Category: Ideas
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For a while I've been doing a little bit of ambient information testing DIY style by loading up webpages that I want to see information from and then automatically moving through the tabs after ~20 seconds. These sites are loaded on an external display and then running in the "ambient"…
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I got a question from a friend asking if I was considering replacing my Apple iPad with a Motorola Zoom now that Best Buy is running ads for them. The short answer is no. I am still very happy with my iPad and use it every day as my primary…
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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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Over the last couple of months I've been trying to decide what the best device was to purchase that would allow the family to access the "most" digital content in our living room. Some things that mattered: Access to Internet content: NetFlix, Amazon, Hulu, Pandora, podcasts, etc Streaming media from the local…
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Recently on a KPBS These Days podcast there was a segment on the state of fire preparedness in San Diego County. It got me thinking that I needed to update my "near real-time local news" Twitter feeds. This is my first pass (2010-09-10): http://twitter.com/calfiresandiego http://twitter.com/kpbsnews http://twitter.com/sddt http://twitter.com/SDNewsNetwork http://twitter.com/sdutNewsAlerts http://twitter.com/10news Any other suggestions?
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One of the lessons learned from attending DEFCON#18 was that as a FireFox user that running NoScript was a highly recommended tool. Many of the presenters who were talking about Internet browser vulnerabilities mentioned NoScript as a defensive tool to help mitigate the risks they were discussing in their presentations.…
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With the release of Apple's iTunes 9.2 and the iBook 1.1 application release for the iPad (this also works reportedly on any iPhone or iPod Touch with iBook 1.1), you can now get PDF files automatically downloaded into the iBook application. Here is how I was able to get it…
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Here is a follow-up update to my one week review of the Apple iPad. Overall, I am still extremely happy with the device. It has become my primary personal device when I'm at home eliminating my Microsoft Windows 7 TabletPC I was using before the iPad. I have also travelled…
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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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