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Computer Security. Watch out for Ninja!

Max — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:05:41 +0000

I recently presented to the Southwest Networking Group, my presentation outlined basic security techniques we can all use to pretect our digital identities.

Here’s a link to the presentation.

Powerpoint presentation on computer security

Presentation on productivity tools

Max — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:56:09 +0000

I recently presented to the Southwest Networking Group, my presentation outlined several productivity tools available that could streamline your working day.

Here’s a link to the presentation.

Powerpoint presentation on productivity

Productivity tool Links:
www.rememberthemilk.com

www.evernote.com

www.livescribe.com

connect.microsoft.com/site94

Interactive Magazines

Max — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:34:33 +0000

The inevitable release of Tablet PC’s may spell the demise of eBook readers such as the Kindle, purely for their ability to deliver rich multimedia content and interactivity beyond simply bookmarking pages. Content providers on the other hand are welcoming in a new age of rich multimedia delivery made possible by Tablet PC’s.The video below shows how Viv magazine will deliver its interactive content to the iPad platform.

As pretty as that looks it’s probably only going to be plausible for feature articles, production costs would prohibit content providers from delivering such slick content on a regular basis. Future digital publications will contain static and dynamic content, the dynamic content being reserved for feature articles and closed sections and static text to fill the remainder.

We’re definitely at the precipice of interactive publications, whether this will benefit humanity and save the content providers from the brink of disaster remains to be seen. I’m certain that like me, you’re waiting for your interactive, scratch and sniff version of the sports illustrated swimsuit calendar.

2010, the year of the Tablet PC

Max — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:56:41 +0000

Salivating for that iPad? I bet.. Check out what else is due to ship this year.

In a year that will be defined by tablet PC releases i’m going to fight my urges to splurge on the iPad and hold out for HP’s Slate.

My logic for the decision is based on HP’s open standards as opposed to Apple’s walled garden. The video above emphasizes Adobe’s Flash and Air support on the HP Slate, which will be sorely missed on the iPad. Coupled with the fact that HP will be running a derivative of Windows 7 means I can load basic business intelligence applications I already have.

Anybody who owns an iPhone will attest to how annoying the lack of Flash support is. Granted it’s no showstopper, I can surf the web notwithstanding Steve’s decision to forgo Flash for support of the App Store. Games are the highest grossing items in the App Store and casual gaming is one of Flash’s strengths. Will we see Flash support in future iPad / iPhone updates? I think the market will determine that. There’s a horde of new Tablet PC’s about to be released, you can bet all of them will support Flash and Air in some incarnation.

Microsoft Courier may set the cat amongst the pigeons once it’s formally announced, the courier is a dual screen tablet aimed squarely at the journaling set.. In a perfect world, I would have a HP Slate as my sitting on the lounge surfing / reading device and the Courier would replace my diary and notebooks in my laptop bag.