Fun Stuff

Several months ago, while driving to lunch, I spotted a sign near a warehouse area here in Hollywood Florida. It was one of these small signs that usually get posted illegally near a highway off-ramp and generally promote some of the following:

• Buy your old home
• Help you clean your credit
• Buy a new mattress
• Help you out of foreclosure
• Etc....

However, this particular sign was promoting cheap web site design. I took a snapshot with my camera and posted it to my Facebook page.

Today I came across another sign and this one was right outside of my building in the parking lot. And I can see how the competition is starting to get fierce since they are less than half of the price from the one I saw a few months ago. And these guys even added their URL to the bottom. Way to go, now that is what I call progressive thinking.

Can these companies really be serious?

I would love to see more of these if anyone has them, please add your photos to the comments below.

Well they did it again...

Come on people, it is a tablet, an enlarged Ipod Touch. There is a coolness factor to it and eveyone wants to play with one, but give it a few hours and then what?

It is an enlarged tablet-Iphone-thingy-without-a-phone-camera-or-cellular-connection.

The Iphone was revolutionary, years ahead of its time (and still is IMHO), but we have already seen it and done it. The wow factor is gone.

Yes the screen is bigger, but who cares, that just makes it more difficult to type. I realize that I will not be the first to state this online, however I did keep an open mind to this device. Afterall, I am the target market for this type of gadget. But I am a minority. I am not an apple fan boy. But I do like to have useful gadgets to compliment my simple lifestyle. For instance, after taking an old Celeron PC and purchasing a nice designer case, I made myself a very affordable but stylish media pc for my living room. Since I cut corners on the insides (and it works just perfect for watching movies and TV on my 52" LCD) I splurged on the Logitech DiNovo Edge keyboard, which works great and looks just as good in the living room. I use this setup in my living room to do everything that I see available on the IPad, and then some.

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"I'm pinned, someone get me up."
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The date was Friday the 13th and I would like to say it was a dark and stormy night, but the truth was it was a bright and sunny afternoon. We actually had to close the blinds in our South Florida offices because the sun was producing too much glare on our monitors.

The event was a huge success and saw our team working together for a common goal. So much so that exactly one week after we all got together again, off-hours, to complete the next level together.

With the current crop of new Mac Books that is saturating the market these days, much can be said about the innovative and inspirational design that has gone into their hardware. Apple has always been known for their award winning design. And they always seem to be the trend setter with many other manufacturers following in Apple's footsteps.

However the latest crop of keyboards which they have been using in the Mac Books really makes me wish that others won't follow (do you hear me Sony?).

Is this really innovative design? 

Or is Apple really not the trend setter that everyone thinks they are?

Maybe the true style masters were at Radio Shack back in the 1980's...

Planning a team building event in today's uncertain economy can surely be a challenge. Aside from the cost of the event you must also consider the cost of lost time (which is so crucial with the overall economy slowing more each day). However, the optimist in my sees this as the most opportune time to have our first ever "Virtual Team Building" event. When would be a better time to enjoy work, your co-workers and life in general? In 3 months when the economy slows even more and we are all overflowing with media depression? Or in 9 months when everything picks up and we are so busy we don't have time to take a break?

I say there is no better time than the present and we have set out to make it happen.

Seeing as one of our team works remotely, its not economical to all get together in one physical location. So we have opted for a virtual event. This Friday happens to be Friday the 13th (again, since we just had one in February) and since we all made it through unscathed last month, why not use it to our advantage now.

Our theme is set and our plan is in place. We still have to work out some of the technical details but hopefully will confirm everything tomorrow!