I need to make a few points up front before I go forward: I prefer Apple products I make a living in the Widows World I am not buying the iPad After years of speculation leading up to January 27th, Apple finally announced the iPad. I am not alone when I say that I was a bit underwhelmed by the iPad. It started with the name of the device. [Read More]

1 Comment Tags: Add new tag, Apple, AppleTV, iPad, iPhone, IPhone OS, iPod, IPod Touch, MacBook, New York Times

So I have been struggling with all of the new iPhone applications that take advantage of the GPS and Geo-Location features of the device itself. The problem is, is that checking-in and out of so many applications has forced me to focus in on the core few that I would really want to invest my time putzing around with. It is harder than it seem [Read More]

2 Comments Tags: Add new tag, Brightkite, Facebook, Foursquare, Google, Gowalla, iPhone, Loopt, twitter

On the way to work this morning listening to one of my favorite Podcasts, Your Mac Life with Shawn King, he was interviewing one of the co-founders of BusyMac about thier Mac application BusyCal. After looking at their website, I must say that I am quite impressed with what they have done on the desktop in terms of picking up some of the slack whe [Read More]

3 Comments Tags: Add new tag, Apple, Google, Google Calendar, Google Sync, ICal, iPhone, Microsoft, MobileMe

One of the applications I frequent on my iPhone is CameraBag. Brought to you by the folks at Nevercenter, CameraBag is branded as a "One-click photolab." To me, it is one of those 'must have' iPhone applications if you want to do a bit more with your mPhotography other than simply taking flat images for the moment and quickly blasting them out to [Read More]

No Comments Tags: Camera, CameraBag, iPhone, Mac, Photography, Software

One of the greatest home appliances in this day and age is that of the Digital Video Recorder or DVR. What began with a very primitive TiVO that simply recorded one show on one channel, has evolved into a mulitple-tuner device that allows you to literally deal with three different television programs at the same time. Great technology, but one th [Read More]

No Comments Tags: Daily Show, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Technology, Television, TiVo, Verizon FiOS

Now that I have decided to shoot on the iPhone with a bit more intent, I thought I would share some of the apps that I have found to be quite handy and ticked nicely into this digital camera bag of mine. I plan on diving deeper into each, but for now here is a look at the first two screens on my iPhone. The home screen.  Where most of the [Read More]

2 Comments Tags: iPhone, mPhoto, Photgraphy

There was a time when a "mobile" photo was for nothing more than to capture a blurry, pixelated, entirely too small image that could be used for not much of anything. This has all changed with the above-2 Mega-pixel mobile phone market. From the BlackBerry and iPhone to the plethora of Android handsets on the market, more and more pixels are be [Read More]

2 Comments Tags: iPhone, Photography

There is currently much hoopla around foursquare and their offering with the recent release of that service in London, but I found it to feel exclusive to those who live around a major metropolis like London or New York.  For me, I have discovered a new player on the block called Gowalla. The concept is simple.  You use the GPS function of th [Read More]

1 Comment Tags: Facebook, Foursquare, Geo-Tagging, Gowalla