The Non-Profit Tech Guru

I crossed paths with a couple of these babies last week – definitely some interesting stuff. Here’s another installment of the good, the bad and the ugly.
Good:
1. The much ballyhooed multi-tasking. Switching apps is a breeze and you are right where you left off when you come back. Come on, Apple!
2. A real keyboard – [...]

Fed’s RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon
This is funny, because I immediately knew what it meant, making me extremely rare (and geeky). Let’s unpack it a little.

Fed – the federal government
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification – a small embedded computer chip that contains information that can be scanned by a multitude of electronic equipment
-iocy – [...]

This is one sweet ride – and you can plug it in to any electrical outlet. 300 miles on a charge and 0-60 in 5.6 seconds – Yee Haw! 5 adults + 2 kids! 17″ Infotainment TouchScreen! What the hell is that!? I have no idea!
Downsides – this baby runs $50 Grand and won’t be [...]

I have a client that recently moved their office – have had Comcast Internet for many years and wanted it in the new space. Comcast assured us that it would be no problem – they scheduled the install for 5 days before the move date.
They show up at the scheduled time, and after 1/2 hour [...]

Well, I took the plunge and upgrade my 2-year-old original iPhone to the 3GS model. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly:
Good:
1. WAY FASTER – especially on cell data – I was trying to get my mail on the Edge network and it took forever – the 3G network and faster hardware make [...]