Posts by McBeese

Clearly no post-86 haircuts are allowed either. Somebody tell this guy that mullets have been replaced by goatees.

He Has a Lot of Gall

The absolute last people who should be expressing disappointment with anything or anybody are US House Representatives, especially the luddite Republicans. These are the people who think that rapes are god's will and women's bodies can shut down pregnancies for 'legitimate rapes'.

There are up to hundreds of people on these planes. These actions could lead to a crash with many killed. This is pre-meditated action and there is no excuse for it. Instead of a five-figure fine, the culprits need to be charged with attempted multiple homicide. Send a message before many lives are lost.

1024 x 600 Screen resolution - fail.

This is a last-gen tablet. Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD have beautiful 1280x800 screens and both sell for $199. This thing will have to sell for $149 (or less) to begin to attract an audience.

CTO was the wrong title

His accomplishments sound more like Government CIO things. A CTO is supposed to focus on technical advances, not the IT project management items he's credited with. Wouldn't it have been great if he'd focused more on some of the big-ticket technology items that will help drive America's technical leadership? http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/fail_32.png

Stinky

The last time I visited an apple store–shortly after the release of the iPhone 4S–I was repulsed by the stinky smell. Too many people for too long a period of time = yuchh. http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/thumb_down_32.png

Short Sighted

Here's a controversial thought: Bill and Melinda Gates are putting many lives at risk by messing with natural selection.

The world just passed 7B people and the growth rate isn't slowing. How many people can the planet sustain? What happens when we reach that threshold? Shouldn't we understand the answers to these questions before we reach that point?

One Problem...

"iTunes, he said, should support artists by giving them free computers, and help guide them through the rocky shoals of marketing, copyright, and distribution."

The problem with this is that most 'artists' are not artists and produce terrible content. A free computer will not make them better.

So, in other words, Ballmer would have been a loser if he had chosen Romney. Right? Not sure I would be telling that story.

Google+ Solves a real problem for me

Google+ solves a real problem that I have with Facebook. I'm an individual, a parent, a spouse, a boss, a client, a friend, etc., etc.. Each of these life roles is a different context and I don't want them all to overlap 100%. With Facebook, I can't easily manage this issue so it's broken for me. I don't post a lot of the things I'd like to because I don't want to share each post with everyone.

So Google+ solves a very real problem for me and many like me. That's who cares.

Can Facebook fix my problem? Maybe. Will they? Who knows, they haven't done anything about it so far. The start of a migration to Google+ may be just the kick-in-the-pants that Facebook needs for motivation.

15 minutes is over!

Bitcoin had their 15 minutes of fame and it's over now. Bitcoin can be hacked, so it will never go mainstream. The Linux-types will probably keep pushing it, but nobody else will.

Dell's Roots Are In Consumer!

Dell built itself from the ground up as a consumer company. Remember Dell was the first to offer great value on customized mail-order PCs. Enterprise came later.

This is who Steve Jobs was referring to

http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/fail_32.png This guy has just demonstrated to everyone that he is one of the people "who doesn't get it" that Steve Jobs refers to. If I were his boss, I'd immediately start looking for a smarter replacement.

Uh oh... Now They've Done It.

The most effective way to motivate someone to succeed is to tell them that they can't.

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Really?

Are you kidding me? My reaction to this Larry Page initiative is "-1"!

The Cloud Didn't Fail

There was no failure of the Cloud in this case.

An employee maliciously deleted files. That is not system failure. After the employee was fired, his access was not removed. That is failure number one. Failure number two is that the files were only stored in one location. The same problem could have occurred in an Enterprise storage environment. Who is at fault depends on the reason for the two failures, detail that we don't have.

Help or get out of the way...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/megaphone_32.pngV C money goes to entrepreneurs with a track record (the club) or new entrepreneurs with established customers and revenue. There is almost no money going to first time entrepreneurs with a product that is more than a website (may include hardware) and needs money to get to market. The gov't should allocate some high-risk money to get some of these companies off the ground. If you aren't offering cash, shut up and get out of the way.

Talk is cheap.

I have serious doubts about battery life with RIM's PlayBook and I question the viability of a QNX ecosystem. But you know what? It's not worth thinking about because THERE IS NO PLAYBOOK. Until RIM actually releases something, Apple's iPad wins in every category because you can't beat SOMETHING with NOTHING.

RIM – the time for talking is long past! Put up, or SHUT UP!

A couple of points...

My first point is a tip: you can get around the non-powered USB adapter by carrying a powered USB hub with you. They come in very small sizes these days. Plug both the adapter and the flash drive into the powered hub and you're good to go. Now the only question is whether or not iOS will recognize external memory devices.

My next point is that iPads weren't designed to replace laptops or netbooks. It frustrates me when people try to force them into a function they weren't designed for. I always take a Windows 7 netbook and an iPad on the road now. The Netbook stays in the hotel and the iPad comes with me to meetings. Any significant text input (detailed reports, etc.,) or presentation creation/editing is done on the Netbook back at the hotel or on the plane. Note-taking, giving presentations, expense entering, etc., is done with the iPad – and it excels at these functions. Restaurant and Coffee-house meetings are far less clumsy with an iPad than with a laptop on the table. I also carry a portable WiMax hotspot with me in case local wifi is unavailable.

Tip #2: You can create your presentations using PowerPoint (if you prefer it to Keynote or if your company forces you to do so) and still give amazing presentations on the iPad by using MightyMeeting. MightMeeting is a free Cloud service with a great iPad app. You create your presentation using PowerPoint and then upload it to your MightyMeeting directory. Then you launch your iPad MightyMeeting app, open the presentation, press the slideshow button, and off you go.