Archive for May, 2010

A VC: I’ve Changed My Mind About The iPad

Friday, May 28th, 2010

This mirrors a lot of my experience with the iPad: A VC: I've Changed My Mind About The iPad: " Musings of a VC in NYC HomeMBA MondaysArchivesVideoTumblrRadioAbout May 27 2010 I've Changed My Mind About The iPad I got an iPad for our home when the wifi version first came out. I used it for ...

Google Calendar and iPad – Two Way Sync

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Here is how it is setup.

Froyo and NPR

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

An app I use everyday is NPR. I noticed that with the upgrade to Froyo, this app can play individual stories but streams see to be nonfunctional. Looks like I'm not the only one experiencing this. Hopefully an upgrade to the app will be forthcoming once the "official" version of ...

You can learn something everyday.

Monday, May 24th, 2010

If you hold down the Home key on the Nexus One it brings up the last 6 used apps.

Dr. Xinyue Ye

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

One of the fine rituals in academic life is graduation. How often do you get to dress up in Harry Potter like costumes and see well deserved honors bestowed upon great friends and new scholars? Yesterday brought such a day my way and I had the great honor and pleasure ...

Google Calendar and Nexus One

Friday, May 21st, 2010

For some unknown reason, calendars that I had deleted on the web were still showing up on my phone. This seemed odd to me, and perhaps there is some strange thing I did that interrupted the usual failsafe syncing between the N1 and my web calendar, but there is a ...

But will it work at the beach?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

From everything I've read, it seems the one killer advantage of the Kindle over the iPad is that it can be read in the great outdoors while the iPad cannot. I'm wondering how this might be factored into any new kindle that seems to be in the works. From The New ...

The truly social web

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

A nice explication of the silo that Facebook represents. Beyond the privacy issues surrounding Facebook, I think the more troubling issue is the Balkanization that could result as it continues to attract unsuspecting users. While their local social graph strengthens this would come at a cost of a thinner global ...

Today’s ride

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Today's ride Originally uploaded by sergerey. Gotta know your limits.

Exchanging email with Steve Jobs

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Come to think of it, my wife is out of town this weekend so maybe I should fire off a missive to Steve?