Being a geek with one eye on the internets at all times, I am finding that there are a lot of technical marvels that are slowly sliding into mainstream acceptance. Okay, lest you think I’ve forgotten, I definitely qualify as an early adopter. No question. But take a look at this bicycle hubcap, that makes […]
Exit, stage left.
As someone who spends a lot of time on Google apps, I follow Google’s blog for the insights and quick tips. This afternoon, Google posted an Update on Google Wave which basically says that as much fun as it was to make and cool to play with, high on innovation and reframing our ideas of communication, […]
Epic win.
EpicWin is an an iPhone app that combines a to-do list with a streamlined RPG, so you’re rewarded for completing your real-world tasks with XP, loot and levelling-up. I could totally see us using this in higher education. You know I’m going to be all over this when it’s finally released. I want to be a […]
Where I go.
Yes, I Foursquare. Yes, there’s an app for that — and I use it. A lot. I have a lot of mayorships, but it’s mostly because I live in a small town. Okay, we have more than two stoplights, but believe me; to me, this is a very small town. But that doesn’t make today’s […]
Show you mine if you show me yours.
Phones are incredibly personal. If you’re like me, they contain most of our lives within their circuitry. The smarter these phones get, the more dependent I get. My CrackBerry greatly expanded my capabilities to manage the data in my life. I could access my email, and add addresses and other relevant data to my contacts. […]
Designing in the new world.
I used to be a web designer. I knew how to hard code, and I scoffed at design applications like Dreamweaver and FrontPage (okay, so it’s appropriate to scoff at FrontPage). They would do hideous things to the code, and I’d be above it all, pulling out a simple html editor that wouldn’t add crap […]
Rockstars.
Back in the day, I used to be a DJ. To prove how old I am, I was on the air back before Howard Stern could say anything he wanted, in olden days when you actually had to have an FCC license. Really. I spent 10 years in radio, first in high school outside Princeton, […]
Augmented reality.
Daniel Frommelt was in town, as usual, for the Penn State Web Conference and, this year, totally blew me away with his presentation on Augmented Reality (AR). It’s the first time I’ve really come into contact with this emerging technology, and I was mesmerized. Here’s the slick video from “We’ve got a huge budget and […]
