July 23, 2010
When I was at my old company I had a large outsourced team based in the Philippines. Since I was only able to make it out there once every 10 weeks or so, we had to rely on tools that would allow us to transfer reports and communicate with one another from close to 18,000 miles away. At the time this was primarily done via email, IM and FTP. That feels so long ago because now, just a few years ago, we have seen a sharp increase in cloud-based tools for individuals and businesses. At the heart of these tools is the goal to keep people connected by allowing for access to data and the ability to easily communicate through a variety of channels.
July 3, 2010
For the past few days I have been staying in England for the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed. While the event has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience because of the cool work we've been doing with The Henry Ford and their future Racing in America exhibit, it's also been extremely frustrating being here for one reason: lack of access to the internet. Go ahead, chuckle and get it out of your system.
June 29, 2010
Knowing that I'm a huge fan of Timbaland and gadgets, a friend of mine recently sent me a video of his new tour bus. The tour bus has been completely outfitted with everything imaginable to allow him to record and mix a song whenever he has a stroke of creativity or when he has time in between performances, appearances and other responsibilities.
November 28, 2009
If you've been keeping up on your reading of tech blogs, then you can't get away from all of the increased chatter over Google OS. Google continues to try revolutionizing the way we interact with the web. Google OS is going to change the way we work on a computer. Initially, the target will be netbooks and will change the way we think of the typical desktop. As Google explains:
August 3, 2009
Being a technology geek as well as someone interested in our Government, I was intrigued when I came across the Federal IT Dashboard website recently.
June 17, 2009
Shortly after the conclusion of SXSW, Dave Delaney (@davedelaney) of Griffin was nice enough to send me the AirCurve after I geeked out over it when I first saw it. The AirCurve is an acoustic amplifier for the iPhone. Using the iPhone's built-in speaker along with the "wavecurve", the AirCurve amplifies the sound to approximately 10 decibels. It does this all without wires which is why I really geeked out when I saw it. I have been using it a ton and loving every minute of it. Check out my review of it and then make sure you grab a few of them, one for home, one for the office and give the other 5 you buy as gifts...
January 23, 2009
Yesterday I was running a few errands when it struck me. With the advancements of technology moving into the retail and consumer spaces, it is possible to go an entire da
y of being out without ever having a personal interaction. Take this sample morning of running errands as an example:
January 10, 2009
The last time I flew Southwest out of Bradley International Airport was in September when I was headed out to the
Blogworld Expo. When I arrived at my departure gate earlier today heading to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), I was pleasantly surprised to see that Southwest had made some upgrades. Southwest removed some of the traditional airport seats and replaced them with comfortable leather chairs. What's even better is that there was a standard plug and powered USB port available for every seat. Additionally, there were also stools and flat-top, bar-like stations set up where even more people could set up their gadgets while waiting for their flight.
December 30, 2008
A few weeks ago I was at my local Stop & Shop grocery store and noticed some new stuff around. They had upgraded the self-checkouts and there was also a docking station that had several personal scanners. In a rush I couldn't play with the shiny new toys. But, over this past weekend I went back in and took these personal scanners for a ride.
