Archive for August 2009

The Drill Down 102 – TIME’s 50 Best Sites 2009

Andy, Mu and Lidija cast a scrutinous eye this week over TIME magazine’s annual list of the 50 best websites, what belonged on the list, what didn’t belong, and what they would choose in their place. Later, they discuss Flickr’s apparent censorship issues, the future of download-to-own movies, and seven crimes with less expensive fines [...]

La Cañada Station Fire Time Lapse Videos

The Los Angeles wildfire known as the Station Fire has consumed 42,500 acres of land, burned down 18 homes, and it’s only 5% contained as of this writing. Being as this fire is going on about three miles from The Drill Down recording studios, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share with you some [...]

The Round Up 53 – Pogo and The Men Who Stare At Goats

Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up – a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.

We begin “Year Two” of The [...]

Drill Bits 101 – tweet philosophy

Mu and Andy discuss their philosophy on sending tweets and #FollowFriday, plus something happens in a bank.

Why Teens Are Twitter Shy

Ahoy! This guest post by 17 year-old blogger extraordinaire Tanner Godarzi (of Apple Matters, iPhone Matters, and his own blog, Tech Blot) is a response to both this July post in The Guardian and this recent post in the New York Times. A recent article by a Morgan Stanley intern has some across the Twitter-verse [...]