Category: Books
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One of the books I read this summer (well actually listened to via Audible.com) was "Kill Decison" by Daniel Suarez. It is a modern day technology thriller with the primary story focused on autonomous drones and where we are likely to end up with them in the future. I highly…
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After hearing a recent news blurb from The Economist on a new book called "Wait" by Frank Parntnoy I put this book in my queue. I just finished reading the book — well to be completelly honest, I listened to it via my Audible.com subscription — and here is my…
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From my perspective the goal of David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) is to get you focused on the things you want to do, when/where you can do them, and with the energy/motivation you might have at the moment of decision. I cannot recommend this book Getting Things Done enough. If you…
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Here are some tech items I've been tracking: PaulaD has published a list of “50 Free Android Apps that Will Make You Smarter & More Productive". Gune is a mobile search service/platorm that searches 14 sites in a single interface. Victor Cajiao at Typical Mac User Podcast is speaking that…
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Here are some new items I am tracking — MaximumPC has a good list of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 feature and tech stats Amazon’s cloud services continue to see improvements: new lower S3 storage pricing, increased HTTPS support, Mechanical Turk upgrades, etc. NVIDA has announced GeForce.com as their new home…
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Listen! (Size 3.8 MBs, Running Time 3m48s) Today's podcast is a quick review of the Apple iPad and a pointer to a new book "iPad: The Missing Manual" [ISBN: 978-1-4493-8784-6] by J.D Biersdorfer with David Pogue. Links mentioned in this podcast include: Steve Holden's iPad Review (Part 1) Steve Holden's iPad Review (Part…
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Listen! (Size 4.0 MBs, Running Time 3m58s) Today's podcast is a pointer to an O'Reilly webcast entitled "Five Ways The iPad Can Entertain You" with J.D. Biersdorfer the author of the book "iPad: The Missing Manual." The webcast is going to focus on: Books, Photos, Movies, Music, and Maps; plus offer…
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Listen! (Size 2.9 MBs, Running Time 2m54s) Today's podcast examines news from fellow FriendsInTech.com members and Technorama podcasters' Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Stepp. They have a new book out called "Teach Yourself WordPress in 10 Minutes" from SAMS publishing, and a companion podcast called "Teach Yourself WordPress in 10 Minutes … in…
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The following is a summary of tweets posted to TechNewsRadio@Twitter over the last week: This WEEK in GOOGLE42 bit.ly/9SYkfL Check out: Ribbit, Android Kindle app, Google Reader Play, Diaspora, Google Wave open to all Per @LeviathanChrons the podcast novel "Leviathan Chronicles" has a big update on 5/26 http://bit.ly/8ZzfDq Amazon has announced a…
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After experiencing the Apple iPad for the last week, I thought I'd outline my thoughts on the device that seems to still have a lot of buzz and interest. In a nutshell, I am very happy with the iPad and I believe that it is a compelling device that fits…
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