When the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were announced I thought for sure that the Plus size was way too big for me, and frankly too big for a phone period. It’s just over two inches smaller than the iPad mini screen, for example. How could I possibly use and comfortably carry a phone that […]
Category Archives: Thoughts
Clemson’s Historic Season
I haven’t written anything here in a while, which I hope to change in 2016. As I write this, the CFB National Championship game was last night, which Alabama won by 5 points over Clemson. It was a heartbreaking loss for Tiger fans, but still an amazing end to a season that I’m sure we’ll […]
In-app Purchases
With Amazon’s recent acquisition of the popular digital comics app, Comixology, there has been some great discussion around the in-app purchasing model on both iOS and Android. If you’re not familiar with the situation, comics were previously available to be purchased via an in-app purchase right within the app. As of just a few days […]
Office for iPad
Today Microsoft announced the release of their anticipated Office for iPad suite, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Speculation around this announcement has been circulating for quite some time, so it’s nice to finally see the release. I imagine this will signal the end of the PC for many Office users, as they’re now able […]
Writing the Internet You Want to Read
This is something I’ve been hearing lately, especially from Shawn Blanc on his members-only podcast Shawn Today. The Internet is full of writers and blogs each trying to push their ideas or opinions. Many times these writers are writing to make money. This leads to some not-so-great content being published every day. Then there are those […]
My Task Management Conundrum
Productivity is something that’s very important to me, so I’m constantly reading and researching the best techniques and apps available to help me stay productive. There are so many methods out there that claim to be the best, that it’s hard to decide which one will actually help you be productive. Sometimes I spend more time […]
Quick Thoughts on iOS 7.1
So far so good with iOS 7.1. I’ve been very pleased with this latest update to iOS 7. Previously I experienced lots of full iOS crashes and reboots, but this seems to have brought a lot more stability to the platform. It really seems like 7.1 was what should’ve been released at 7.0, but because of […]
Should You Rethink Your Nest Purchase?
Now that Nest is owned by Google, many people have brought up some very legitimate concerns about privacy and are curious if and how they’re Nest data could be used by Google. The folks at Nest are trying to assuage those fears, and have been speaking out a bit on this topic, including Nilay Patel’s […]
Apple “Misunderstood” Ad
If you haven’t seen this ad yet, I’d highly recommend watching it. As many people have written about in the past year or more, Apple seemed to lose its way with creating ads that really grip people and instead seemed to focus more on the products themselves, which is very unlike Apple. This commercial seems […]
Happy Birthday to me
Today I turn 24 years old. 24. When I was younger it seemed that birthdays could never come soon enough, and as kids you just look forward to the next milestone age. First, it was getting into double digits at 10. Then looking forward to driving at 16. Then perhaps voting at 18. Now, it […]