I spent much of the past week at the excellent Defrag Conference. I honestly don’t know another conference where you’ll find meaningful discussion of traveling to space, solving big data problems and why rooms in Vegas have mirrors on the…
Rants ‘n’ Raves
We Pad, You Pad, Not Sure I like the iPad…
by NickN • • Comments Off
I’ve been ambivalent about the iPad since it launched, but finally had to buy one for a project I’m working on. A few days in, I’ve actually changed my mind somewhat. I still don’t love the device, but the things…
Great Googley Moogley: Fun with Google TV
by NickN • • 5 Comments
I’ve spent the past few hours playing with a Sony Google TV box (the standalone Blu-ray box, not the integrated TV). To cut right to it, my first impressions are pretty favorable but with some big caveats. I chose the…
Why The Apple Will Fall…
by NickN • • 2 Comments
Okay, so that’s a link-baitingly, fanboy-angering title. Caveats first. I own a _lot_ of Apple gear — iPhone, iMac, MacBookPro and lots of software — but I definitely have a love/hate relationship with them. And by fall, I don’t mean…
Nailing the Cloud and Convergence
by NickN • • 3 Comments
Back in 1997 or so I had a magical tech experience. I had a desktop PC running MS Office, an HP Jornada running Windows CE and the ever-so-under-appreciated Rex Organizer card. For those of you that don’t remember such things,…