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The iPad – part 0.4 – Displaying Web Content

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips New display apps are coming to the iPad. I am now using Flipboard (for Facebook and Twitter display) and Discover (for Wikipedia display). They both work well are are worth using. Several months into the iPad, and better applications come along. Two of the recent ones that I am using basically take […]

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Tags: iPad · Technology

The iPad – part 0.3 – Handwriting Software

August 16th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I finally have a handwriting program on the iPad – WritePad from PhatWare. It works fine, but isn’t integrated into all the iPad apps. Several months into the iPad and I finally have a handwriting program. I am using WritePad from PhatWare. It works just fine. I find that I can write […]

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Tags: iPad · Technology · Writing

Sometimes We don’t Want New Technology

July 5th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We don’t accept every new gadget that comes from the mind of an engineer. New uses need to be demonstrated for new technologies to take hold. Either that or new generations come along with different values. New technology comes every day. We immediately accept it into our lives without a thought of […]

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Tags: Adapting · Change · Design · People · Privacy · Technology

The Technology Imperative

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The Technology Imperative states that if a new technology exists, we need it. Logic and business school lessons don’t matter. It happened again this week. I was visiting someone at their office in another building. The man I was visiting was slouched over in his chair with a face that asked, “Why […]

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Tags: Apple · Culture · iPad · Meetings · Requirements · Technology

I Know This Won’t Work, but…

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We do things that we know won’t work. I don’t understand why. We do things that we know won’t work. Some examples: The Polygraph: This machine (the lie-detector machine) doesn’t work. People have beat it for decades. That is why polygraph results are not admissible in court. Still, lots of government and […]

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Tags: Culture · Excuses · Technology

Eating Your Own Dog Food

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips People should use the systems they build. If they don’t who will? A new concept in the military – Optionally Piloted Vehicles – once again raises the issue of using your own systems. “Eat your own dog food.” This is an old saying in computer terms – are computers old enough to […]

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Tags: Design · Systems · Technology

The iPad – part 0.2

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Several weeks into the iPad has me still searching for that one great application. Now I’ve had the iPad for several weeks. Some observations: 3G or not to be – My model doesn’t have 3G, just WiFi. This is fine for what I want to do, but I recommend a model with […]

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Tags: iPad · Technology

Meeting Good People

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips A recent peek into the world of grad students in engineering and related fields reveals a group of people with a strong desire to work for the benefit of others. I have been working with grad students on writing. This took many months to arrange, but for the past couple of weeks […]

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Tags: Communication · Learning · People · Technology · Volunteer · Work · Writing

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April 15th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The title of this post is a telephone number – the way we used to say telephone numbers. Much has changed in telephones, and much of the change is for the better. Still, we have lost a lot of our culture about telephones. The title of this post is a phone number. […]

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Tags: Change · Communication · Culture · Technology

The iPad – part 0.1

April 8th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips A few observations from a few more days with the iPad. You touch the iPad with your hands, even with dirty hands. Handwriting recognition software is one of the apps that could change everything. A few more impressions after a few more days with the iPad. The number 1 question: What can […]

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Tags: Design · iPad · Technology · Writing