet applications could be applied to public spaces.



]]>Mashing Up Government Data with Googlehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/9/22/mashing-up-government-data-with-google.htmlSong2009-09-23T03:32:00Z2009-09-23T03:32:00ZColin Drane, founder of SpotCrime, discusses how he used government data and Google Maps to bring crime information to the public in a convenient manner.

]]>Building IRL Networks with Technologyhttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/9/15/building-irl-networks-with-technology.htmlSong2009-09-16T03:26:00Z2009-09-16T03:26:00ZJose Zamora, journalism program associate, joins us to talk about how the Knight Foundation is ready to throw money at you if you have an idea to use technology to improve the quality of life in your community.



]]>Academia's Netflixhttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/9/8/academias-netflix.htmlSong2009-09-08T13:53:00Z2009-09-08T13:53:00ZJim Safka joins us to talk about how students can save money when they head back to college this Fall with Chegg.

]]>Cellphones Help Bridge Digital Dividehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/8/18/cellphones-help-bridge-digital-divide.htmlSong2009-08-19T03:19:00Z2009-08-19T03:19:00ZThe Pew Internet & American Life Project released a survey that showed that many Americans, including those that do not have internet access at home, are using phones as a way to access the internet.



]]>Job Hunting with The Kindness of Strangershttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/8/4/job-hunting-with-the-kindness-of-strangers.htmlSong2009-08-04T13:47:00Z2009-08-04T13:47:00ZMark Stelzner joins us to discuss Job Angels, an online grassroots movement to assist people to get back to work with the help of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

 ]]>Baltimore’s First Hackerspacehttp://www.marioarmstrong.com/marios-digital-cafe-blog/2009/7/28/baltimores-first-hackerspace.htmlSong2009-07-28T13:45:00Z2009-07-28T13:45:00ZAdam Bachman, founder Baltimore Node, joins us to talk about the burgeoning hacker movement that would have been comprised of engineers and programmers 10 years ago. It’s now relevant to a much more diverse group of problem solvers including: law students, artists, and bakers.

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