Current events 2010 | Tech news | Bloomington, IN

For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past 3 months, here is an update of some very important happenings in the tech world. I assume most of these are being tackled more in-depth by Wired, Techcrunch, BoingBoing, or other large online publishing companies, so go check them out for more info. Not in any particular order of importance… just the most fresh first. Apple releases...

iPad : Is it useless or genius? : Tech Bloomington, IN

There’s a lot of buzz going around the internets about the new Apple product, iPad. This tablet computer is suppose to be the next best thing to the iPhone, but is it really? I mean, it is a larger iPhone/iPod touch and it can have 3G wireless connection… so why wouldn’t it be great? There are a few reasons why I don’t think it’s worth the money. I’m going to give...

Twitpay | Pay friends via Twitter… | Bloomington, IN

I was reading Wired online and came across an article titled “The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Free” and they highlighted a new web app for Twitter called Twitpay. Twitpay allows you to send money through Tweets linked to a Paypal account. At first glance, I thought this is could be the least secure way to pay someone but a very innovative way to pay...

Proposable, the web app that will make project managers giddy | Bloomington, IN

Need a proposal completed and sent? I would suggest using Proposable. This app does it all (or most) and isn’t overrun by features. Proposable allows you to create proposals, save pages in a library, archive proposals, email your proposal and get great feedback about the proposal from the client. A ‘comment’ feature is added to the submitted proposal for the client to give near realtime...

Buzzing over Google? | First Impressions

Google, you’ve done it again…maybe. I’m pretty sure we don’t need another obscure/personal/boring/witty/knowledgeable status update system in the Internets. I could be wrong! I mean, Google is the ruler of the Internets and when Google says to jump, we respond with “may I have another app?” For those of you stuck under a rock or on Bing, you might have missed the...

Seesmic Look | #seesmiclook | First impressions

Looks like there is another Twitter app available for use called Seesmic Look! I think if you are a part of the Twitter world, you probably heard of Seesmic. They have developed one of the great downloadable Twitter application to manage your Twitter accounts. Now, Seesmic has just released a downloadable new app for Windows called Seesmic Look. This app is based on Windows’ Silverlight technology,...

5 tools for Twitter | Bloomington, IN

Here is my roundup of 5 tools for Twitter. These tools are what I use to maximize my Twitter experience. #1. HootSuite : In my past post about the web app, you will notice I have a real attraction to the User Interface. Its so easy to manage your Twitter account in the HootSuite interface by scrolling left and right and inputing your message. Also, there is a feature to watch keywords used by users...

Around town fun with Foursquare | Bloomington, IN

Remember in elementary school there was a game called ‘foursquare’. The game had four squares and you stood in a square and bounced a ball… I don’t remember the rules all that well, but most people remember some version of the game. Now, there is an app called Foursquare… but has nothing to do with the game in elementary school. Foursquare is a smart phone app. It uses...

Top 5 Books in my Collection | Bloomington, IN

Recently, I’ve been reading a lot because it’s too cold to do anything. That’s kind of my routine every year around winter time. I’ve decided to release my top 5 list of books I love to read and re-read. #1) Outlier : the story of success by Malcom Gladwell This is an excellent book about success and how outliers are made. The outliers are the rich successful people you read...

Collabtive | Collaborate and Project Manage | Open Source

I’m a huge supporter of Open Source programs. Especially, if these programs have a great community backing to help troubleshoot and keep enhancing the program. A few open source programs that you might have heard of are Wordpress, Joomla, and Linux. Wordpress and Joomla are CMS platforms that can be installed on just about any Linux based server. Linux is the operating system that can run a personal...