Over the last few months I've been watching as the WiFi speeds in the local Starbucks keep going from slow to slower. Today with one other person connected, the speeds were as slow as I have seen in my area in a very, very long time. As someone who has been using the Starbucks Hotspots … Read more
I'm not giving up on Apple. No way. But what I do like about Android is the true multi-tasking that it offers. Lately, I've been using my Androids and iPads more for multimedia and less for work. Being home helps, of course vs. the 32 days of business travel I did between mid-October through mid-November, … Read more
I won't go into reviewing in depth the Samsung Google Nexus as enough other reviews are out there, but what I will say is if you're a Google centric person, where you make extensive use of Google Apps, Mail, Calendar, Picasa and all that Google has to, then this is the Android phone for you. … Read more
Image via Wikipedia The last month has been meeting filled, travel filled, hotel filled, wine filled and friend filled. I've been in six cities, four countries. I've flown four different airlines, rented a car, taken trains, ridden in local cabs, and walked. I've also again stayed connected. How? My legally unlocked iPhone used a local … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Over the past few years and really over the last decade when it comes to Rieslings I've turned my attention away from Germany and towards other regions of the world that are producing world class versions of the noble grape that are far from sweet. Of those regions that include Oregon, France's … Read more
We are over conferenced. This week alone I will be at two, maybe three events and could be at more. TechCrunch Disrupt starts on Monday in San Francisco, CA Demo starts on Monday night in Santa Clara, CA-Attending IT Expo and a medley of co-conferences all start on Tuesday in Austin, TX-Attending/Moderating StartupCamp is Wednesday … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Last night I dropped by my local watering hole, that just happens to be one, if not the best restaurants in San Diego's North County area. Chef pal Jeffrey Strauss for many years has set the high water mark in the Del Mar, Solana Beach area and is widely regarded as the … Read more
Image via Wikipedia My trip down Languedoc lane continues with this nice nine year old St. Chinian red. As a fan of Mas Champart, it's nice to see other producers making wines of memorable quality from a region that's not very well known on the west coast and where we see so little diversity in … Read more
Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more
Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more
