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Category: Technology

  • Google Cardboard Virtual Reality

    Google Cardboard Virtual Reality

    Google Cardboard has been around for a year or two.  Until now, I followed the progress of Virtual Reality with great interest, but, had not yet played with VR of any kind, soooooo, I decided to give it a test drive! Not having a ton of money, I did a search for the Google Cardboard…

  • Music: Google Play and iTunes

    Music: Google Play and iTunes

    I realize that music CD’s are going the way of the dodo bird…..BUT…..we still have a great CD collection, and Lori keeps buying CD’s. As such, I have a TON of uploaded CD music on my Windows computer–in iTunes. But, I want to use Google Play as my cloud-based music storage location (I am Google-fied).…

  • Our Land Line Telephone: End of an Era

    Our Land Line Telephone: End of an Era

    On April 10, 2016 the unthinkable happened……we cancelled our land line telephone service.  209-836-2044 is now disconnected / out of service. Really quick history: Lori and I are both old time Bell Labs employees in Holmdel, NJ.  So land lines and telecommunications services are in our blood…. The passing of our beloved, battery operated via…

  • Cloud Based Computing: Confessions of an Early Adopter

    Cloud Based Computing: Confessions of an Early Adopter

    A few years ago (mainly because I was broke and could no longer afford high-priced PC centric programs like Word, Excel, etc) I decided to start moving my PC-centric “stuff” off of my computer and into the cloud (I happened to choose Google, but, the choice is yours where you end up. Click here to…

  • Fun with Statistics: Do More Blog Posts Result in More Views?

    Fun with Statistics: Do More Blog Posts Result in More Views?

    My math skills are fading, but, I thought it would be interesting and fun(?) to look at some stats of my blogs while re-learning how to do some statistical analysis. I am using Google Sheets, and will add to this post as I figure out more analysis I can do…..while keeping it interesting and fun.…

  • Vidyo and Stampede Introduce Drone Based Video Conferencing

    Vidyo and Stampede Introduce Drone Based Video Conferencing

    OK, this video is COOL!   I was the Chief Technical Office for the TeleCon conference many years ago….these videos gave me MAJOR nostalgia.  Makes me want to get back in there and do it!  🙂 —- — Here is the Press Release: Stampede and Vidyo Introduce Drone Based Video Conferencing Solution at InfoComm 2015…

  • Coworking = Life Balance for the Entrepreneur or Telecommuter

    Coworking = Life Balance for the Entrepreneur or Telecommuter

    In 1990, I was one of two people responsible for writing the “Telecommuting Plan” at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Little did I know then how much “telecommuting” would change my life. In telecommuting I saw the perfect solution to many issues confronting society (and my own life).  Chief among them is what I always strove…

  • Cameras on Smartphones: Photography for Everyone

    Cameras on Smartphones: Photography for Everyone

    Call me old fashioned, but, this is the first year that I am really enjoying using the cameras (front and back facing) on my smartphone. My new Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has a camera that is every bit as good as our standalone Sony camera for utility, instant, use. Caveat: I am not a professional…

  • Test Your Web Site to See if Google Thinks it is Mobile Ready

    Test Your Web Site to See if Google Thinks it is Mobile Ready

    I found this link recently and gave it a try to make sure my web sites are approved by Google to be “mobile ready”.  They are! You should do the same….. — TechyMike.com   — TracyReaderDad.com   — ForCarol.com   — Conclusion Change your web sites to mobile friendly because the world is going mobile…

  • The Woz and Stan Lee Use Video Conferencing to Plan Comic Con 2016

    The Woz and Stan Lee Use Video Conferencing to Plan Comic Con 2016

    How far has videoconferencing technology come in the past 25 years? Pretty far, but, it sure has taken a long time. The culture has finally caught up with the technology. Watch the YouTube video below as Stan Lee and Steve Wozniak decide to have Comic Con 2016 in the San Jose Convention Center, March 19…