Category: Experiences

  • Scroll Excel 7 first look

    The market for tablet computers is looking rosy according to any number of research studies and reports in the mainstream media and tech press. It’s continuing good news for Apple and its iPad and for the myriad Android tablet-makers; and…

  • Good experience with a mobile Google+ Hangout

    One of the most appealing things about Google+ is the Hangouts video conferencing feature. It lets you conduct impromptu video conversations with up to ten people with just your connected computer and a webcam and microphone. Nothing to install or…

  • Engaging outside the inbox

    Doing some email housekeeping earlier this morning, I got thinking about the futility of much of one’s day-to-day email. Even though I’ve been using a nifty program called NEO Pro for the better part of the past decade that sits…

  • Sizing up the Samsung Galaxy Note

    I’ve been exploring a new gadget this weekend, a Samsung Galaxy Note that I have for review. If you looked at it, you’d think it was a rather large smartphone. Indeed, compare it to the Samsung Galaxy SII that I…

  • Touching the BBC

    I was taking a look through the beta version of the BBC’s new website when it occurred to me that what I was interacting with was a web presence that’s geared to touch and feel more than to point and…