The sun slowly brightens the darken runway as passengers slowly filter in. The warm blanket of silence is pulled as chatter of small talk sends ripples throughout the once dormant terminal. It is still two hours before my next flight and though the day is starting for many, I am the few that expects the day to end. My only companion on this lonely trip is my new best friend. A device with a shiny glass surface that screams with potential but brightens my face with a warm expression of “now what?” continue reading…
Keyla and the kids
Today I was talking to my lovely wife about apps and showed her a couple of posts about how the new Wired app was not living up to expectations. As I told her about the monthly cost ($5), the massive download (why?), and the inexplicable need for the app to look like the printed version (PDF anyone?), she broke it down to me why it wouldn’t work and not for the reasons I described above, but because of the obvious, ownership. For this reason I told her that I need to capture her thoughts. This is a user experience that many can relate.
Thanks TechToon
I remembered Apple’s announcement of the iPad. My first reaction was, what a terrible name. My second reaction was what the hell is wrong with that bezel and my third reaction was where the heck is the camera?
The idea of using the iPhone OS as the platform for the iPad was genius and thoughts of Qik, Ustream, Knocking Live Video were dancing in my head only to have them crushed by the lack of hardware. But then something hit me during my daily video conference I do at work, doing this on the iPad would suck and here’s why.
So in prep for my iPad arriving next week, I decided to look for apps to support my workflow. I know many have tried to only survive with an iPad as the only computer for work but that is just silly. My MacBook can take care of all my power needs. Well almost, I have a Core i7 at home for gaming, I mean come on, gaming is in my blood.
The point of the iPad is to treat it like a composition book that can export. The device is similar to my netbook, except I can lay it flat and hopefully take notes like I love to do on my notepad (yeah, I still handwrite notes in meeting and then enter them into Google Docs. Handwriting helps with cognition for me). continue reading…
Well it has been a long break from this blog and a lot has happened in my absence. I have been spending a lot of time evaluating HD telepresence solutions, working on computer labs in the cloud and brushing up my skills on HTML 5/CSS 3. All of this has kept me so busy that I have not purchased a new toy for some time now. I had hoped my next mobile toy would have been the Microsoft Courier and I was saving my pennies for that one. But sadly MS decided to move on and so did I. With the support of my family, I went ahead and picked up the 64GB wi-fi 3G iPad. Was that wise? I would not be riding the edge if I did not grab the 1st gen product that rebooted the tablet market. So I eagerly await for it’s arrival. continue reading…
