Archive for the ‘Anecdotal’ Category

NFC is here to stay – How Near-Field Communication will change the way you pay

November 16th, 2011 by Greg Austin 0

Major retailers all over the world are beginning to take notice of a relatively new technology that enables customers to pay for purchases using little more than their cell phone. This technology is called Near-Field Communication, or NFC for short. NFC enables cell phone manufacturers to embed computer chips, which require no power to operate, [...]

Surf Fishing in the Delaware Bay

July 16th, 2011 by Greg Austin 0

Let me start by saying that I have been fishing my whole life; it relaxes me. I grew up fishing in lakes and ponds around Delaware and even in California and Florida a few times. When I was a pre-teen, my grandparents purchased a house in Bowers Beach, Delaware where I worked on The Capatin’s [...]

The content sandwich

July 15th, 2011 by Greg Austin 0

I have watched a ton of websites launch recently that have a semi-creative header, a colorful footer, and the center of the website has vast empty spaces for no rhyme or reason. This is the area that the website developer has left up to the client to manage. The problem is, the client has no [...]

Should I buy a laptop or an iPad?

April 21st, 2011 by Greg Austin 0

Should you purchase an Apple iPad – iPad2 or a Laptop? It is easy to confuse an iPad as a replacement for a laptop computer. Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, made note of this fact in January of 2010, he said “the iPad is not a laptop replacement, it is just cheaper.” The two devices are [...]

World Backup Day

March 31st, 2011 by Greg Austin 0

Today is world backup day and I have just read about 10 different posts from a variety of tech blogs that I subscribe too. I have to admit that I am guilty of not backing up as frequently as I should and its interesting that I am tasked with creating a video for my daughters [...]

Palm, HP, Sprint and Beyond.

February 10th, 2011 by Greg Austin 1

I waited patiently for the new Palm Pre back in June 0f 2009. I drove my co-workers and family crazy for at least 3 months before the day it finally launched on Sprint (great service in Dover, Delaware). I will never forget the day I finally got my hands on its round shape and all-in-one [...]

Convergence, Divergence, & The Future of Internet Marketing

January 9th, 2011 by Greg Austin 0

At the 2011 Consumer Electronic Show, Motorola announced a new device called the Motorola Atrix. Since my first PDA device 6 or 7 years ago, I knew this type of device was coming but, I never expected it this soon. The Motorola Atrix is a perfect example of technological convergence. It solves many challenges and [...]