Technology ≠ The Simple Life

Pandora in Your Garage

2009-12-17T22:03:00.000-08:00

I know I’ve mentioned Pandora before but here is my trick to pipe internet radio music into my garage without carrying my laptop out there.Like many people, I had an old stereo receiver that was gathering dust. It is now set up in the garage and I sometimes listen to FM stations (less and less), or plug my iPod in and listen to podcasts or music while working on some project. I think I bought

Good, Fast, Cheap Pick Any Two

2009-12-16T17:31:00.000-08:00

The above adage typically applies to services or products you buy. I think it also applies to the news media. We are fast becoming a nation of Fast and Cheap news, leaving the Good far behind.As we slowly and surely put newspapers out of business, and replace them with the abbreviated news-bites from online sources, I often wonder how the articles are getting filtered and rewritten. So this

Wired Strategy Revealed

2009-11-20T11:23:00.000-08:00

When Wired magazine first came out I was entranced. Finally there was a magazine for me, one dedicated to feed my technology appetite. I subscribed immediately and looked forward to every issue. I also subscribed to other magazines for a year or two here and there, but always renewed my subscription to Wired. It remained top priority among magazines I read.The last few years though I have become

Epson Environmental Disaster

2009-11-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

I’m not going to apologize to all my loyal readers for failing to post for so long since I probably don’t have many loyal readers, maybe a few stumblers. I have been way too busy to think about writing humorous or not so humorous comments about the constantly changing technology landscape. C’est la vie. But today I feel I need to take some time and speak out.Like millions of other people, I have

10 Reasons to Change Our Calendar

2009-03-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

I’m the kind of person who likes to see some order in my life, at least on the most basic level. I can handle all kinds of change and variation, but I like to have at least some continuity that I can hold on to. For this reason, I have always been annoyed that the number of days in a month is constantly changing and that every 4 years an extra day is jammed in at the end of February which shifts

Twitter vs The Dark Ages

2009-02-28T13:50:00.000-08:00

I just learned that there are quite a few small business owners who have revenue in the 1 to 2 million range, maybe more, and they don’t even have email. This really shocks me. I guess it’s naive of me, but knowing how easy and cheap it is to set up a website and an email account, I am really surprised that there are still businesses that don’t avail themselves of this basic business tool. For $5

How To Increase Perceived Value Without Redesigning Your Product

2009-02-20T10:21:00.000-08:00