Category — Technology

I don’t think I’ve been this blown away by a software demo in quite some time.

I actually had to take a minute and convince myself that the chalk drop wasn’t just a film of someone actually doing the test.  Now THAT’S good!

A must see!  Forgive the potty mouth.

A colleague posted about needing a new TV, and another colleague jokingly asked “What’s that!?”.

Being the geek that I am, I show him how it was defined in my house.

function TV($WifeLocation) {
   switch ($WifeLocation) {
     case "Here":
       KidsLocation = "Reading a Book";
       TVContent = NULL;
       MeLocation = "With Kids";
       break;
     case "Out":
       if KidsLocation != "With Mom" {
         KidsLocation = "TV";
         TVContent = "Disney Movie";
         MeLocation = "Computer"; }
       else {
         MeLocation = "TV";
         $MovieList = ("Ninjas", "Jedi", "Cylons",
                     "KungFu", "Vulcans", "Poker");
         MoviePick = rand (0,5);
         TVContent = $MovieList[MoviePick];
       }
       break;
   }
}

Of course, I’m joking… Except for the part about Vulcans. I NEVER joke about Vulcans.

Moving everything to the cloud (G Apps) allows us to untether from the aged shackles of being tied to a single machine.  It also allows us to take all of our information with us wherever we go, ala the Nexus One and other Android type devices.

But, what about when we return home?  While having everything with me wherever I go is extremely convenient and computing power is now optional, I much prefer my overly large LCD monitor to the 3″ screen of my cell phone.  Clearly the cloud is the long term answer – it won’t matter where I am and what device I’m using, everything is there with me.

But until the time of full deliverance, there is always that subset of information that is resident ONLY on the device I’m actually using.  In a mobile world, that is often on my cellphone.

Maybe the REDFLY Mobile Dock (aka Moab) is the missing link.  Now, all my data is securely in the cloud, it comes with me in my pocket wherever I go, and when I’m finally home I can sit comfortably at my desk in relative ergonomic comfort compared to the all too typical marathon Crackberry session where I inadvertently morph into the unholy offspring of Quasimodo and Mr. Magoo.

Maybe the Moab is a transitory thing.  Maybe it is the start of something new that helps morph mobile, desktops, tablets and MID’s.  If nothing else, its great to see someone understanding that our current pocket gadgets can learn a thing or two from the trusty laptop – going from mobile to dock with relative ease is a very nice feature indeed.

Call it a premonition or just blind luck, either way this is pretty cool.

Note the post date: November 23, 2007

Yowsa!

Some interesting ideas in this conglomeration of Social Media thought…

Wait, what!?

You heard it right.  Apparently the boys in Cupertino weren’t just spewing marketease.  Safari clocks in at 3.5 times faster that Firefox, 6 times faster than IE 8 and an amazing 42 times faster than IE 7.

Take a look at the full results on CNET.

Download Safari for the PC here.