gadgets

Treadmill desks are becoming quite popular among the sitterati. A few months ago, spurred by a combination of back problems and the chorus of “sitting will kill you” articles, I decided to build one.

Ever since I got my 1st gen iPad two years ago, I’ve been trying to figure out ways to use it for writing. More specifically, I’ve been looking for a good keyboard.

Yesterday, Apple announced a new version of its iOS operating system. It’s got a plethora of features and some are actually pretty interesting. In fact, as an iPhone user, I’m kinda looking forward to it. However, as an iPad user, I’m…

About a year ago we finally decided to cancel our expensive satellite service and switch entirely to online streaming. So, what have I learned from this experience? Let’s go to the video stream.

BREAKING NEWS: Dell is going to re-enter the tablet market with a new line of touchless tablets. From the announcement: “Our new Prespiron line of touchless tablets represents a level of innovation previously unseen in tablet computing.

Steve Jobs’ passing away this week unleashed an avalanche of opinions on every conceivable topic even remotely related to him. Will there be another one like him? What will happen to Apple? Who will lead future technology revolutions?

Ever since saying goodbye to paid tv, we’ve been relying on something other than the cable box to see stuff on the big screen. Two appliances emerged as replacements: Apple TV and Microsoft Xbox 360.

I like to doodle. I do it frequently, mostly in meetings. Just to clear the air, my doodling during meetings does not mean that I’m not paying attention. In fact, it’s the opposite. (I’m apparently not alone in this: there was a study…

Safari Books Online just released a new version of their iPad app, Safari To Go and I, for one, was very interested to try it. There are two reasons for my interest in Safari To Go. First, I’m a big fan of Safari’s subscription-based…

For whatever reason, cancelling paid TV became all the rage in 2010. Like others, we’ve been thinking about getting rid of DirecTV for some time now, but there was always something holding us back. Each time we got close to pulling the…

I decided create a series of comic strips about software development. All artwork is done on an iPad using Autodesk’s awesome Sketchbook Pro app and a Boxwave Stylus. Enjoy! You may also like: DoodlingGeek Comic: Daily StandupsGeek…

I make it a point to back up as much data as I can into the Cloud. I didn’t always do this, but there were two compelling events that forced me to change. My path to the Cloud The first compelling event was actually two events.…

I really like Safari Books Online. As one colleague put it, it’s “the gift of unlimited knowledge“. For those who aren’t familiar, Safari is an online subscription-based book service. You pay a monthly fee to get access to a boat load…