printDigg DiggThese things the younger generation will never experience first hand: Recording on A VHS tape. 8 tracks, cassettes and even Cds The Apple II+ and the Timex Sinclair. Life without cell phones. Life without instant access to the news. Do you remember carrying a boom box around? Good quality music. Music actually is not as good on…
Category Archives: Hardware
Why Has Rim Survived?
The trials and tribulations of Rim continue. Despite all their internal issues, they are rated as the number one company in Canada to work for! This is amazing when you think about it. The employees still want to make it work. I truly admire them for their dedication. Rim has many issues that the technology…
Why Is Amazon’s Entry Into The Tablet Market So Important?
Why is Amazon entering the tablet market so important? A lot of people are now saying just another tablet. I think a lot of you should take notice. Amazon normally hits home runs. I personally feel this will be another one. Why do I think this way. First off Amazon never does anything half fast….
This Week In Technology – A Trip Down Memory Lane
This week I thought I would do something a little different. I would do a bit of a trip down memory lane. I have been a geek as long as I can remember. I thought I would share some thoughts, trends and where things have gone. How We Purchased Music When I was a young…
Why Mobile Connectivity Is Growing In Health Care
Currently we live in a society that is way to busy. The expectation is that everything in business needs to be done yesterday. Managers expect everything to be done now. They expect that email means an immediate response. The reality is means many mangers have more connectivity to email and the Internet today they ever…
Why The Playbook Will Fail
The Blackberry Playbook will fail. I played with one in the store on Friday and admit the dive works well and is nice looking. This will go only so far in the day of technology. Rim made one big mistake when they released the Playbook. What mistake did Rim make you might ask? Rim made…
TWIR Special April 22, 2011 Amazon S3 Downtime
TWIR Special April 22, 2011 Amazon S3 Downtime from Rob Cairns on Vimeo.
Offline Storage In The Digital Age
Introduction Offline storage in the digital age is always an issue. Why is that you might ask? Media should last forever. Well that is not true and there are formats which are forever changing. How do we deal with this you might ask? Let’s take some time and examine these critical issues and I will…
The BlackBerry Playbook
From Cnet this is Blackberry’s entry into the Tablet Market:
