Category: Technology

  • Google Changes Search Algorithm

    A few days ago Google changed it’s search algorithm. Surfing the web today, I see that that change has had an impact on “content farm” traffic to the point where some have even started laying off people. But…..I’m not complaining…in the past few days…this blog, and TracyReaderDad.com, have both seen INCREASED views. If I calculated…

  • Old Days

    It’s Valentines Day, and I am sitting at AltamontCowork just thinking about how technology has changed my life.  MY technology, since I am an engineer (MSEE, University of Kansas) who spent most of his life advancing (or trying to advance) technology….in particular video conferencing and collaboration from a distance. Truthfully….I am not really sure if…

  • Google Keywords-A Quick Introduction

    Before you read my drivel, watch this guy explain Google Keywords.  Very nice, very clear… Full-time AltamontCowork member, Joleen is researching how to attract more readers to her blog. During her research, she found this Google keyword site that ranks the keywords according to how often people search for stuff with using those keywords. Sweeeeeet.…

  • Video Conferencing in 2011

    Video Conferencing in 2011

    Technology is moving at light speed, but, culture change takes time. For some technologies the time is almost here for mass adoption.  For example, 2011 may, finally, be the year video conferencing (read on for my theory on why) will reach mass adoption.  Time will tell…. 2010 Technology Change 2010 was an amazing technology year.…

  • Google Chrome Web Store

    Cloud Cool Another day, another cool new technology thingy from Google. If you ever wondered how you could live in the cloud, today’s introduction of the “chrome web store” may provide the beginnings of an answer. But only the beginnings… Using Chrome (the only browser that works) you can go here and download any number…

  • Solid State Drives

    Solid State Drives

    July 2023: Another HISTORY lesson in computer technology. Enjoy! 🙂 In the “old” days we had a term for random access memory that did not lose it’s data contents when power was turned off.  Non-volatile RAM…NVRAM. It was cool stuff then, still is. Now the the next generation of non-volatile memory is being used in solid…

  • VUDU Review 2

    Rating:  5 WaterTowers (still nearly perfect) After you are done here:  See my original review of VUDU. This weekend we recieved our new Vudu system.   As you may already know, we love Vudu and we used it for a long time before I actually had to remind Vudu that we had the demo unit.…

  • XtraNormal Text to Movie App

    Rating:  5 WaterTowers (super cool Internet based technology!) If you can write…you can make a movie using xtranormal.com software…I’m sorry, but, this is wickedly cool, and I just had to share it. Coworking is cool!  I did this at…

  • “The Big Bang Theory” Videoconferencing

    If you watched the “The Big Bang Theory” last night you saw a really cool application for videoconferencing.  Do a search on “HeadThere Giraffe” (I’m serious) in this blog to see a very similar (and nicer) implementation (I copied the picture above). I was watching the show but was called away (by Lori!) to do…

  • 9-11 and Videoconferencing History

    I posted this last year….thought it would be interesting to repeat for as long as I am able. Lets not forget. Just a quick blog entry to raise the awareness of a bit of videoconferencing history that occurred 8 years ago today. (Not to mention telecommuting, since I did all my work that day from…