Archive for April, 2007
Hdtv 1080p projector for $3,000
Thursday, April 26th, 2007I meant to report on this one when I first read about it in TWICE earlier this month. But I forgot!
So thank you to The New York Times for also being late with the story and thus reminding me of same.
There’s a beauty shot in that article too, so I will leave you to the [...]
Being one with your customer
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Sometimes it’s hard to understand a customer who seems not to understand what we mean. For example, it seems so simple to deduce that a disk drive tray on a computer would be for a disk and not to hold a cup of coffee.
It’s frustrating at times, wondering how we explain a thing like that. [...]
Emotional technology
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007The Blackberry is just a little thing. Or is it?
I promise not to say this too often: this article is a must-read. It’s the first time I’ve said it here in The Neon Log, and I rarely say it in person. Those words would have so little meaning if I used them too often.
You should [...]
RIM admits: yes, it was us
Friday, April 20th, 2007Wow. A software upgrade led to the massive BlackBerry outage, affecting the lives of millions of users. I’ll tell you in a minute what I think about relying too much on any one technology or service provider. But first, I am distracted by the reason for that mishap. (Or tragedy, depending on your vantage point.)
The [...]
Big catalogs for tiny gadgets
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007There’s a Best Buy Mobile store on Broadway, a little south of Zabar’s. Outside the store is a plastic container of large catalogs: a buyer’s guide to choosing one’s cell phone.I picked one up. It struck me as funny, a forty-eight page large glossy catalog for selecting tiny gadgets. In reference to yesterday’s comment (below) [...]
Photo sharing on the decline
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007This story came out a while ago. March 30th to be precise. I thought it was a no-brainer, so did not respond right away or feel the need to discuss it.
As more people take digital photos, from cameras and cell phones, the prospect of sharing same becomes more daunting. Complicated. So many solutions, and so [...]
“Laptop shipments hit record high”
Thursday, April 12th, 2007If you are interested in that type of headline, I recommend going to the Consumer Electronics Association’s website, direct to this page, and signing up for their daily email brief. It’s called the CEA SmartBrief, and is one of the finest examples I’ve seen of a clear layout, smooth editing, and easy to find links.
But [...]
Is it really about you? Or is it just me?
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007I am going to disagree with Christopher Hitchens, as I often do, at the same time that I am silently thanking him for raising a point, starting a good argument, or just being the agitator on a panel that needs agitating. I am grateful for the Christopher Hitchenses of the world. Of which there are [...]
Preventable errors in thinking
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007I am not that interested in how doctors think.
But I am interested in how we all think, doctors included. So Jerome Groopman’s new book on this subject, and his article on same in the January 29 issue of The New Yorker, have both engaged my interest. Not because I want to point fingers at error-prone [...]