Telecommuting / Remote Work Stuff
- Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 1
- Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 2
- Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 3
- Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 4
- Free Advice on How To Start a Telecommuting Program
Latest Posts
-
Television Broadcasting Changing to Digital
For all the latest blog articles related to this subject click here. Before you read…here is an NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) YouTube snippet explaining very nicely what this switch to digital means. If you have an antenna on the roof, or use rabbit ears, and have an old television, February 17, 2009 […]
-
Blu-Ray beats HD-DVD
In case you doubted that Blu-Ray has won the DVD war, yesterday and today two more blows were dealt to HD-DVD which could hasten it’s demise and bolster Blu-Ray. 1. Netflix announced exclusive support for Blu-Ray 2. Best Buy, starting in early March, will recommend Blu-Ray to their customers. 3. The most telling sign yet […]
-
Future of Videoconferencing
The future of videoconferencing will rest with the masses. Grandma and Grandpa will be able to see their grandkids grow up, families will be able to virtually be with each other whenever they want, people will be telecommuting (videocommuting) from anywhere, and meetings will be held via video just like they are now by telephone. […]
-
HDTV Buying Tips
A friend of mine has been bouncing between stores in the Tracy area looking for a high definition TV to purchase. After talking with him this morning, here are a few hints you might be able to use when talking to the sales people. 1. You do not need a super duper, noise reducing, costly, […]
-
Vidyo
A few days ago, Vidyo, a new company in the videoconferencing / collaboration “space” officially emerged from their shell. The crux of what they have done is to allow, using a new standard video compression algorithm, high definition videoconferencing and standard definition videoconferencing (see my Polycom PVX blog entry for example) to work together over […]
-
Streaming Internet video on your TV
Lately, I have been watching the evolution of Internet streaming to the TV (as part of the evolving “Digital Living Room”). I have looked briefly at VUDU and also Apple TV. As of this writing, both allow direct Internet access to streamed video content (i.e. no computer is needed) and display that video (in either […]
-
Digital TV Conversion, Part 2
For all articles related to this subject click here. See my Blog detailing the installation of a converter on two TV’s (one really old) here. As I have previously written, on February 17, 2009, those of us who have older TV’s and use a roof top antenna or rabbit ears to receive our television […]
-
Apple MacBook Air
Apple announced today the arrival of the Apple MacBook Air. It is very thin, completely wireless and has no optical disk drive. Included on this device is a built in web cam that can be used with iChat software to videoconference. Note that iChat is NOT standards based, but, it can allow up to 4 […]
-
Streaming Video on the iPhone
In addition to showing a hilarious clip from “The Office” (where Jim sends Dwight faxes from “future” Dwight) the video shows the high quality streaming video capability of the iPhone. Very impressive. For more on the iPhone see what I thought about the iPhone when it first came out.
-
Video-on-Demand and Blu-Ray
UPDATE: See my Review of VUDU here. Now that Blu-Ray has apparently won the latest format war…how long do you think it will be before the next greatest technology surpasses it? Not long. Instead of DVD’s, there will be an ever increasing use of the Internet to download programming to your HDTV. All you […]
-
Wireless HDTV
+++++Breaking NewsToday (Jan 5, 2008) Warner announced support for Blu-Ray. With “Pirates of the Carribbean”, all the wonderful Pixar movies, and now “Harry Potter” and “Batman” all exclusively on Blu-Ray. I will purchase a Blu-Ray player as soon as I have the bucks to do so. The format war is over.+++++Now that you have that […]
-
Convert Vinyl Records into Digital Files
Rating: 4 WaterTowers If you are like us you have some old 33’s and 45’s collecting dust in a closet. You may, also like us, have tossed your old turntables and have no way of listening to that great music of your youth. This Christmas, my wife bought me a really cool gadget. The “audio-technica […]
Just Testing
Geek
Videoconferencing
Coworking
Telecommuting / Remote Work
TechyMike: Your Personal GEEK 