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.

Editing Marc Orchant’s Legacy: The GTD Times Goes Live

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Oliver

Getting Things Done was Marc Orchant’s passion. Exceeded only by his love for his family and his sheer joy in teaching others. Editing a blog focused on becoming the repository for all GTD knowledge and making it the defacto home … Continue reading →

Posted in GTD/Getting Things Done, Marc Orchant, Personal | Tagged bloggging, DAC, David Allen, Getting Things Done, GTD, Marc Orchant, oliverstarr, Organization, owstarr.com, Producitivity, Time Management | 5 Comments

VoIP Phishing Fraud Alert: learn how to defend yourself

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Oliver

I just received an invitation from my friend Alec Saunders , CEO of Iotum to join in on a free conference call to discuss AT$T and AMEX’s deployment of auto-dialing technology that, according to Alec, has the potential to desensitize … Continue reading →

Posted in carriers, mobile, Web Apps | Tagged fraud, free conference call, iotum, oliverstarr, owstarr.com, phishing, scams, VoIP | 6 Comments

Mobile Social Networks Could Reach US $52Billion by 2012; so says Informa

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Oliver

An email just hit my inbox that snapped my eyes wide open. Informa’s newest report: “Mobile Social Networking: Communities and Content on the Move” is suggesting that MoSoNets could generate some $52 Billion (yes with a “B”) in revenues by … Continue reading →

Posted in mobile | Tagged bluepulse, Informa, mig33, Mobile Media, mobile social networks, MoSo Nets, oliverstarr, owstarr.com, Social Media | Leave a comment

Nokia Launches 4 New Phones: Live Blogging 3GSM World Congress

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Oliver

Nokia has just announced the impending launch of four new handsets to the line up of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. For readers of my prior blogs, it is likely that the N96, the successor to the vaunted N95 … Continue reading →

Posted in 3GSM, New Gadgets, Nokia, web2.0 | Tagged 3GSM, Apple, iPhone, N-Series, N73, N76, N78, N95, N96, Nokia, oliverstarr, OPK, OVI, owstarr.com, Sharing, Twango | Leave a comment

Live Blogging 3GSM World Congress: Nokia Opening Press Conference

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Oliver

Nokia has a great deal of news this morning including announcing several new phones, improved maps – Nokia Maps 2.0, as well as the first new service based upon their purchase of TWANGO last year: Share on OVI. First, Nokia’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 3GSM, mobile, New Gadgets, Nokia, Web Apps | Tagged 3GSM, Apple, iPhone, N-Series, N73, N76, N78, N95, N96, Nokia, oliverstarr, OPK, OVI, owstarr.com, Sharing, Twango | Leave a comment

Launch in Alpha at Your Own Peril: Izearanks, a study in why not

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Oliver

Rank Zero? That’s what the site says. According to IzeaRanks TechCrunch, which as we all know is – or perhaps I should say was – one of the most popular tech blogs on the planet. This is a new utility … Continue reading →

Posted in web2.0 | Tagged alpha, blog rank, blog traffic, gigaom, izearanks, oliverstarr, owstarr.com, readwriteweb, techcrunch, technorati | Leave a comment

Albuquerque Arts Post Tribute to Marc Orchant

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Oliver

For those of you that are friends of Marc I was just informed that a local New Mexico publication, Albuquerque Arts, has published and posted a tribute to Marc Orchant. Here’s the link. Having traveled with Marc quite extensively in … Continue reading →

Posted in Marc Orchant | Tagged albuquerque arts, flickr, Marc Orchant, mochant, scoble, tribute | 1 Comment

Have You Seen Peepel?

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Oliver

I just spent the last few hours engaged in conversation with Stephen Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Peepel. This application was released a few months ago and has been profiled on a number of popular blogs including Mashable, however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Apps, web2.0 | Tagged collaboration, oliverstarr, online office, owstarr.com, peepel, web app, web2.0 | Leave a comment

Ribbit Looks Really Cool

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Oliver

Just checking out a new tool for managing your messaging: Ribbit . There are a whole raft of features but the easiest way to describe it (from what I’ve read since the beta hasn’t dropped yet) is that it’s GrandCentral … Continue reading →

Posted in mobile | Tagged Messaging, mobile2.0, oliverstarr, owstarr.com, Ribbit, Skype, Spinvox, telecome2.0, telephony, Visual Voicemail, voice2.0, VoIP, web2.0 | Leave a comment

AT&T Debating Becoming Bigger Big Brother: spying on peer to peer possible

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Oliver

AT$T the company we love to hate is at it again and giving us another reason to pray that Google buys that spectrum. This time the words come straight from CEO Randall Stephenson’s mouth. Apparently, AT$T has decided that it … Continue reading →

Posted in big brother, carriers, mobile | Tagged at&t, big brother, carriers, CEO, drm, file sharing, google, oliverstarr, owstarr.com, peer-to-peer, randall stephenson, spectrum auction, spying | 1 Comment