Posts with category: Tech
Don’t be like Andy Marken / Marken Communications
I know a lot of really smart, talented people in PR and marketing. This post isn’t really for them. They know that a relationship matters more than a story, and that results are measured continuously – sometimes over a span of years — not necessarily immediately. And they know it’s not just about being easy to work [...]
Last Year’s Model is just fine with me
Not that we need any more reasons to spurn conspicuous consumption these days, but I’m a big proponent of the message behind Last Year’s Model. It’s simple and to the point: do you really need a new gadget? I’d be willing to be more often than not the answer is probably no. Maybe that’s a [...]
Tesla Model S hands-on
I’m in love with with electric cars, and since I first got wind of Telsa’s all-electric luxury sedan, I knew it would probably be the first car I’ve owned in about a decade. Tesla was kind enough to put a Model S prototype on display at their Menlo Park showroom, and I have to say, [...]
New year’s resolution: do more live coverage
Listeners of our show heard it first, but on the latest gdgt weekly we announced gdgt live, which is where we’ll be doing live coverage of the big press events. The page is up now if you want to get the schedule for next week’s Apple, Microsoft, and Palm keynotes! As for the rest of [...]
Apple’s new in-ear headphones: comparison, impressions, and FAQ
Turns out a lot of people seem to be pretty interested in Apple’s new in-ear headphones — myself included. It’s not too hard to understand why, either; despite the fact that Apple arguably has more of its headphones in more ears than anyone else these days, none of them are very good. I’ve never met [...]
Nerd wish list 2008
My list of (largely) simple, yet unrealized or otherwise infeasible stuff that I’d really love to give and receive this holiday season. Stuff which I suspect would lift many a nerdy spirit in these crazy, bleak days. 10. An anti-glare option — or at least a 3rd party coating — for the new MacBooks and [...]
New MacBook Pro: now with 20% less battery power
Apple touted some pretty decent battery life numbers at the new MacBook / MacBook Pro press event this week: up to five hours on the Pro with discrete graphics off, and four hours with it on (both surely assuming ideal low-power conditions). One of the things that didn’t come up at the presser, however, was [...]
Is right now really the moment for Apple to launch new laptops?
Next week I’ll be with Josh at Apple’s new laptop event in Cupertino, and I’ll be up front about it: I’m pretty stoked. I’ve been holding off on buying until the next major MacBook or Pro revision — which I thought would come in January at Macworld — but this is clearly it. (Granted, there’s [...]
A day with the T-Mobile G1
Okay, I’m way late in getting my hands on a T-Mobile G1 (the crew in NY got to check it out eons ago), but I did get to spend a day with one all to myself, and by popular Twitter demand, here are some (very) brief impressions. Hardware A lot smaller than I thought it’d [...]
Apple protesters don disgruntled iPhone costume
Over the past few months there have been a number of protesters spotted at various local Apple store locations, but I have to give it up to these guys (MTD Drywall, from Gilroy, I believe). Not only did they go to the effort of building out a full-on disgruntled union-protest iPhone costume (with near-accurately placed [...]
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