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• The Opposite of the Treo 650 I want a new phone. The menu interface on my SonyEricsson T610 is annoying and frustrating. Part of it is T-Mobile (a text message for each voice message isn’t necessary), part of it is SonyEricsson (a 12-step process for writing an SMS?), and part of it is me (highly critical behavior strategist & interaction designer).
• Why Haven’t I Picked up the M-Audio MicroTrack Yet? I’m putting together a strict list of requirements I’d like from a mobile podcast recording device: 1/4″ TRS & XLR inputs 1/8″ headphone out Recording onto SD/MMC card Big Red Record/Stop button (as the only control) Rechargeable battery That’s it. Nothing More. Like my quest for a phone with a very specific and limited feature set, the key is what I’ve left
• Remembering the TRS-80 Color Computer Inspired by Frank Patrick, I thought I’d track down the first computer I remember programming on - the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer II. Thanks to Dad for the hardware and Mom for the subscription to the short-lived Enter Magazine. Ironically, it was called the “color computer”, and I only remember it plugged into a 9″ black &
• What I Want from Diapers - At a Glance Color Indicators There are a number of indicators to determine if Cooper’s diaper needs a changing: Is he screaming? Does the front of the diaper feel and look full? Are his clothing, blankets, or crib wet? As you can see, all the items in this list are what economists call lagging indicators. In addition, two of them have fairly unpleasant consequences. Continuing
• Until Audio Hijack Pro for Video, Videoblogging Won’t Take Off Before I made my first videoblog, I assumed there were 2 challenges video-blogging had to overcome before it could be as be as hot as podcasting File size for video are a magnitude larger than audio, so bandwidth is that much more precious. Without something like BitTorrent, each additional download is money out of the producer’s