Reviews

Favorite iPad Apps for New iPad users

by Dave on December 30, 2011

I’m sure that many of you received a shiny, new iPad during the holiday season, so I thought I’d update my original article on favorite iPad apps.

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2D Barcodes and Stupid Marketing Tricks

by Dave on February 26, 2011

2D QR barode

My Silly Use of a QR Code

Don’t be distracted by the latest shiny new object.  Just because 2D barcodes work in some applications doesn’t mean that they work everywhere.  I’ve recently seen two very bad implementations and on silly suggestion around 2D barcodes.

  1. Someone recommends you place a QR code in your LinkedIn or Facebook Profile to prove your technical prowess (see the barcodes on webpages below)
  2. A large banner at a non-technical, open-to-the public trade show with a 2D barcode that had no suggestion what to do with it, what it lead to, and required a unique app download
  3. Our local business weekly put a QR code on their front page (which might be OK) but it took you to a not-optimized-for-mobile web page (it didn’t even look like the webpage was optimized for desktop browsing)

read more about 2d Barcodes…

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iPad 2nd Impressions – More Apps

September 28, 2010

Don’t forget to see my previous posts on traveling with the iPad and using the iPad. This is my 2nd post on applications here’s the link to the 1st post on iPad Apps. Must have these iPad Apps – for Work I use my iPad mostly for my work in online marketing (that’s my story [...]

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iPad 2nd Impression – Favorite Apps (Part I)

August 29, 2010

I use my iPad for content consumption. I create an occasional email and have been playing around with dictation. But for the most part, I’m using it to get, not create, information.

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iPad Second Impression – the Network Matters

August 18, 2010
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This is part two of three of my “second” impression of the iPad. Read the first of my series – my review of the device. I couldn’t justify the 3G version for normal use, so I opted for Wi-Fi only (I did spring for 32GB). At home and at my online marketing agency Wi-Fi access [...]

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iPad Second Impression – The Device

August 16, 2010
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What, no First Impression? A few days after my iPad arrived, I started a blog post on my first impressions – but I was like a kid with a new bike – it was all shiny perfect – hard to find fault with anything. Any review would have been glowing, and ultimately useless. So I [...]

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Late June Garden Video

June 27, 2010

I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone here – provide a raw video from a FLIP Mino HD to compare with video shot on Verizon Droid Incredible, and give those who were interested an update on my garden’s progress. For those curious about the garden, we’ve had some very dry weather, but the [...]

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Sample Video from my Droid Incredible

June 1, 2010

This video was shot using my new Droid Incredible.  This is raw footage with no editing, loaded straight to YouTube, so you can get an idea of what comes “out of the box”

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Droid Incredible First Impressions

May 11, 2010
Droid Incredible Smart Phone

Frustrated by my aging Blackberry and wanting to experience some of the new tools liked Google Goggles (see below), I was drawn in by the early positive reviews. And they were right – In general, I’m blown away by features and performance of the phone.

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A Presentation Tool I can’t Live Without

March 11, 2010

I just finished using the Logitech Professional Presenter (R800) again – this time for a seminar. I can’t get over how it’s so easy to use and reliable.

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