June 14, 2011

Review of the Perfectly Named Scott E Vest “Expedition” Jacket – An Expedition of 37 Pockets!
37 pockets, that's what the "Expedition" jacket by Scott E Vest ("SeV" for short) has. I almost think that there are more but it could be the hidden conduits and other innovative design elements that were inflating my count. I have sort of a jacket addiction, always looking for that one that will be the one that I go to…
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June 9, 2011

NUU MiniKey Gives your iPhone 4 a Physical Keyboard
Now why would anyone want a physical keyboard for their iPhone? The on-screen keyboard is so easy to use and it's there when you need it and not when you don't. Well, my wife, for one, misses the physical keyboard of her Blackberry. There is now a solution for those people who are craving a physical keyboard for their lovely…
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June 7, 2011

ClamCase Transforms Your iPad into a Netbook with iOS Benefits
I finally got my hands on a ClamCase. When it was first announced, long before there were all of the other hundreds of bluetooth keyboard cases for the iPad, the ClamCase design really intrigued me. Now I have spent a few hours testing it out and I finally have something to write about. Over the past year that I have…
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June 6, 2011

Hey, No Messaging While Driving, Unless It’s Your Car Doing It – Ford Safety Technology Preview
Last week, Robert Scoble (Scobleizer.com), Mark Hachman (PCMag.com) Xavier Lanier (Notebooks.com & GottaBeMobile.com ) and I squished into a Ford Explorer to get a preview of some new safety technology that Ford and other auto manufacturers are starting to develop. With this new tech, appropriately outfitted cars actually "talk" to each other, many times a second, sending information about speed,…
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May 25, 2011

Time For Some Fun – My New Site Celebrating Technology Failure – Tech-Fail.com
Last week I decided that I needed a bit more fun in my life, or if you look at it another way, to add some more workload to my already busy day. Since I cover technology all of the time in the form of reviews, how-to's, fix-it's and other musings, often with a family spin, I needed a way to…
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May 16, 2011

Traditional Fans are NOT Safe, Fans Have Evolved, And Now I’m a Fan of the Dyson “Air Multiplier” Fan
When you think of Dyson, you think of those techie-looking vacuums that don't have a bag and look like they are an exercise of a engineering design firm coupled with a SciFi set designer. But, did you know that they also made fans? Enter the Dyson Air Multiplier. These aren't ordinary fans though, and I would expect nothing less from…
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May 11, 2011

Sony, Ford and NYC Auto Show Videos from the Cast of Dads Roadtrip
A few weeks ago, Ford and Sony invited the Cast of Dads on a really cool experience – a road trip from Boston driving a 2011 Ford Explorer down to New York International Auto Show. Unfortunately both Max and I were not able to attend, but Jeff, CC and Brad produced a ton of content from the excursion. I posted…
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May 9, 2011

LocalMind Makes Social Check-ins Engaging, Interactive and Helpful
We all know about social check-in services like Gowalla, FourSquare and even FaceBook Places. These services allow you to announce that you are at a particular venue, event, company or location, quickly and easily all via your mobile device. With some, the more places you go, the more credibility and achievements you get (e.g., badges). Some people might question why…
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May 2, 2011

10 Ways to Use FaceTime with the iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPod Touch or Mac That You Might Not Have Thought Of
If you have a Mac, or an iPhone or now an iPad 2, you probably have heard of FaceTime. This is Apple's foray into video conferencing but with a heavy consumer focus. FaceTime was first launched with the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch, and then rolled out to the Mac as a beta. Then the Mac version made it…
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April 29, 2011

Ford & Sony Bring “Cast of Dads” Members Together (Almost) – “Family Road Trips”
I'm encouraged that big brands out there are starting to listen. There is a difference between simply pushing your product traditionally, and using real voices, people and opinions to create stories around these products and brands. The first is a traditional method that frequently gets lost in the clutter of all of the other brand chatter out there, and the…
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April 20, 2011

iMovie & the iPad 2 = Fun Afternoon Creativity With the Kids
What do you get when you put together 2 kids, a dad, some stuffed animals, an iPad 2, iMovie and a bunch of pent up creativity? Well, I found out this past weekend as my kids and I created an entire movie (albeit short) in just a few hours using only an iPad 2 and iMovie on it for the…
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March 24, 2011

Two Beers, a Coffee, and 3/5’s of the Cast of Dads at SXSW – Video Podcast
Unfortunately, I couldn't make it out Austin, TX...some day, I do hope to partake in the madness that is South-by-SouthWest (SXSW). Heck, I only this year made it to CES for the first time! But 2/5ths of the Cast of Dads, C.C. Chapman and Jeff Sass, did make it out to SXSW, and joined Brad Powell right in Brad's Texas…
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