Category: Technology

Hiding your Apple Watch in Plain Sight

byJon Westfall August 6, 2015 Technology
So, you’ve got a fancy Apple Watch, but sometimes don’t want to show it off. Maybe you’re going to a part of town where your watch might make you a target for crime, or maybe you want to customize your watch without permanently changing it, or maybe you just like…

The Immortal Royal Organizer

byJon Westfall July 10, 2015 Technology
Gather round for this history lesson, youngsters, as I tell you about this bad boy – the Royal DM2070 Organizer (That’s right, it had a flip cover) As best as I can remember, I bought this thing sometime in 1999 for around $30. This was a time long before smartphones,…

Savoring

byJon Westfall April 23, 2015 Technology
Colleagues of mine have looked at the interesting relationship between anticipating a favorable event (Savoring) and lumbering up to an unforable event while forlorn (Dread). And I can attest to experiencing both of those emotions. Thankfully today it’s the former, not the latter. The earliest rumors of the Apple Watch…

I realize that I Sometimes Comment Selfishly

byJon Westfall March 17, 2015 Personal Technology
Recently I’ve found myself writing comments on other people’s posts and then deciding at the last moment not to post them. Obviously it’s a good idea to always read over what you intend to say before you say it, and it’s usually at that point that I realize that what…

Oracle, Are You Really Hurting for Cash This Badly?

byJon Westfall March 5, 2015 Technology
Saw this just now via MacRumors – a wonderful note that our friends at Oracle have decided to bundle the Ask.com toolbar (an invaluable tool if there ever was one) with the Mac version of Java (as they’ve done with the Windows version for some time)… For years, Oracle has…

Professors Take Note: VLC Is Back on iOS

byJon Westfall February 27, 2015 Technology
Why should professors care that VLC is back? Because it’s awesome for playing back video files on an iOS device – making it invaluable if you teach by projecting your device using a cable or by AirPlay to an Apple TV or AirPlay server. The best part? Simply connect your device…

FiftyThree’s Pencil Stylus

byJon Westfall February 5, 2015 Observations Technology
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/01/fiftythrees-pencil-stylus-is-now-available-through-apple Thinking of picking up one of these this weekend, to add to the stylus collection I have. It’s funny how pencil and paper work so well for what they do, we’re still trying to find a good replacement in the electronic age. It’s very surreal when you consider that…