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Vinyl & the Uncanny Valley

The first time I saw John Siracusa's posts about the forthcoming Mac OS X on Arstechnica, I thought to myself, "What a sad life this man must have to spend so much

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    Ted Hardy
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Magnetic robots... HOW DO THEY WORK???

By far one of the most amazing demos I have seen in quite some time. An army of miniature robots to do my will? Count. Me. In.

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    Ted Hardy
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Is Google's Project Ara a phone in search of a problem?

Purchasing a smartphone is something most consumers do about once every two years, assuming they don't destroy their phone before its natural life is up. Google wants to change that model so we

  • Ted Hardy
    Ted Hardy
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Let's do the Tango!

Way to go Google (really Motorola) with this new prototype. This is one of the first novel ideas I've seen in a couple years. For too long has virtual reality (VR) relied on

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    Ted Hardy
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How car touchscreens could work

I find there are a lot of limits to this design (namely, 10 total gestures so if you've got more features you're out of luck), but I like how the designers are thinking.

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    Ted Hardy
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Gartner Hype Cycle on the Gartner Hype Cycle

Gartner Hype Cycle on the Gartner Hype Cycle - Boing Boing. For those of us who know much about Gartner, this will have you laughing so hard you cry. Too accurate of their

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    Ted Hardy
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On First Thought — VintageZen

This is where I think he actually gets Apple and what they were trying to accomplish. It wasn't about the specific geeky features or specs, it was about the experience people had when

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    Ted Hardy
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A Conference Call in Real Life

A Conference Call in Real Life. "Have you been here the whole time?" This rings so true to my life.

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    Ted Hardy
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Hey, ya'll! "Watch" this!

iWatch Concept on Vimeo on Vimeo I've hated the 'wearables' concepts for a long time, but its a hate based on the idea of requiring me to have yet another 'thing' on me.

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    Ted Hardy
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Google's purchase of Nest

This Nest acquisition makes me think Google didn’t want these things to be jokes. That they want to make devices that tens of millions of people will buy and use in the

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    Ted Hardy
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Google Glass is a borg mullet - Boing Boing

Google Glass is a borg mullet - Boing Boing. I completely agree. Remember, no matter how cool you believed them to be, the Borg were the bad guys.

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    Ted Hardy
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Vast Majority of Smartphone Users Care About Privacy - eMarketer

As more of consumers’ lives depend on mobile devices, the chances they have something on their phones they want private has become very high. According to research, about four in five US smartphone

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    Ted Hardy
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The Best Approach to the Worst Conversation: "You're Fired"

When you’re a manager, no one is going to make the first move for you. People on your team may have hinted around it. They may have submitted subtle or even assertive

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    Ted Hardy
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Microsoft Sets a New Threshold for Windows Development | Developers | TechNewsWorld

Developers are key to Microsoft's efforts to gain a foothold in the apps market and create a cohesive Windows ecosystem. Its upcoming OS refreshes, code-named "Threshold," will strive for commonality across its three

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    Ted Hardy
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Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2 | Ars Technica

Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2 | Ars Technica. The trouble was that GUIs took a while to develop, and they took up more resources than their non-GUI counterparts.

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    Ted Hardy
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Mobile app market continues its meteoric rise: report - Mobile Marketer - Research

“The most surprising finding is that the rate of new apps being created is accelerating,” said Simon Khalaf, CEO of Flurry, San Francisco. “You would expect it to be flat. The rate itself

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    Ted Hardy
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Capital One introduces pattern tracing to simplify mobile banking log-ins - Mobile Commerce Daily - Banking

Capital One is making it easier for customers to sign into its mobile banking app replacing passwords with a pattern that users trace with their finger. The new feature is designed to address

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    Ted Hardy
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Review: The Galaxy Note 3 is big—and it pulls some benchmark shenanigans | Ars Technica

USB 3.0 is still going through some growing pains. As you can see above, the Note 3 won't let you keep USB 3.0 on all the time. You have to enable

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    Ted Hardy
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Delta to Use Microsoft's Surface 2 Tablets in Place of Paper Manuals - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD

Delta said on Monday that it plans to buy Surface 2 tablets using the Microsoft hardware to replace paper flight books for the airline’s 11,000 pilots. via Delta to Use Microsoft's

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    Ted Hardy
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Mayday for Mayday?

Billy Joel famously sang that we didn't start the fire, but Amazon definitely has with their latest Kindle Fire HDX and its Mayday feature. While the feature itself has received lots of praise

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    Ted Hardy
6 min read

Settings Things Straight

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Having a round-trip commute of 106 miles, with around 24 miles of that through construction, it takes me a little while to get to work and

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    Ted Hardy
5 min read

Jobs on Innovation

Twenty years ago, Steve Jobs described innovation without actually using the word itself. What really fascinates me about this is the metaphor he uses regarding the technology industry as sediment; layers in a

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    Ted Hardy
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Interview Questions by the Vampire

The first time I heard about the interview questions asked during Google's interview process, I had a few thoughts that basically went like this... Whoa… that's crazy cool. You know, I'm not sure

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    Ted Hardy
3 min read

A Google Glass A Day

On a recent car ride with the family, when everyone in the car but the driver, me, was asleep, I spent a little time letting my mind free associate on recent technology announcements.

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    Ted Hardy
2 min read

Examples of Missing the Point

I remember reading James' article when he left Google, but it has been a year since he left and when his blog post started marking the rounds again last month, it was picked

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    Ted Hardy
8 min read
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