Tag Archives: internet

Save Money on Tech e-books via Twitter and Facebook

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Twitter and Facebook may cause us to waste a lot of time, but they can be useful, too. I’ve even saved some money using Twitter (probably wasted some, too, but let’s not get into that). For example, by following OReillyMedia, … Continue reading →

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Links of Interest, 2010 Sep 12

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Here are links to some recent articles I found particularly interesting: TechCrunch on why Android is not working out to be as open as Google wanted. David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work, on how to have more insights. … Continue reading →

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A Balanced View of Google

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Bruce Keener

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article that was pretty critical of Google: Is Google more controlling than Apple? I have to admit that it was not as balanced in perspective as I like articles to be. I … Continue reading →

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Why Twitter, Facebook, etc Seem So Addictive

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Many theories have been offered for why Twitter and Facebook and [fill in the blank] seem so addictive. One of the theories that makes a lot of sense to me was recently offered by Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational. … Continue reading →

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Is Google More Controlling Than Apple?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Bruce Keener

After reading Paul Carr’s TechCrunch piece this morning, I decided to kill off some of my social media connections. The first two that came to mind were Google Buzz and FriendFeed (also owned by Google), because they generally just repeat … Continue reading →

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If You Think Today’s Technology Is Cool, Think About This

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Bruce Keener

It’s been a while since I have talked about our ability to control our own evolution. But, some recent developments and a few interesting articles made me think this is a good time to revisit the subject. In particular, the … Continue reading →

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Is Technology Hurting Us? You Can Win the Battle if You Try.

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Bruce Keener

You multitask, don’t you? A typical example of it is reading email and/or Twitter or RSS feeds while “listening” to a phone call or “participating” in a meeting. We do it for at least a couple of reasons: We think … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Not Getting an Anroid Phone. Yet.

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As I mentioned in my previous post, I watched large chunks of last week’s Google I/O event, and was so impressed at that time that I was darned-near ready to just go out and buy an Android Phone at Verizon. … Continue reading →

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My Current Thinking on Getting an iPad

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Every day since the iPad was introduced, I have been thinking about getting one. But, my experience with the Kindle has been nagging at me: I have a first generation Kindle, which will not even view PDFs. It is okay … Continue reading →

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Will Google TV Force Broadband Price Increases, Performance Decline?

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Bruce Keener

You have probably read or heard about people switching away from AT&T and the iPhone because of performance problems with the network. You may have had issues with this yourself. I certainly get aggravated with the signal quality on my … Continue reading →

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