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Steve Jobs says the PC is the future, in 2007

May 19, 2010

Here’s an ironic video of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at the 2007 All Things Digital executive conference. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal asks Steve and Bill what is the principle device of the future. Ironically, Bill describes the future as a range of devices including a tablet form factor, a mobile device, [...]

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Invest in AAPL instead of buying Apple

April 4, 2010

This is yet just another obligatory review of the iPad. I’m sure there are thousands of unboxing videos, app reviews, and fanboy videos out there. So why bother with yet another review? This is about how one Apple, or rather technology fanatic has completely drank the kool-aid and joined the consumerism bandwagon. My home has [...]

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Change your passwords, or you’ll be hacked

April 1, 2010

John from One Man’s Blog posted a very scary article on how he’d hack your weak passwords. Using sniffers and other brute force tools, he’d hack into low priority sites. Rather than hacking a bank account, which has greater tracking and security, he’d start with these low priority accounts, like Flickr. If you’re like most [...]

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How the iPad will Revolutionize the Way We Use Computers

January 30, 2010

The Apple tablet, officially named the iPad, was announced with mixed reactions. Unlike the iPhone announcement, this product was something that people didn’t really need. Steve Jobs asked the audience if there was room for a third category of mobile devices, in between the iPhone and Macbook laptops. Visionary Jobs believes so. He believes that [...]

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Innovation and Disruptive Technology

January 24, 2010

Every few years, a new product or idea comes out that revolutionizes the industry. The word processor came out and made the typewriter obsolete. The telephone changed communications. The airplane made the world much smaller. The Internet made newspapers a thing of the past. With the anticipation of the next iPhone coming out, and all [...]

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Four New Must Have iPhone Apps for Business

December 7, 2009

Early, I posted 10 essential business apps for a traveling consultant. Since then, I’ve gotten my hands on several new apps that have enhanced my productivity while mobile. CardSnap Business Card Scanner ($14.99) Most of the business card readers on the app store do the OCR (optical character recognition) using the phone’s relatively slow processor. [...]

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Tech Support Cheat Sheet – How I Do It

August 26, 2009

People often ask me how I know so much about computers and how I get all these things done so fast. Webcomic xkcd just figured out my trick and made a flow chart. I rarely know all the shortcuts or where the buttons are in an application, it’s a matter of poking around and just [...]

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Traveling Consultant? There’s an App for that. 10 apps for business productivity.

July 8, 2009
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There’s an app for everything. As a traveling business consultant, I rely on my iPhone more than most people. I depend on a core set of apps that help me remain productive during down times: waiting at the airport, waiting for a meeting to start, and “shhhh…” while commuting home. My upgrade to the iPhone [...]

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