I spent the past couple of days in some pretty lofty atmosphere. Not just because I found myself in the Mile High City, but because Eric Norlin put together another fantastic conference. Glue 2011 brought some really smart geeks to Denver to talk about the latest tools, tricks, and tactics that can be used to…
Last night I ended up at the bar of a mass production restaurant in Broomfield, CO eating unhealthy food of marginal quality while drinking club soda with some of the saddest looking pieces of lime I have seen in a while. No, I’m not a down-on-my-luck recovering addict, just a guy who really wanted to…
Much electronic ink has already been spilled over Apple’s decision to make in-app subscription purchasing available — at a 30% fee. I’m about to spill some more. Today’s open letter from Readability re-stokes the controversy as it claims that Software-as-a-Service providers are now ensnared in the new policy, not just media publishers and content providers….
The sheer size of the annual Consumer Electronics Show makes it a spectacle to behold. Company “booths” can cost millions of dollars to create and seem to consume as much floor space as a football field. One can spend hours walking the show floor only to discover that the surface has barely been scratched. For…
At DCI, I’m looking to hire a Director of Web Development. I need someone who can provide solid leadership to a team of excellent developers. The DCI Digital Team put together an informative and entertaining video describing the job. It’s a great team of people I work with, and we’re looking for the right person…
I really want to like the New York Times iPad app. You see, I have taken to really liking the iPad as my primary reading tool. I read books on it (mostly with the Kindle app). I read magazines (mostly with Zinio, but also a handful of publication-specific apps). I read newspapers (like the Wall…
Apple has a well-deserved reputation for silky smooth designs that make things easy for users to adopt. Their mantra seems to be “keep it simple, stupid.” And that’s great. Usually. But it seems that in creating a top-notch media consumption device — the iPad — they fail to provide a way to subscribe to content…
In my early years of engagement with technology in the 1980’s, there were quite a few platforms available. A wide variety of operating systems and hardware providers battled for prominence in the marketplace. If you’re of a certain age, you may smile or cringe as you think back to names like Commodore 64, Apple II, Macintosh, TRS-80, Tandy 1000, IBM PC Jr., and Amiga. And that’s just a few of the more consumer-friendly offerings in the marketplace!
I have an embarrassingly large collection of laptop bags. This isn’t because I am a collector of them as memorabilia. Nor do I have some strange bag fetish. And it isn’t because I have nothing better to spend my money on. It’s because I have had a hard time finding a bag that works well for me under almost all circumstances.
As part of getting acquainted with my iPad, I decided to try out Pages to see how feasible it would be for me to type longer documents on the device. In fact, I am doing so now to write this blog post. Unfortunately I have run into a silly snag. It seems that Pages will…