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Bill Cammack, Star & Neal Downing @ the RealFans.TV kickoff party

I read Eric Woods‘ article, “I think I may be addicted to the Internet” on March 8th, 2009 and I’m writing my blog response more than two months later, on May 19th, 2009, because I’ve been too busy on the internet to address it sooner. :)

Some people say that internet addiction exists and some say that it doesn’t. Some prefer to call the situation internet overuse. Either way, let’s look at those terms.

According to Webster’s, an addiction is: “2: compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal ; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful“. Similarly (yet differently), Overuse is “too much use”.

This means that in order to define Internet Addiction or Internet Overuse, we would have to determine what’s “too much use”, and what constitutes a “compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance”. Here’s the problem with these definitions… Read the rest of this entry »

My cousin Richard did his first Operator11 show today. I think it came out fun and interesting. He was learning the system while the show was already running! :D

If you enjoyed the show, leave Richard a comment on his community.realfans.tv page! :D => [link]

Realfans.tv members Joshua Kinberg (Realfans Facebook member) & Jay Dedman are two of the founders of FireAnt, a computer application (called an “app”) that enables users to subscribe to, download, and play video podcasts.

According to TechCrunch [link], FireAnt’s assets were acquired by Odeo for $400,000.

Congrats, Fellas!!! :D

Josh Kinberg’s thoughts on the acquisition: JoshKinberg.com/blog
Jay Dedman’s thoughts: JayDedman.com

Liz Gannes’ NewTeeVee Article: [link]
TechCrunch Article: [link]