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Edward Snowden is a signal. Amongst all of the noise about the millennial generation's woes, laziness, and utter lack of worth to our society, we are getting a small taste...

Photo courtesy of IStockPhoto I'm like a record player  I keep goin' round With a needle in my arm Playin' someone else's sound -  "Like a Record Player" by The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This month’s list of books are books that I predict you will have a hard time putting down.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. Behind the...

The Twitterverse was aflutter on Wednesday, particularly among technology’s ruling class, with the news of President Obama’s appearance on Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything).  In case you missed it, President...

After another extended break, the Books to Read list is back in time for the summer holiday season.  I have tried to include something for everyone in this month’s list....

Photo courtesy of IStockPhoto “You shouldn’t go to a four-year residential institution to get trained.  You should go to a four-year residential institution to get an undergraduate education that is...

Today I am really excited to announce that the 350 Third podcast is now available on Stitcher. I have been recording a podcast for a little over a year now...

If one is around technology for any length of time, there is at some point going to come a request to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).  An NDA in it’s...