I received my Nexus 6P a week or two after the beautiful Fall colors disappeared and gave way to the drap leaf-less trees. Despite the missed opportunity, I still took the smartphone's camera for a test drive and shot a few pictures and a video. The video is a simple walking tour in the evening with lights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAPi7PmijCI A still of the … [Read more...]
Why the tech industry needs more women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQGshHOUy8k This infographic was created in the brief and controversial time that Ellen Pao was CEO of Reddit but presents eye-opening numbers of women in the technology industry. There are also some reasons why the industry is skewed how it is and why the industry needs balance and what is being done to increase the female representation in a … [Read more...]
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers spikes a Microsoft Surface
In a tough loss to the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was clearly frustrated. He decided to take his anger out on the official tablet computer of the NFL, the Microsoft Surface. Microsoft's tablet has had a difficult road starting with commentators calling them iPads initially and now the Packers quarterback performs an expletive-filled spike of … [Read more...]
Social media is making us narcissistic
Narcissistic personality disorder involves a preoccupation with self and how one is perceived by others. It wasn't that long ago that front-facing cameras were a rare feature on smartphones and now they're standard. Is it truly the selfie to blame or has this been going on since early forums and instant messaging days? The effect has reached the masses and is available … [Read more...]
CODEGIRL documentary available on YouTube
From rural Moldova to urban Brazil to suburban Massachusetts, “CODEGIRL” follows the story of 5,000 girls from 60 countries as they compete in a global entrepreneurship and coding competition by Technovation. The girls have three months to develop an app that attempts to solve a problem in their local community. In the film, they size up their competition, interact with … [Read more...]