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My impressions of the Fuji FinePix X100

By Dave | Published: October 14, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. Alright, I meant to post this awhile ago — here are my impressions of the Fuji FinePix X100 after using it for a week. Pros The viewfinder displays all sorts of awesome live data. Holy awesome, I don’t know why more camera manufacturers [...]

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Review: The Book Thief

By Dave | Published: April 17, 2011

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My rating: 2 of 5 stars We picked this book for our most recent edition of book club and I was initially excited about it. Everyone I know has been raving about it and reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads have been very favorable. Besides, historical fiction set in [...]

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A theatrical review: “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs”

By Dave | Published: April 5, 2011

Originally posted on gdgt on February 10th, 2011. Last night, we ventured across the bay to check out a play by Mike Daisey at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It was a 120 minute one-man extemporaneous show about the history of Apple and a look at the people who build the gadgets that we love. Judging [...]

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Quoted in the Gray Lady!

By Dave | Published: February 28, 2011

Imagine my surprise this weekend when reading this review of “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” in the New York Times and seeing the following quote: “I definitely felt bad about using my gadgets afterward,” Dave Schumaker wrote on the personal-technology site Gdgt.com, where he is community manager. “I arrived at the show [...]

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Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By Dave | Published: August 4, 2010

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alright, you may strip away my geek badge. When I started reading this book, I actually didn’t know this is what the movie “Blade Runner” was based on. As I started reading, there were many elements where I thought, [...]

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Review: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

By Dave | Published: August 2, 2010

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dan Ariely writes in a pretty simple and straightforward manner about how ridiculous we act when it comes to economic decisions. It’s full of many examples and experiments (you get the feeling that students at MIT are [...]

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