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Google's purchase of Nest

This Nest acquisition makes me think Google didn’t want these things to be jokes. That they want to make devices that tens of millions of people will buy and use in the way that they buy and use Apple devices. via Daring Fireball Linked List: On Google and Consumer

Google Glass is a borg mullet - Boing Boing

Google Glass is a borg mullet - Boing Boing. I completely agree. Remember, no matter how cool you believed them to be, the Borg were the bad guys.

Vast Majority of Smartphone Users Care About Privacy - eMarketer

As more of consumers’ lives depend on mobile devices, the chances they have something on their phones they want private has become very high. According to research, about four in five US smartphone users have private files on their devices—and the share is even higher among the youngest adults.

The Best Approach to the Worst Conversation: "You're Fired"

When you’re a manager, no one is going to make the first move for you. People on your team may have hinted around it. They may have submitted subtle or even assertive feedback. But until you sit down with Jeff and try to turn things around, you’re the

Microsoft Sets a New Threshold for Windows Development | Developers | TechNewsWorld

Developers are key to Microsoft's efforts to gain a foothold in the apps market and create a cohesive Windows ecosystem. Its upcoming OS refreshes, code-named "Threshold," will strive for commonality across its three main platforms -- Xbox, Windows and Windows Phone -- making it easier for

Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2 | Ars Technica

Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2 | Ars Technica. The trouble was that GUIs took a while to develop, and they took up more resources than their non-GUI counterparts. In a world where most 286 clones came with only 1MB RAM standard, this was going to

Past, Present & Future

As I tossed and turned my way to sleep last evening, a thought passed through my mind that just would not leave me to my slumber. This is a framework that I want to consider more thoroughly in time, but need to put it down now so it is not

Mobile app market continues its meteoric rise: report - Mobile Marketer - Research

“The most surprising finding is that the rate of new apps being created is accelerating,” said Simon Khalaf, CEO of Flurry, San Francisco. “You would expect it to be flat. The rate itself has doubled year over year. “Nothing seems to indicate a slowdown, every indicator is up and to

Capital One introduces pattern tracing to simplify mobile banking log-ins - Mobile Commerce Daily - Banking

Capital One is making it easier for customers to sign into its mobile banking app replacing passwords with a pattern that users trace with their finger. The new feature is designed to address two of the biggest issues with mobile banking: Bill-pay security and ease of account sign-in. SureSwipe is

Review: The Galaxy Note 3 is big—and it pulls some benchmark shenanigans | Ars Technica

USB 3.0 is still going through some growing pains. As you can see above, the Note 3 won't let you keep USB 3.0 on all the time. You have to enable it just before your transfer, and it will automatically disable itself after four minutes of

Delta to Use Microsoft's Surface 2 Tablets in Place of Paper Manuals - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD

Delta said on Monday that it plans to buy Surface 2 tablets using the Microsoft hardware to replace paper flight books for the airline’s 11,000 pilots. via Delta to Use Microsoft's Surface 2 Tablets in Place of Paper Manuals - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD.

Mayday for Mayday?

Billy Joel famously sang that we didn't start the fire, but Amazon definitely has with their latest Kindle Fire HDX and its Mayday feature. While the feature itself has received lots of praise and amazement, the biggest question people have been asking is, how on earth does Amazon

Coyote Tracks - Dear Recruiter

This post originally appeared July 31, 2013 on BetterProjects.net. This. Multiple times each week. So this letter isn’t as much a waste of your time as yours was of mine, I’d like to offer a new slogan for your firm, free of charge: “Matching miserable people with

Settings Things Straight

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Having a round-trip commute of 106 miles, with around 24 miles of that through construction, it takes me a little while to get to work and back home every day. Even with that long duration, my podcast addiction is so great that I

Jobs on Innovation

Twenty years ago, Steve Jobs described innovation without actually using the word itself. What really fascinates me about this is the metaphor he uses regarding the technology industry as sediment; layers in a rock. All metaphors break down at some point, but he's right when you think about

Interview Questions by the Vampire

The first time I heard about the interview questions asked during Google's interview process, I had a few thoughts that basically went like this... 1. Whoa… that's crazy cool. 2. You know, I'm not sure I would be able to come up with a

Housing Requirements

This post originally appeared June 22, 2013 on BetterProjects.net Quick, but hopefully funny, story to tell you all. Earlier today, my wife and I took a short drive to meet a real estate agent who was going to show us a new (to us) house. We’ve got a

A Google Glass A Day

On a recent car ride with the family, when everyone in the car but the driver, me, was asleep, I spent a little time letting my mind free associate on recent technology announcements. One that was really floating through my head was how at the most recent Google I/O,

Examples of Missing the Point

I remember reading James' article when he left Google, but it has been a year since he left and when his blog post started marking the rounds again last month, it was picked up elsewhere in the blogosphere, it started me thinking again. Lets look at one of James&

McDonald's Theory -- What I Learned Building... -- Medium

This post originally appeared April 30, 2013 on BetterProjects.net. McDonald’s Theory — What I Learned Building… — Medium: I use a trick with co-workers when we’re trying to decide where to eat for lunch and no one has any ideas. I recommend McDonald’s. An interesting thing happens. Everyone

Windex, for spotless Google Glass

Google Glass has so far been very divisive, especially for a product that is barely a developer preview, much less a full-fledged consumer product. Some people are suspecting that it will be a massive failure and even the company's chairman admits that it can be 'weird'

Responding Responsively

This is a speech I recently presented at my local Toastmaster's club. It is part of a larger discussion I've done a few times about Responsive Web Design. I wanted to do something a little different with this speech so I recorded it to let everyone

Hadyn's Last Day

Note: This blog entry was written on March 2, 2013 but was not posted immediately due reasons I hope are obvious to the reader. Its emotional; time was necessary before it could be posted. ***** “Don’t you even wonder sometimes if its worth it?” popped up the iMessage from my

Decoding Apple Announcements

[vc_row el_position="first"] [vc_column] [vc_column_text el_position="first last"] One thing that I really wish I could ask the Apple executive team is why and when they decide to make announcements. Lots of people have discussed over the years how, when

"Drooling, blithering Idiots"

Neil Tyson has always been such a fascinating figure to me. If my inclinations has not been toward technology but to science, he is doing exactly what I would have wanted to do with my career. The above video has always intrigued me as it poses one of those great