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Lenovo IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook
In: Geek Finds|Review
10 Jan 2010I like what Lenovo is thinking with their IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook. Full power notebook, Win7, detachable screen becomes self-sufficient tablet with 8 hour battery life running minimal OS. Zack Whittaker has a nice rundown of this and the Lenovo Skylight over at ZDNet.
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- Tags: Lenovo, Win7, windows
Track your sleep with an iPhone app
In: Geek Finds|Review
9 Jan 2010Sleep Cycle is an iPhone app that uses the accelerometer to detect when you toss and turn as you sleep. After setting the time you would like to wake up and positioning the phone face down on the edge of your bed the software monitors your activity and attempts to wake you at the best [...]
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- Tags: fitness, iphone
Dragon Dictation for iPhone
In: Geek Finds|Review
23 Dec 2009A geek find from last week: Dragon Dictation is an iPhone app (free) that accurately captures voice and converts to text. Press the record button, speak your speak, press done, and watch the text appear. So far the only mistakes I’ve run into are with words like on, in, an being misheard, but that’s probably [...]
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Ok, something about Google Wave
In: Geek Finds|Review
25 Nov 2009We’ve been playing with Google Wave here for a few weeks. We’ve used it to take minutes of meetings, float an idea and flesh it out, and collect and share information. The jury is still out on whether this is a winner but it is a thought provoking tool for real-time collaboration. I enjoyed this [...]
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Ringcentral review
In: Geek Finds|Review
24 Nov 2009Today I was playing with some details in the Ringcentral account that we setup for Zingerman’s Press this summer and really enjoying the ease of use and reasonable cost structure. Tonight I ran across a quick review by the good folks over at Web Worker Daily that they did last month. Enjoy.
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Why Technology Can’t Fulfill
In: Review
29 Jun 2009I really like this post by Kevin Kelly titled Why Technology Can’t Fulfill. Kevin muses on what role technology has in personal fulfillment when contemporary dominant culture is contrasted with that of the Old Order Amish. I particularly like the age old question regarding the necessity of modern industry to support the simpler ways, such [...]
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10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
2 Jun 2009I keep running across references to happiness, and especially the effectiveness of happiness. When faced with coincidences that draw attention to themselves my reaction is to pay attention. Last week I got in a conversation with Paul Saginaw about what we mean by Fun in our vision. He surprised me by saying that Fun was [...]
VirtualBox Bests Parallels
In: Geek Finds|Review
25 Mar 2009A few weeks ago my Parallels stopped working. I’d launch the app and immediately be told it was not responding and to force quit. I restored Parallels (files, prefs, .hdd) from backup, but no dice. I had been unhappy with Parallels for a while – it was a resource hog, starting the VM and booting [...]
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- Tags: mac, virtualization, windows
Skype Usefulness – Take 2
In: Geek Finds|Review
28 Jan 2009Another example of Skype usefulness within the enterprise environment… Today our Deli Chocolate Lady, Duff, called IT wondering if we could install Skype on a computer for her to use, say in the next 20 minutes? We have a reputation for fast response so this was a good challenge. What was more interesting was that [...]
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Skype – is it useful?
In: Geek Finds|Review
9 Jan 2009I think of Skype in the business arena akin to the first fax. The first fax users had few others to fax to and the inherent value in their adoption of the technology was questionable. I try to keep my Skype session up and running but others I’ve strong armed into getting accounts can’t seem [...]
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