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soapboxPublished August 22, 2010 at 11:14 am
I worry about the state of tablets. When I talk to others about the potential of the slate, I run into resistance of what they cannot do, or questions of transferred functionality: I can’t work on my spreadsheets on this! (Yeah…) Psst! Multitasking is where it’s at! (Maybe) Give me Adobe Photoshop on it! (umm…
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soapboxPublished May 30, 2010 at 8:30 am
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
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soapboxPublished January 19, 2010 at 9:59 am
Human tragedies unite our species. It does not matter what political camp you support, nor the color of your skin, nor the faith that you follow. When children, women and men are hurt, we must all try to help. Help may be something simple as texting ‘HAITI’ to 90999 on your cell phone to donate
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soapboxPublished November 11, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Hello, my name is Ruben and I am conflicted. I am struggling to find harmony in what I am about to say. Maybe it will become clear to me once I finish this post. Regardless, once posted I will never speak of it again. Over the weekend Techcrunch posted a wonderful opinion article about moral
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