There’s been quite a firestorm about Facebook and its issues with protecting user privacy. In particular, Facebook has been changing their Terms of Service (ToS) to just about let them do anything with any and all data you provide. I personally find the trade-offs involved to be worth it for the convenience of being able [...]
Filed under: Geek on June 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Remember that big, long review I posted of our new phones a couple of months back? Well, it’s gotten a long-anticipated update to Android 2.1 which, honestly, almost makes it feel like a new phone. I know at least a few of you have been considering it, so let me give you a run down [...]
Filed under: Geek on May 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
Warning: If you don’t want to read a geeked-out in-depth review of a cell phone, turn away now. No, seriously. Unless you’re getting ready to pick up a new one and like Sprint, this isn’t the post for you. Afterwards we will continue your normally scheduled broadcasts. As I recently posted, Shauna and I picked [...]
Filed under: Geek on March 20th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As a first-time smartphone buyer, I really didn’t know what I was looking for when I picked up my Motorola Q9c a couple of years ago. All of my research centered around the checkbox features of the phone delivered at the price it was offered for. To be fair, getting a smartphone with a keyboard, [...]
Filed under: Geek, Life, Shauna on March 13th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The backbone of any company, especially one that deals in technology, is innovation. You need to come up with better ideas than everyone else to be the best at what you do and win the hearts of your customers. Inevitably, though, companies will fall into the trap of thinking that they can simply rest upon [...]
Filed under: Geek, Rants on March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
I have to admit, I was excited about Windows 7 from the get-go. I downloaded the Beta and Release Candidate and played with both, but not really that in-depth. Still, it was enough to get me convinced that it was time to leave Windows XP in the dust. So far, I’m very impressed. Here’s what [...]
Filed under: Geek on November 8th, 2009 | No Comments »
A lot of people don’t really get Twitter. To be honest, I didn’t get it either until I actually started using it. Up until this weekend, I used it primarily to share links and get customer service escalation as well as easily exchange short messages with friends. During General Conference, though, I found out that [...]
Filed under: Church, Geek on October 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
One of the few shortcomings of my phone has been an inability to send MMS messages, an odd thing for a phone with pretty much every feature known to man. It's not been much of a problem for me, though I found recently that it meant I couldn't directly upload mobile pictures or videos from [...]
Filed under: Geek, Life on January 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Apparently 7% of you are woefully unprepared for the switch from analog to digital over-the-air TV signals on February 17, 2009. The easy answer is to get satellite or cable service, but a lot of folks just aren't willing to shell out the bucks. Plenty of you are also unwilling to grab a new TV [...]
Filed under: Geek, Politics on December 23rd, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I've finally caved into social pressure and decided to fully embrace Web 2.0. Last night, I signed up for a Facebook account. I went whole-hog tonight by signing up for Digg and Twitter, resurrecting my Delicious account and creating a group on LinkedIn. I figure it's time to fully experience all of these social networking [...]
Filed under: Geek, Life on December 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
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