A weekly wrap up of some relevant news of late, or otherwise interesting articles we think are worthy of passing on to you. So sit back, catch up on some news, and enjoy your Friday. This Amazes Me – Lytro is a camera like none other. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane [...]
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Friday Wrap Up: October 21
Posted by brettwagner on October 21, 2011
http://blog.sierradata.com/2011/10/21/friday-wrap-up-october-21/
Friday Wrap Up: August 12
A weekly wrap up of some relevant news of late, or otherwise interesting articles we think are worthy of passing on to you. So sit back, catch up on some news and enjoy your Friday. The PC is History: On the 30th anniversary of the PC, Mark Dean, one of the IBM engineers who designed [...]
Posted by brettwagner on August 12, 2011
http://blog.sierradata.com/2011/08/12/friday-wrap-up-august-12/
The Perfect Tablet
Apple announced their new iPad 2 today. It looks OK, I guess: thinner, faster, dual cameras, etc. Oh, and it’s available on Verizon and AT&T. Nothing unexpected. One day I hope to see my dream tablet.
Posted by danransom on March 2, 2011
http://blog.sierradata.com/2011/03/02/the-perfect-tablet/
It’s the Convenience, Stupid!
As I type this blog entry into my iPad I’ve begun to think about mobile devices, from smart phones to tablets to laptops and why they are so much more popular now than desktop computers despite the fact that they are almost universally less powerful, slower, and have fewer features and capabilities. Lower prices certainly [...]
Posted by danransom on February 1, 2011
http://blog.sierradata.com/2011/02/01/its-the-convenience-stupid/
The Future Is Behind Us – Why Developers are Bringing Back the Classics
It doesn’t sound like that long ago: 1997. But back then, when I was building my first web page, the world wide web as we know it today was basically unrecognizable. That first hideous, virtually unusable, and entirely pointless personal web page that I built thirteen years ago still put me on the cutting edge of [...]
Posted by danransom on October 28, 2010
http://blog.sierradata.com/2010/10/28/the-future-is-behind-us-%e2%80%93-why-developers-are-bringing-back-the-classics/
The Week of the Tablet
Two household names both announced that they too will be competing in the tablet/iPad space this week. Blackberry announced their plans for the PlayBook, which some are touting as the enterprise version of the iPad. Also, it is being reported that Dell has their own plans to release a 7 inch tablet in a matter [...]
Posted by brettwagner on September 29, 2010
http://blog.sierradata.com/2010/09/29/the-week-of-the-tablet/