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Category: Computer

  • Google+ Hangout Video Conferencing Meeting, Part 1

    Before any good, errrr…..AWESOME meeting, there is preparation.   That is especially the case with a video conference.  The initiators of the video conference must work diligently to make sure the meeting goes off without a hitch. No joking around….deadly serious business.  If you want to get involved in video conferencing and put on an…

  • Steve Jobs Resigns

    This is scary.  I would not be concerned if he wasn’t sick, and stick thin.  But… From my perspective…this is a guy who changed the world more than once, more than twice, more than three times.  Simply awesome. He is not afraid to innovate, to try something new, to make it easy, to make it…

  • Vidyo on the Apple iPad2

    Damn this is great!   Friend Czoli from Vidyo shared this on Google+ today. I have said this a thousand times before: Video conferencing anytime, anyplace, anyone. Vidyo (see my getting old review of Vidyo here). — —

  • Microsoft Office 365 To The Cloud

    Checking the news on the Internet this morning, I spotted this article from SF Gate describing the official announcement today(!) that Microsoft Office is moving to the cloud with Microsoft Office 365 (I suppose that means it is available 365 days a year?). The article explains that small to medium businesses that can’t afford to…

  • Information Technology

    The world is changing. Rapidly. Bits are flying over the Internet at an unprecedented pace. As my loyal reader…..you know my feelings about Cisco and video conferencing, but, it looks to me as though they are getting back to focusing on handling bits….a very good thing.  For everyone! This commercial by Cisco is interesting.  I…

  • Google Chromebooks

    Google Chromebooks

    Samsung Chromebook   Acer Chromebook   Google announced today the availability of their new Google “Chromebook” laptop like computers that will be at Best Buy and Amazon.com starting June 15th. These are laptop like devices that connect to, and use, the “cloud” for everything you do. They are pricey….anywhere from $350 or so to almost…

  • Memolane: An Introduction

    Jonathan Yankovitch posted an email on the Coworking group with a link to Memolane. I clicked on the link and……saw something REALLY cool! If you have been reading my blogs, you pretty much know that I consider Twitter and Facebook as too temporary.  You post something, and somewhere between 5 seconds to a day later,…

  • Heytell Push To Talk App on iPhone and Android

    Been hearing a lot of buzz about Heytell, so I decided to give it a whirl. Interestingly, I forwarded the information to Kristen and she, surprise surprise, wanted to give it a try with me! She downloaded the app on her iPhone, while I downloaded it on my HTC Aria android phone.  We both stayed…

  • QR Codes

    Ever see one of those square barcode like looking thingys? I had one hanging on my door from Google Places, but, I did not know what it was or what to do with it. It looked cool, so I stuck it up there. So what the hell is it? Well, finally getting curious I did…

  • DotXXX URL’s Coming Soon

    Sorry ’bout that.  Just reporting the news on the technical front.  And, hey, like we are all innocent here…duh.  🙂 The Washington Post reports that yesterday the Internet naming authority has approved the use of the .xxx suffix. “On Friday in San Francisco, the California nonprofit that oversees Internet addresses gave the green light to…