Category: Blog
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE Review
This review was made possible with the generous support of Pop Radiator! This weekend I had the opportunity to play with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 with LTE. It’s a great Android Honeycomb tablet with connectivity every where you go thanks to the LTE radio. I only had the tablet for the weekend, and quite…
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My weekly Dad’s reads, March 5th to 11th 2012
My favourite articles of the week: Raspberry Pi (momentarily) more popular than Lady Gaga… Amid ETF hoopla, don’t overlook index funds Buried deep in this article is the the little tidbit that a few online brokers, Scotia iTrade, Qtrade and Virtual Brokers, offer commission-free ETF’s (not all, but some) Can Dell Slay the Leviathan With…
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BlackBerry PlayBook & Keyboard: RIM’s $300 Netbook
So what RIM has done is either created a $300 Netbook with no software or a $300 Citrix client machine that only works on WiFi or when tethered to you BlackBerry via Bluetooth. Sounds like a real winner right? Via MobileSyrup.com. Source The Source
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Balanced Copyright Law in Canada, Bill C-11
Copyright reform is a never ending saga in Canada, to learn more about it, check this copywriting marketing classes. Well, saga might be a generous description. The current Conservative government is making another attempt right now with Bill C-11. Currently it is in committee for review, mainly because reviewing it in parliament makes it obvious…
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Awesome Note vs Notability & DropBox
If there is one thing we Dads tend to take pretty seriously is our productivity, face it when you have as many kids as us, you really need to be able to get your act together to get things done. We all find little GTD hooks and life hacks to make our tools work for…
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TomTom Via 1435 TM review
This boxing day I headed out for a bit of toy shopping in preparation for our trip out of the country so we could find cool things to do in Costa Rica without getting lost. It has been long time since I’ve been out on Boxing Day, shopping on-line is so much more convenient. I…
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Gruber on MS Office and the iPad
Another long-term strategic angle: does Apple want to lend credence to the notion that Microsoft can write first-class touchscreen tablet apps, when Microsoft is set to ship its own tablet-savvy version of Windows later this year? Heir Gruber makes a very good point here, however after seeing and pioneering iPad adoption in the enterprise first…
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FailBook 2.0: Is This RIM’s Make or Break?
One of the perks of working with Mobile devices is that you can do most of your job from the comfort of your bed before the sun rises, which is exactly how my day started at 5:45 after I had hit the snooze button a few times of course. As most Canadians will know, today…
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New Dads and Priceless Photos
Whether you’re using an iPhone or an Android, it doesn’t really matter anymore, between iCloud and Google+ features, all those thousands of family photos you took are actually pretty safe these days. Apple and Google have actually done all a great favour by storing our priceless memories online and made them retrievable from a trusted…
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Ihnatko on UI
Andy Ihnatko – Chicago Sun Times User Interface affects everything Humans interact with. Even other humans. Simplicity, clarity, elegance: chase these ’til you’re exhausted. I will just leave this here…