EssaysBe Careful Out There / Superfish / Tech Sunday16 Comments
If you own a Lenovo computer, please follow the links below and take immediate steps to protect yourself. Even if you don’t have a Lenovo, please follow the links to check if you may be compromised from one of the other vectors. I’m including the link to check your status ... more >
Essaysapps / automagical / Pushbullet / Tech Sunday4 Comments
The Beauty of the Automagical I once worked for a CIO who liked to call certain things “Automagical.” Obviously not original, but his point, really, was that software should strive to feel to the end-user as if it happens by magic. It just works.. You don’t want users complaining about ... more >
EssaysAmazon Echo / cars / iWatch / Pebble / Tech Sunday22 Comments
Watching You I’m giving the iWatch a hard side-eye. Apple.com says “Coming Early 2015!” This is me looking at my watch and muttering, it’s early 2015, people. Where’s the damn watch? I just clicked over to the Apple site and, well, it sure is pretty. The thing is, if I ... more >
A Review Category / EssaysAlexa / Echo / Not Spawn of the Devil / Tech Sunday30 Comments
A while back, Amazon sent me an invitation to purchase the Echo at some secret time in the future. I said, oh! A new gadget!!! Sign me up! And so, I waited…. and waited… and then shortly before Christmas, my invitation arrived. I 1-clicked and was told my Echo would ... more >
This past week an author who writes young adult books as well as erotic romances posted a Kickstarter weeks after the release of her latest YA novel. The novel failed to have a strong buy-in from retailers and because of that the publisher, Random House, did not invite the author ... more >
“Jamie returned to the priest, handed him two more coins, and asked him why he was smiling.” “I was thinking of all the changes you’re going to have to make, lass,” the priest admitted. “I know it won’t be easy on you, but in time you’ll come to love this ... more >