A Visualization of the Adtech Ecosystem
This great animated infographic should explain some things about what you see on your favorite websites in terms of ads and sponsored posts.
Siri v TellMe
Video showing a real life use of Apple's Siri versus Microsoft's TellMe as well as another video showing a Microsoft C-level exec dismissively talking about Siri.
Tech Meltdown 2011
Long time readers might recall a very bad day in 2005 where we had a hard drive die, successfully rescue it and in general, pull a lot of hair out. This was a hard drive that held photos of Chuck and Leta from their entry into my life. Back then, there was 40 gigabytes of critical life data that was in danger of being lost. Hard drives have ballooned to Read More...
Initial Thoughts on the Droid X
As part of a two month sponsorhip with Verizon and dooce.com, I get to use a Droid X for the business. I was very excited for this opportunity and hopeful that I’d be able to put the phone through some paces in order to evaluate it compared to our phones that we use normally. Verizon did not ask me to write this, but several of you have asked and I Read More...
Thoughts on the iPad
About 20 minutes after I had my first iPhone in hand in 2007, I knew that I wanted a similar device with a larger screen, especially using the browser in those early days. As the applications (both programmatically, and literally) for the iPhone grew, it only made me want something larger I could use instead of my laptop as a reader whether lying in bed or as a travel companion Read More...
