“Can you pick me up at my place in 15 minutes? Text me when you get here.” No, this isn’t a text message to a friend or a call to a car service—it’s a direct message sent through Twitter to a driver of a Chicago cab. Rashid Temuri, who goes by “Chicago Cabbie” online (@ChicagoCabbie [...]

Todd’s take on Android tablets [including the Kindle Fire]
Here’s my first storify ‘story’ — an informal analysis of Android tablets in the 7″ or so space. Personally? I think the Kindle Fire’s a little lame but read on and let me know what you think in the comments… View the story “Todd’s take on the Android Tablet marketplace…” on Storify] Related articles Amazon’s [...]

Why do fliers have to power down devices?
This doesn’t have anything to do with thought leadership per se, I just wanted to share a good rant on this topic… “Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.” And absolutely everyone obeyed. I know they did because no [...]

SugarSync sucks…
Sucks the life out of your computer anyway. The messaging sounds enticing, but I had a real world experience yesterday that should make you think twice about using this tool… “SugarSync makes it easy to backup, share and access your files, anytime, anywhere. With SugarSync you get online cloud storage for all your files — [...]

Tools I use; iPad
n yesterday’s epic post, I wrote about what I call ‘context based computing’. Basically, in my world view, context based computing is using the right tool for the right job in the right place at the right time. Even I found it interesting that I omitted the iPad from the list of hardware I use. [...]

The future of mobile telephony
Hint: it’s not the iPhone on AT&T!
Are you listening, Steve Jobs?
via birdabroad.wordpress.com Counterfeit Chinese Apple Stores are stealing your lunch money, Steve!

Microsoft ICE and Photosynth are very cool!
Here’s a pano I took of our outdoor church service down at the Algoma Marina on Sunday. If you’re a photographer, you’ve got to play with these two technologies… Zoom in and out, expand to full screen — play around! It rocks… Related articles Create Stunning 3D Panoramas On Your iPhone With Microsoft Photosynth [iOS] [...]


