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Tech trends shaping habits and social interaction

November 29th, 2009

Two kinds of technologies have in recent months changed my daily habits and how I interact with people: web-based apps and smartphones.
Let’s start with web-based apps. For email I’ve been using Gmail for over three years now and is in my opinion the best email app around, web-based or desktop-based. For keeping track of appointments [...]

Farewell Windows Mobile, hello Android

July 31st, 2009

My two-year contract expired in May, which means I’m looking for a new phone. I’ve decided on a Google Android-based phone from my current Motorola Q with Windows Mobile. I wasn’t thrilled about Android’s version one release and now version two is coming out which is a lot better software-wise, I’m just not sure about [...]

Google Android apps first look

September 1st, 2008

Google’s Android mobile phone platform is getting closer to making it into actual devices and with it comes new apps that we can expect to see. Some initial ones were selected through the Android Developer Challenge. Here are five of them that I thought were particularly interesting:

PhoneBook 2.0 – Seems like where cell phone contacts [...]

Why Microsoft loses customers

June 20th, 2007

It was that time again for me to look at new cell phone options. My two-year contract with Cingular was over and I already decided a while ago that Verizon Wireless was looking better this time around. It also meant it was time for a new phone. I had a Windows Mobile-based smartphone the last [...]

Are you pod/audio/video-casting?

April 19th, 2006

“No one is podcasting.”
— Old Media (Newspapers)
“Everyone is podcasting.”
— New Media (Web, generally tech geeks)
Well, both sides are right. The confusion seems to be with the perception of what podcasting is. Podcasting is audio or video content recieved through a subscription, or feed, and then synced, or downloaded, to an iPod.
Now, if you’re like me, [...]

Google time travel

March 18th, 2006

A Google Image Search has sent me into the future of NEC technologies. Upon closer examination, the Internet Archive shows this area of the NEC Design Japanese website was originally launched in 2003 to show “Near-Future Ubiquitous Networking Devices Visualized by Designers.”
Some of the potential products described are pretty interesting. The mobile phone and the [...]

Future of design formats

January 29th, 2006

When it comes to designing for the web or any type of on-screen presentation, the design is based on the format you have to work with. This applies to any medium really, but has been more difficult for the computer since it’s always changing.
The internet is causing even more format changes as the website goes [...]

The tech of 2006 and beyond

January 11th, 2006

Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show defines what kind of technology we should expect within the next 1-2 years. It’s been my fifth year at the show and I’ve gotten pretty good at checking out everything that I’m particularly interested in. Some of these have been the primary focus of the show these last few [...]

Beginnings

November 17th, 2005

There quite a few beginnings here for me. The two big ones being this site’s release and my venture into the world of blogging. The other is more of a personal achievement of getting on the right track towards future goals.
This new website, DistinctiveQuality.com, will showcase some of my design work as well as [...]