May 23 2013
The iPad Mini finds a very sweet spot between form and function. Light yet powerful, it is the type of device you can carry with you anywhere. If you are using it for content consumption, it is nearly perfect. Put a pretty case on it and you are done. If you want to create on …
May 20 2013
This post originally appeared at Living on the Cheap. Apparently, there is an unspeakable cruelty in the world of a teenager. “Dad, everyone at school has an XYZ3000 smart phone. I can’t even look at Google Maps on this stupid flip phone and I probably won’t even get to go to prom because of it.” Teenagers also …
May 14 2013
Mar 24 2013
I carry far too much crap around. It is a kind of boy scout gone mad mentality that has me thinking, “Someone will be grateful that I have a spare 30 pin sync cable.” Yeah, right. Twice a year I dive into that bag of crap, spend 10 minutes untangling stuff and they drift off …
Mar 04 2013
A very wise pundit once said. “The limitation of our productivity in modern times is measured in milliwatt hours.” Actually, I think I said that. Let’s downgrade that to…”A two-bit hack with an overwrought sense of self-importance and a website designed to fulfill his Machiavellian tech fantasies said that.” Of course, it is still true …
Jan 30 2013
I like it when a product shows up at NAMM and at CES. It is sort of like a mullet…business in the front and party in the back. OK, it is not anything like that. But if a company has the chutzpah to show a product at both shows…it had better be pretty cool. The …
Jan 28 2013
I never dreamed that I would climb Over the moon in ecstasy But nevertheless, it’s there that I’m Shortly about to be ‘Cause I’ve got a golden ticket ‘Cause I’ve got a golden ticket I’ve got a golden chance to make my way And with a golden ticket, it’s a golden day OK, I have …
Dec 21 2012
Perusing the FAVI website yields what you would expect from an innovative entertainment company. Projectors, screens, televisions and a clever little HDMI widget called the SmartStick which is aimed squarely at giving Apple TV and Roku heartburn. But in a very Sesame Street moment (“One of these things is not like the other…come on, sing …
Dec 20 2012
I have used CloudOn on my iPad for awhile and it has saved my bacon at least twice. Because the iOS versions of Office applications are occasionally limited in their limitation of features I have found CloudOn to be PARTICULARLY helpful when dealing with complex spreadsheet files. Actually, I have wanted to kill myself more …
Dec 13 2012
Consumer research data is always interesting but it is not always useful… I found a couple of nuggets of “hmm” in the infographic below from the research crew at Ericsson. For instance, point 4 that mobile network coverage is the fourth most important driver of satisfaction with urban life? I mean, I have been known …
