Since about the middle of December I have been unsubscribing from just about every list I am on, especially the ones where someone is trying to sell me something. It’s funny the emotions you go through for just a simple unsubscribe. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) kicks in. “What if I miss that awesome deal […]
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The Really Well-Designed Combination Lock
Using the Masterlock Speed-Dial 1500 reminds me of how I felt when I first used an iPod. Of course this is how a combination lock should work. I bought this little beauty today and was really impressed with the obvious attention to detail and great design, not to mention how easy it was to use. […]
The Lessons From Get On The Shelf
Walmart Labs is a division / subsidiary of Walmart. The mission of Walmart Labs is simple: Fix the Innovators Dilemna within the company. After struggling for quite some time, it appears Walmart Labs is beginning to hit their stride. They are churning out ideas fast and furious. Some will work, and some will not. One […]
The Game(ing) Show – Catalyst For Thought
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a live theater event here in Raleigh called The Game(ing) Show. You can read more about their vision by visiting the Kickstarter project. The show featured a cast acting out scenes in a play intermingled with the audience coming forward to play games. The […]
SwitchCoder – Build Voice and SMS Apps with No Infrastructure
I am excited to be writing about a project I have been working on for the last four or five months. SwitchCoder is an application which allows you to build voice and SMS applications and deploy them, all from a browser. Application developers will have no longer have to maintain their own infrastructure or deal […]
The Romance of Manufacturing
Having watched the last couple of debates (vice presidential and last night’s presidential), I am struggling to understand the obsession with bringing manufacturing jobs to the United States. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t get why we want these jobs. Having seen the pictures from inside of Foxconn, where iPhones and iPads are made, […]
Trusted Referrers – How To Fix The Reference Process
I was working on a project recently and needed to find out if the prospective vendor could actually do the work. So, I did what everyone else does in a similar position, and asked for references. The references, as you would expect, were glowing. We were going to be working with a great company. I […]
Why Marc Benioff Is One Of The Best
I watched an interview with Salesforce.com’s CEO Marc Benioff from the Techcrunch Disrupt Conference which happened last week in San Francisco. You can watch the entire interview here, and it’s worth thirty minutes of your time. I have always been a big fan of Salesforce.com. They were one of the very first companies to make […]
Air Show HD – A New App To Share Your Pictures
There’s an exciting new company just getting going here in Research Triangle Park called Splitmo. Splitmo is focused on building applications that take advantage of the growing capabilities of Apple TV and iPad to share screens and move content between screens. Splitmo was founded by Rob Witman, an entrepreneur who recently moved here from the […]
People Don’t Stop
The other day my wife and son were in a car accident. They were hit in the middle of an intersection by an oncoming car. Fortunately no one was hurt in either our car or the other. I can’t say the same for our vehicle. The officer showed up on the scene to do the […]