November 29, 2010
Prey Project for Droid & Laptops
After my recent acquisition of R2D2, I started noticing the actual Droid commercials on TV, primarily the one with the alarm sounding for when the phone is stolen, or just missing. Of course I began with Google and a few clicks away I found the Prey Project.
My initial thought was that for a free service Prey sounded freaking amazing. Alarm sounding, lock out of phone and/or laptop, cross platform capability, ...
November 15, 2010
NAMP 2010 Conference in San Jose
I attended the NAMP (National Arts Marketing Project) conference this weekend as both an attendee and as a worker.
I started Saturday off with attending “Beyond Cocktails and Facebook: Strategies to attract young adult audiences” which was a packed room with people having to stand. Unfortunately, the session left many of us wishing there had been more sharing of strategies and less Q&A of the audience as several of us felt ...
November 11, 2010
IT Dependence on Google
Are IT workers becoming dependent on Google because technology is too convoluted or is it because we just don't want to memorize shit?
I shouldn’t be surprised really, but I’m finding that I’m not the only one who has become almost dependent on Google Search in the work place. With reductions in staff and growing job responsibilities, many people are being tasked with functions that are not necessarily their area of ...
November 4, 2010
Loving my R2D2 Droid
I recently upgraded to the Motorola R2D2 limited edition Droid from Verizon. My previous phone, a Blackberry Curve, had been a good phone and email device for some time, but the big seller for me getting a new phone was really the mobile hot spot.
At first glance the R2D2 Droid is fun, its backing is designed to look like the useful and lovable droid from Star Wars and some Star ...