Author Archives: Oliver

About Oliver

Oliver Starr is an author, entrepreneur, former technology executive, and wildlife conservationist with a career spanning journalism, technology, strategic communications, and executive leadership. An early contributor to TechCrunch and founding writer of MobileCrunch, he later served in senior executive and advisory roles, including Chief Evangelist at Pearltrees. Today, he is the founder and Executive Director of the Tahoe Wolf Center, author of The Wolf Lover’s Guide to Raising Dogs, and a TEDx speaker. His wildlife and educational content has generated more than 100 million documented views across digital platforms.

Smart New Uses for Old Technology: SSID to Broadcast a Message

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Oliver

SSID_Messaging If you want to know what’s going to happen next with a technology perhaps the smartest way to predict the future is to ask your kids – or someone else’s… It’s amazing what you might learn. The other night, … Continue reading →

Posted in New Uses for Old Technology | Tagged Cool, Discoveries, Exploits, Fun, GenerationD, SSID, Technology, WiFi | Leave a comment

Cellphones in Timbuktu

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Oliver

It’s easy to think of people from the underdeveloped world as quite different from ourselves. After all, there’s little to convince us otherwise. National Geographic Specials, video clips on the Nightly News, photos in every major newspaper – all depicting … Continue reading →

Posted in Humanity, mobile, Pearltrees, Third World | 3 Comments

Pearltrees: A Great New Tool for Bloggers and Journalists

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Oliver

Recently, I’ve been working with a new tool that I think anyone that uses the web regularly is really going to appreciate: Pearltrees. The company – which is based in France – has been developing this tool for a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

[Most] Companies Don’t Get Social Media

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Oliver

As someone that actively works in social media I’ve become progressively more convinced that the majority of companies don’t have a clue about social media or the importance it can play in the way a company presents itself. Granted, there … Continue reading →

Posted in web2.0 | Tagged blogging, blogs, employees, evangelism, facebook, marketing, Social Media, strategy, twitter | 1 Comment

Here’s a Great List of Free Open Source Software for Mac

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Oliver

You may have seen this list already, but I hadn’t come across it before just now and it was good enough I thought it was worth sharing in case anyone besides me had somehow missed this before. Enjoy.

Posted in Apple, Free Stuff, Mac Software, Open Source | Tagged abiword, adium, audacity, bean, burn, colloquy, cyberduck, Firefox, formulate pro, free software, gimp, handbrake, inkscribe, ipoddisk, juice, kismac, Mac Software, mplayer, open office, open source software, q emulator, quicksilver, rssowl, scribe, seashore, solarseek, the unarchiver, thunderbird, transmission, tunnelblick, vidalia, vienna, vlc | Leave a comment

Lance Armstrong’s Second Comeback: stuff of legends or death of one?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Oliver

Well, it appears it is official, Lance Armstrong, the uncontested best Tour de France rider ever with 7 tour victories has announced his intention to return to the sport with the goal of competing in the 2009 Tour de France. … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Sport | Tagged cancer, champion, comeback, doping, lance armstrong, Landis, owstarr.com, starrtrek, tour de france, UCI, WADA | 3 Comments

Controversy at TC50, Who Owns the Technology IP: Swype or Shapewriter?

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Oliver

TC50: Swype a company that claims to be at the leading edge of fundamentally altering the way we input data into tablet and touchscreen devices has just demonstrated their technology – an interesting new way of tracing the letters in … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Power, iPhone, Personal | Tagged controversy, dispute, mobile, oliverstarr.com, patent, shapewriter, swype, t9, TC50, wordpad | 8 Comments

AT&T Mobility Redefines “Now”. Andy Abramson Explains

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Oliver

I was just speaking with my friend Andy Abramson and he mentioned in passing that he’d just written a post that discusses AT&T Mobility’s strange use of the word now as it relates to the availability of the new iPhone … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Power | Tagged Andy Abramson, at&t, FTC, iPhone3G, marketing, Now, truth in advertising | Leave a comment

AlwaysOn Stanford Summit: a discussion on “open mobile”

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Oliver

I’m sitting in on a panel right now discussing what “Open” means in the context of mobile. We’ve got representatives from Frog Design (Mark Rolston), Verizon (Anthony Lewis), Kleiner Perkins (Matt Murphy), Nokia (David Rivas) and Google (Rich Miner). Listening … Continue reading →

Posted in mobile, New Gadgets, Nokia | Tagged Android, Frog Design, google, Kleiner Perkins, Nokia, OMA, Open Mobile Alliance, Symbian, Verizon | 6 Comments

Floyd Landis and the Magic Water Bottle: Part III

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Oliver

Editor’s Note: Here’s the long-awaited third installment to my series on Floyd Landis and his epic Tour de France and subsequent doping controversy. While I don’t claim to have all the answers, I do have a unique perspective that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Biotech, Personal, Sport | Tagged bike racing, blood doping, CAS, cycling, Dick Pound, doping, floyd landis, Greg LeMonde, lance armstrong, oliver starr, owstarr.com, rEPO, starrtrek, steroids, testosterone, tour de france, UCI, USADA, WADA | 31 Comments