November 5, 2011
Dilbert Shows The Way to User-Centric Government
October 16, 2011
Human Evolution, Right Before Our Eyes
Human Evolution, Right Before Our Eyes
This is One Super-Charged Bikini
This is One Super-Charged Bikini
October 15, 2011
Your iPhone Deserves To Stand
Your iPhone Deserves To Stand
October 8, 2011
October 7, 2011
Think Different, Change The World
Think Different, Change The World
August 6, 2011
DRI or DOA
DRI or DOA
August 3, 2011
Head Over Heels For Technology
This is really a very cool video called iPad Head Girl.
The girl is covered with 4 iPads--each with an image of a different angle of a headshot (face, back, and sides) making it look almost like her real head.
You're thinking--what is this: a robot, a person, an alien?--it's really up to your imagination, but you'd better get a closer look.
I understand from Coolest-Gadgets that this is actually part of an advertising campaign by Thinkmodo for a racy iPad magazine called "Cosmo for Guys," and No, I am not promoting this in any way!
However, the advertising with the walking head iPads and the images of the girl is definitely making heads turn, but for very different reasons and it has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with technology.
My view is that we are fascinated by the "latest and greatest" use of technology--and are basically ready, on the lookout for the next great amazing breakthrough.
Technology while obviously amazing feats of science, engineering, and design--also borders on the magical for most of us as we watch and see what the new technology can do, even though we don't really know how it does it.
Like the lady walking around with iPad head--we see it, but can't really believe what we're seeing.
The miracle of technology--keeps us all at the edge of our seats with hope, wonder, and awe for what magic is going to walk down the street next and leave us mouths agape.
Head Over Heels For Technology
July 2, 2011
Happy Guy Dancing
Happy Guy Dancing
Technology, Just Eat It
Technology, Just Eat It
June 15, 2011
Apple Store "Heaven"
Apple Store "Heaven"
May 31, 2011
CPR by iPhone
CPR by iPhone
April 27, 2011
Smartphone Apps For Shopaholics
In the old Ginsu commercials, they used to say "In Japan, the hand can be used like a knife...but this method doesn't work with a tomato."
Smartphone Apps For Shopaholics
March 23, 2011
ZyPAD + iPad = Wow!
ZyPAD + iPad = Wow!
March 5, 2011
iPhone Plug Ins: The Possibilites Are Endless
iPhone Plug Ins: The Possibilites Are Endless
February 18, 2011
You Can Run From MORIS, But You Can't Hide
You Can Run From MORIS, But You Can't Hide
February 6, 2011
Apple: #1 Super Bowl Commercial Of All Time
Apple: #1 Super Bowl Commercial Of All Time
February 4, 2011
Apple Cool Is Serious Business
Jim Bueermann, former Chief of Police of the Redlands Police Department in California is a visionary when it comes to his adoption of iPhones and iPads for law enforcement.
I was fortunate to have met Chief Bueermann recently when he shared his experiences with Apple technology.
Earlier than most people, Bueermann saw how smartphone and tablet technologies could change the way his department could do business. He understood that information available to his people was as potent a force as a physical advantage.
This video shows his officers using it on the beat and back in the office - it's ubiquitous for them.
On the Apple profile, Bueerman states: "It allows them (his workforce) to look at satellite maps, access the Internet, send emails, and take photos of potential victims and subjects."
Lt. Catren of the Redlands Police says that "Having all this information at your fingertips and being able to share it instantaneously with other officers in the field is invaluable" and has led in many cases to identifying perpetrators and capturing suspects.
In the video, we see police officers using mobile technologies for everything from capturing information to giving presentations, from sharing suspect photos to analyzing and reporting on criminal activity, and from scanning property to taking and watching video surveillance.
I like when one of his officers explains that because of the portability and ease of use of these technologies, they are basically "made for law enforcement."
Moving to iPhone and iPads (and Droid devices etc.) with all the available innovative Apps at the touch of button is a culture change organizationally, but also it is a game-changer for how we use information technology anytime and anywhere for protecting people and saving lives.
Just because a technology is user-friendly, doesn't mean that it isn't "serious business."
Redlands PD is a great illustration, although on a small scale, of how we can adopt what was only a few years ago considered "consumer technology" and use it to great effect in the enterprise.
While Apple doesn't have a monopoly on this technology, it is certainly a good example.
Apple Cool Is Serious Business
January 29, 2011
The iWatch Does It All
The iWatch Does It All
October 2, 2010
You Can Slow Them Down, But You Can’t Stop Them
What happens when someone does something and you don’t like it—I mean you really don’t like it (and that something is painful—physically, emotionally, or even financially)—you try to get them to stop.
You see it all starts when we are little and growing up and big brother Johnny pulls our hair or takes our toy and we go running to mommy, yelling to make Johnny stop. Mommy comes out standing straight and tall and pointing her sharpened finger at Johnny, and looking Johnny straight in the eyes says stop bothering you’re little sister. Johnny looks down, sulks, and says okay (maybe even expressing a barely audible, and hollow, sorry). But then what happens when mommy leaves the room for a few minutes, Johnny’s at it again.
And that’s what happens when Johnny is doing something wrong…imagine if he believes he is doing the right thing all along, of course, he continues on his merry way doing what he was doing.
Organizations, like people, seek to stop the pain as well and if they can’t compete in the markets, they take it elsewhere.
The Wall Street Journal, 2-3 October 2010, reports “Microsoft Lawsuit Seeks To Slow Google.”
Like Johnny, Google (although technically smaller than Microsoft revenue-wise) is doing something that Microsoft really doesn’t like; Google is walloping Microsoft in smartphones: “Microsoft’s share of the worldwide smartphone market this year is expected to fall to 6.8% from 13% in 2008, while Google is forecast to jump to 16% from less than 1% two years ago, according to IDC.”
Microsoft like the kid, who wants the hair pulling to stop, and they can’t make it stop themselves through a competitive product at this time, is running to “Mommy,” in this case the courts, and seeking relief by suing Motorola, the handset maker for the Android.
As one patent lawyer put it: “My gut feeling is Microsoft is losing the hand-held wars and they’re using their patent portfolio to get some of it back.”
Certainly, Microsoft isn’t alone is using this slowing tactic, for example, recently HP filed to sue Oracle for hiring their ex-CEO Mark Hurd, even though as 24-7 press release notes California tends to favor the free movement of employees and do not enforce non-competition agreements.
While Microsoft believes their new Windows Phone 7 (i.e. the Windows Mobile replacement) is the answer to their smartphone operating system prayers, and will help them to compete against the Google Android (and the Apple iPhone), the market results remain to be seen.
If Microsoft continues with an inferior product, then like a Johnny in the right, Google will continue to go right on beating Microsoft at their own game (unless of course, the courts say otherwise).
You Can Slow Them Down, But You Can’t Stop Them