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Chris and I came up with a really cool idea for distraction project. We decided to try and build it within 24 man hours... and we did it.


http://grillm.com is a simple social networking site... with a twist. You don't know anyone and the way you get friends is to earn their friendship by asking questions. You click their picture and ask a question. They answer the question and if you like the answer, you ask another and so on.

Eventually you'll decide to add them as a friend, and when you do they'll have access to your full profile. That access grants them the ability to see your myspace, facebook, vox, etc. accounts and to see your grillm.com friends as well. If they like you, then they'll probably like your friends, too.

Remember, you know nothing about these people before you ask them a question... you've only see their icon.

This thing is cool, and if the first private beta day was any indication, we're going to be busy guys keeping up with the requests... and traffic. It is a good thing we have H5's app servers to power it ;-)

Thanks to everyone that signed up, you guys ROCK! See it for yourself here: http://grillm.com
At first glance, ustream.tv looks like another way to stream a live webcam. Look a little deeper and you'll see that they're changing the live broadcast model.

I was introduced to ustream.tv while listening to a podcast called net@nite with Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur. They mentioned a live video feed, and that feed was done with ustream.

At the time (April 07) ustream.tv wasn't able to keep up with the traffic demands that a Leo Laporte required. Now they've grown and scaled to handle that and more.

As an example, former TechTV show host Chris Pirillo has a live (sponsored) feed from his office. Though the largest number of simultaneous viewers I've personally seen there is tiny (70), they claim they're ready for Leo.


The fact that this company exists was inevitable, but that they started the company in February of this year is nothing short of amazing. Talk about a zero to 60 entrepreneurial experience.

With the new version about ship, I'm positive they're going to play a major role in redefining what live broadcasting is and who has access to it. Their features are geared toward monetizing live video streams and the subsequent archives. Incredibly cool.

Watch for ustream.tv.
I know this is taboo and very uncommon in the blogging world, but I'm starting over. I've retooled zerologic.com and am re-inventing everything around it.

zerologic.com started life in the 90's as the website for my company zerologic corporation. It served that duty well until 2001, the year we created HyperSites. Post HyperSites, it really became a personal playground for everything and anything that tickled my fancy.

I blogged about my company and the trials and tribulations of being a dad. Z's photographed history, and even movies were everywhere, and as I moved it more to a professional site, the family content seemed more and more out of place.

Today I'm introducing the new zerologic.com. zerologic.com has always been about being an entrepreneur and doing things that benefit people. I'm launching it with four sections, and may add more as ideas develop. They are: Blog, TV, Zeluco, and Computers.

TV is a live television (IPTV?) experiment that has you as the subject. Think of is as collaborative social media.

Zeluco is a service for Second Life. You've probably crammed for a test... well, this is my way of helping you cram for Second Life: "A month's experience in just one hour."

I love to build computers and so I've decided to offer that service publicly. It is a hobby, not a business so my pricing is simple, and you're responsible for buying the parts.

Have a look at the home page for details on the sections.
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