The Blog of Ross C Brown

With just 6 shopping hours left to my birthday…

…I thought I might publish a list of things I would like. I’ve left it this late to do so that you don’t think I’m being serious or anything. That said if there is anything on the list you feel like getting me, feel free to contact me and we can sort something [...]

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If only the “MTV Generation” still gave a sh*t…

Anyone watched MTV recently?  Nope?  Well don’t bother, its really went down hill.  When I was young I used to love MTV and all those other music shows but to be honest the networks are mere prostitutes to advertisers and marketers.   The shows used to be about music, now they are about inflating star’s egos [...]

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Veronica Belmont to leave CNET on July 20th.

In response to a blog post from Liz Gannes (NewTeeVee) Veronica Belmont, of CNET Buzz Out Loud fame confirmed that she will be leaving CNET Networks’ flagship website, CNET.com, on July 20th 2007 for a position with Mahalo, a Sequoia Capital backed search engine start up.
This should be somewhat interesting in that I have long [...]

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There’s nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio that I can believe in….

This weekend it was LiveEarth, a global music concert promoting Global Warming led by the man who used to be “the next president of the United States”, Mr. Al Gore.
Sorry, but these type of concerts don’t work anymore.  Live Aid was amazing, back in the day.  And that’s because it overcome huge technical challenges to [...]

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Adobe gone all corporate?

For a long-time now, Mac OS has been the favourite operating system for most creative professionals with most of the creative software they rely on optimized or built exclusively for Mac OS.
But over the last year or so, I have noticed Adobe becoming more and more Windows focused. Sure, their applications are Mac compatible but [...]

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