Are you having difficulty finding health care information that you need? The Library System of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is working on addressing this issue. Mario speaks with Mary Ann Heltshe-Steinhauer, the Community Relations Coordinator who wrote the grant driving this public health information project.
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Digital Experiments
Using digital technology to bring people in the real world together? If you have a good idea on how this could be achieved you could win millions of dollars. Anyone in the world can enter! The deadline is October 15th. Mario speaks to Marc Fest about the Knight News Challenge.
MD Data Protection Law
Maryland Laws Chapter 531, most of which will become effective in 2008, will require business entities to use reasonably security procedures and practices and to notify certain people in the event of a security breach. Mike Oliver, an attorney practicing computer and technology transactional law for the offices of Bowie and Jensen, LLC., speaks about the specifics: what small businesses need to be concerned about, what constitutes leaked information, and how this law is specific to Maryland.
Reading a 100 Websites at a Time
Information travels at an alarmingly fast rate now. How can you keep up like a pro? Mario speaks with Digital Cafe producer Song Hia about RSS.
Marketing in the Internet Age
The rules of the marketing game have changed, but how do small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs
adapt? Scott Steinberg, managing partner of hi-tech lifestyle site DigitalTrends.com, talks about ways companies of all sizes can utilize the power of Web 2.0.
What We Know About Innovation Is Wrong
How can your ideas or inventions really change the world? Today on the Digital Café, we have Scott Berkun, a former Member of the Microsoft Internet Explorer team for nearly half a decade and author of The Myths of Innovation.
Social Networking Safety Software
Myspace, the largest social networking site with over 180 million profiles, revealed that 29,000 convicted sex offenders were found registered with its website. There is now a call for effective age and identity verification and parental permission for those under 18 to register with the site. Mario speaks with Chris Hagenbuch, formerly of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a cofounder of Maryland-based safeTspace, a consumer identity management solution for social networking communities.
Do-It-Yourself Hollywood
We now have tools to create music, video, and other forms of media as well as the ability to distribute it through methods like burning DVDs or spreading it via the Internet. Best of all, in many cases it’s pretty affordable. Mario speaks with Nick Gold, of Chesapeake Systems.
Mac Rising
Years ago, it was conventional wisdom that most people in the creative services industry: graphic designers, movie editors, etc. swore by Macs because of the superior software. A good amount of software nowadays is available on both Mac and PC platforms. Why are Macs doing better than ever? Mario speaks with Nick Gold, of Chesapeake Systems.
How To Blog Successfully
Want to start a personal, professional, or business blog? Ryan Block, editor of Engadget, one of the most popular blogs in the world, discusses what it takes with Mario.