What if people throughout history had access to Microsoft Office? How much easier would it have made things? I can almost picture it now, like what if they had access to Excel back with Apollo 11? … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Mozilla Firefox and the Back and Forth With Enterprise Allows IE and Chrome A Window of Opportunity
At my last organization, we included Mozilla Firefox in images for deployment to all the computers for the sake of having an alternative browser since Firefox 2. Before I left, there were already talks about removing Firefox and discontinuing support for it as an IT department. It increased overhead and problems with user support (another thing to cause issues, teach users, and … [Read more...]
Today’s Google Doodle of Calder’s Mobile Moves With You
Celebrating Alexander Calder's 113th birthday today, Google has created a Doodle to adorn the Google homepage today that can really spin. You can either use your mouse to grab a colored part of the mobile and give it a spin or if you're using a laptop that has an accelerometer and a browser that exposes it (like Chrome), you can tip and tilt your laptop to get the mobile … [Read more...]
More Feedback For Netflix’s Price Model Change
Following the price increase for Netflix services, we saw a simple message making its way to Netflix last week telling the company "Netflix, you sucks!!". Today's message arrived to the Atlanta Distribution Center with a bit more artistic rendering of their feedback: … [Read more...]
Mac OS X Lion Now Available with New Mac Mini and Macbook Air
Back in June at the WWDC, Apple set the release of Mac OS X Lion for July. Today the latest version of the operating system is available and it has brought hardware refreshes with it for the Mac Mini and the Macbook Air. There are over 250 new features of Mac OS X Lion which includes Multi-Touch gestures, Mission Control, full-screen apps, and Launchpad. You can upgrade to OS … [Read more...]