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Apple Watch – FirstThoughts

March 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

We have been having “conversations” with various folks online after yesterday’s Apple Watch event and have been defending the following positions: – [...]

Winning is great…

January 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

The recent circus surrounding the AFC Championship game’s “Deflate-gate” has brought this idea of you-can-win-but-not-too-often to the fore for me. A lot [...]

Grab And Go Gear

November 22, 2013 // 0 Comments

After  using the Fujifilm X100S almost daily for seven months, we now take it with us whenever we step out, end of story. If there is even the slightest hint of the [...]

The Near Future Of Photography

September 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

While  looking back recently on what we have worked on in 2013, we realized we have done quite a few articles on photography and related gear; maybe too many. So when our [...]

Adlens Adjustable Eyeglasses FirstLook

August 23, 2013 // 0 Comments

We got a lot of interest in the Superfocus (FirstLook, FirstUse) eyeglasses when we reviewed them three years ago. The Superfocus (formerly TruFocals) glasses worked [...]

NUI FirstThoughts

March 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

Jeff Han set the user-interface world on fire with his FTIR-based multi-touch technology presentation at the 2006 TED conference. The interface’s ease of use was [...]

Fast Food and Free WiFi

February 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

A few years ago, Starbucks began offering free WiFi in all of its stores. We mentioned it to our readers a few years ago, because we sometimes hang out there to socialize, [...]

Disruptive Tech

January 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Disruptive technologies come along every so often. Keeping an eye out for them has been one of our interests ever since we read Clayton Christensen’s books on [...]

Yay!!! Four More Years!

November 7, 2012 // 0 Comments

The 2012 election concluded yesterday with a decisive Electoral College win (303 to 206) for President Obama. We went as early to our local voting place, but there was [...]
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