Jan 24
At CES this year, I reported a lot on processors and little else. No phones, no specific TVs, no computers, game consoles or cameras. I rarely report on specific gadgets, but this year I felt even less inclined to do so. A lot of stuff comes out at CES, but it’s important to sift through …
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Dec 21
Following the horrific tragedy in Connecticut, it seems that this nation is one step closer to a long needed conversation about gun control. The nation mourns the deaths of these innocent people – many children – and many believe the next step forward is to make sure this can never happen again. This is a …
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Feb 06
Some of you may remember A Day Made of Glass, an awesome proof of concept video made by Gorilla glass manufacturer Corning. The company is back with a second video showing even more applications of their incredible glass products. Obviously, everything here is experimental, but it’s also a fantastic visualization of where our world is …
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Jan 29
As I always say, we bloggers live in a community. A community of like-minded writers and commentators who can all offer wonderful new perspectives. I consider myself lucky to have many friends who are part of this community. They are brilliant and write far better than I. This week’s guest editorial comes from a very …
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Jan 19
I cannot begin to emphasize the incredible amount of pride I have in the Internet for yesterday. Yesterday the pillars of free speech were held up by the likes of Wikipedia, Reddit, Google, WordPress and hundreds, perhaps even thousands of smaller outlets that blacked out their sites or devoted special portions of their day to …
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Jan 13
Public outrage has increased over bill H.R. 3261, A.K.A the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA. Many websites have announced they will be going offline for one day in order to protest SOPA’s egregious use of DNS blocking systems in order to stop websites carrying pirated content. In fact, I would argue that SOPA has …
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Jan 09
Another article far overdue, but in my impromptu hiatus this post fell by the wayside. Figured I’d just publish it to get these ideas out there and maybe get us thinking about what we’ll value in 2012 as the year begins. The “Person of the Year” has been a tradition for Time since 1927 when the …
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Nov 16
A few weeks ago AOL released an application for the iPad called “Editions”. I didn’t think much of it at the time of its release, but the app intrigued me as I saw its capabilities on the app store. I downloaded the app a week later and remain still only intrigued. I rarely use Editions, …
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Apr 22
I got glasses a few weeks ago. Turns out that age has made me crazy near-sighted and it gets awfully hard to see Powerpoint slides when you’re in a massive lecture hall. So I found one of those generic eye examine places. You know, the kind where you get an exam and two pairs of …
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