BostonCHI is now on Twitter at https://twitter.com/bos_chi
We’ll be using it to post notifications of upcoming events (ours and others), as well as interesting articles, and inform people about the benefits of membership.
Please check us out.
BostonCHI is now on Twitter
Jan 26
iPhone improvements
Dec 19
I love my iPhone. It’s a great device. There are some limitations, but overall I’m very happy.
Here’s what I would improve: Read the rest of this entry »
App Store Size Comparisons
Nov 24
Here’s a link to an interesting listing of app store sizes.
Palm still has fewer than 400 apps available.
Here are my thoughts about the smartphone market intertwined with my own device history.
For many years, I was a loyal Palm user, having started with the Palm Pro (1997) and going from that to the Palm III (1999) -> IIIxe (2001) -> Kyocera 6035 (smart phone) (2004) -> Treo 600 (2003) -> Treo 650 (2005) and then finally the Treo 700 (2007). I kept the Treo 700, even though it was dying and I was out of contract on Sprint because I was waiting for Sprint to release an Android phone and to see what the next iPhone would be like. I had also heard about the upcoming Palm Pre on Sprint and was interested in it. Read the rest of this entry »
Verizon has sent a memo to each of their stores to advise DROID owners to download and install Advanced Task Killer. This program performs the same function as the Task Manager in Windows, allowing the user to see and kill processes or programs that are running on the device. The reason why Verizon is pushing this program is due to reports from DROID users about poor batter life. Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone Travel Tips
Nov 6
Here are some iPhone travel tips.
1. Don’t bother getting an airplane charger or car charger. It’s still rare that airplanes will have the power outlets, and if they do, it’s probably not going to be at your seat. Instead, get one of those lithium battery packs. They charge from a USB socket and have one of their own to charge an iPhone or anything else that can use it. I’ll edit this post when I get home to link to the one I use. You can get various capacities. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re a small company, or a sole consultant and need a place to work or hold an in-person meeting, one of these locations might fit the bill.
Visit popsignal.com to check out the list.
BostonCHI
Nov 4
If you’re a HCI professional and not a member of BostonCHI, you’re missing out. We’re the local chapter of ACM SIGCHI and we were the first local chapter. Our meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month. We’ve got a great lineup of speakers this year. So far, we’ve got: Read the rest of this entry »
There’s become a proliferation of Boston High-Tech events and it’s difficult to keep track of them all. I had been adding them to my Google Calendar, and wondered if there was a way to share them with everyone. And it turns out that there is.
So, I created a Boston High Tech Events Calendar page.
Teamviewer
May 19
Ever need to view someone’s screen across the internet? Perhaps you work with someone that’s remote to you?
If so, you should check out Teamviewer, which is free to use for personal purposes, but if you want to use it for work, there is a fee. Unlike traditional VNC: Read the rest of this entry »