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Gadget Debates

The major debate right now is what to buy for a tablet, netbook, and e-reader…

Many people want portable devices but we’re not exactly clear on what features we really want in the device…

Do we want solely an e-reader?

Do we want to browse the web?

or sadly enough…

Do we want to “work” while we’re mobile?

The devices are all catering to those situations with different styles and sizes.

IPad, Nook, Kindle, eePC, the list goes on… Multi-touch, 4G, e-ink, HTML5, Android, epub, Jolicloud, etc. The buzzwords kill you.

My take on it right now is, is that these devices are all “Iteration 0” devices… Apple’s famous approach to device Caesarship is to put something out there and iterate every year. How many iPods and iPhones have you bought? That’s what I thought…

All of the technology out right now, in my opinion, is throw-away. Now, I know that they are all expensive and we really wouldn’t want to throw them away… but we all know the cliche of “it’s out of date yesterday”… With this, it’s even worse because these are pioneering devices… research devices meant to figure out if “this is what you want”…

The Kindle and Nook are betting on e-reading only… the iPad is betting on it’s multi-touch portable PC tabletism… Netbooks think you really want your laptop with you at all times…

It’ll be interesting to see how they’ve iterated in 2 years…

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permalink launchDFW is a new site that’s being put together to help showcase the startup community in the Dallas Fort Worth Area!

We all (in this particular community) feel like there’s a lot going on here, but we’re not as known for it as NYC or the Bay Area… We’re going to change that!

Speaking of, here’s a list of things going on in the DFW startup community in March:

Monday March 1st – Dallas Startup Happy Hour
5pm at the High Tech Bar at the INFOMART in Dallas.

Wednesday March 3rd – Ignite Dallas
6pm at the Granada Theater

Friday March 5th – Find a Founder
Dallas-based microseed fund and business accelerator, Tech Wildcatters, is hosting a Find a Founder night.
5pm-7pm, at 2211 Commerce St, 2nd floor, Dallas, TX.

launchDFW is a new site that’s being put together to help showcase the startup community in the Dallas Fort Worth Area!

We all (in this particular community) feel like there’s a lot going on here, but we’re not as known for it as NYC or the Bay Area… We’re going to change that!

Speaking of, here’s a list of things going on in the DFW startup community in March:

Monday March 1st – Dallas Startup Happy Hour 5pm at the High Tech Bar at the INFOMART in Dallas.

Wednesday March 3rdIgnite Dallas 6pm at the Granada Theater

Friday March 5th – Find a Founder Dallas-based microseed fund and business accelerator, Tech Wildcatters, is hosting a Find a Founder night. 5pm-7pm, at 2211 Commerce St, 2nd floor, Dallas, TX.

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Y’all know I love them Foursquare boys…

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Multi-touch It

I was thinking about this today… while I was working with my normal setup (2 laptops and a large monitor in the middle).

I want my screens to be multi-touch, but not make that my priority.

Maybe my brain has been trained the last few years on my iPhone, but I swear to you today that I saw a dialog box come up with a big red X on it.

I instinctively reached up and pushed the OK button.

I love my mouse and keyboard, but wow did I really want that button to work. It almost frustrated me that I had to move my hand all the way back (after the reaction) to my keyboard/mouse to get rid of the dialog.

At any rate, boring post I know, but just thinking…

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permalink check out all the snow pictures on view140!

check out all the snow pictures on view140!

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Google Buzz and Google Accounts

So I have to gripe about the GOOG for a second…

Their account system is whack… it’s fractured and confusing…

I have a “Google Account”

I have a “Google Apps Account”

They don’t work the same at all, they have separate sessions in my browser, and it just so happens that they have the same “email” as the login.

How does this get confusing? Well…

If I log into reader, I’m actually using my “Google Account”… If I log into my webmail account, I’m using my “Google Account”…

The confusing part is the pieces of both, which I’m not quite sure which one I’m logged into at any moment: Google Docs, Google Calendar, and eventually Google Buzz.

It’s all just a big cluster f___ and I want out!

btw, I’m trying out Buzz… and I had to sign up for a new GMAIL account, using my “Google Account”, which switched my email login, so that may help. Who knows.

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the beginning

the beginning

completed tower

completed tower

electronics are the best

electronics are the best

Took the “Little” to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History… We put together this monstrous tower, with these thin wooden blocks, definitely a confidence booster for him as everyone (adult and child) were standing and watching to see how tall we could build it… Loved it!

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