Monday, May 30, 2011

Can you imagine, from your home phone, being able to:

  • Share your contact information with your home phone and mobile phone?
  • Videoconference?
  • View who is at the front door through your IP camera?
  • Check weather, directions, and traffic? Or just sports scores, other news stories?
  • Control your home automation?
  • Have your TV flash who is calling? As well as incoming SMS messages? E-mail notifications?
The answer is clearly Android… just waiting for manufacturers to come up with a landline Android solution.
Some manufacturers have like iDect by Binatone but need to wait until there are phones which can support the latest

Like my other goals, will be consolidating this goal with Create a way to evaluate and compare different things

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Ugh... So much for my dream office with a zero gravity chair...


I know there are benefits to a “standing desk” where you work while standing up. I’ve been thinking of setting up something at home.

Now this article says that sitting is so bad, it can even offset the exercise you do. Since I’m in the hi-tech industry, I am sitting most of the day.

I need to change this… Somehow.

Reference:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/stand-up-while-you-read-this/?em

And unlike the photo above, I would never, ever, ever use my zero gravity chair to sleep while working… And when I do, it would only be because my eyelids are too heavy.