Category Archives: technology

Extrapolating the screen size of Android mobile phones over time.

By Dave | Published: October 20, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. Abstract: The latest Android mobile phone under Google’s flagship phone line, the Nexus family, currently has a diagonal screen size of 4.65 inches (118.1mm). This follows a trend that Google started with the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 — their first Android flagship [...]

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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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Low disk space alert

By Dave | Published: October 13, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. Apparently, my computer is going crazy because I have ZERO disk space left. What in the what?! Turns out, my problem stems from iTunes insane backup system. I have multiple redundant multi-gigabyte iOS backup folders eating all my space. A few minutes ago, [...]

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Here’s what I want in a third-party browser in iOS 4 and iOS 5

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. A number of third party browsers have been developed and released for Apple’s iOS. Despite the requirement that they must use WebKit, most of the browsers have executed some pretty interesting ideas and provided a lot of enhancements over the basic Safari browser [...]

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Safari Reader — One of my favorite features in iOS 5

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2011

  This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. Been using various iOS 5 betas (and now the GM) for awhile now. One of my favorite features (besides proper notifications, of course) is Safari Reader. Basically, it strips away all the cruft from a webpage and simply displays the content you want [...]

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Thanks for showing us the future, Steve

By Dave | Published: October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs, September 9th, 2009 by Dave Schumaker There’s little that I can add or say about Steve Jobs that hasn’t already been covered by more eloquent writers elsewhere. I feel fortunate that I was able to see him in person on a number of occasions, showing off some of his most beloved inventions. His [...]

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Panel discussion on community management

By Dave | Published: August 3, 2011

Last night, I went to a panel discussion on community management. It was pretty fascinating to hear how others use different tools and metrics to measure community influence and engage their users. I put together a story on Storify using tweets from the event. If you’re interested in community management, it might be something worth [...]

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It’s 3:30AM. What are you doing right now?

By Dave | Published: May 15, 2011

It’s 3:30AM. What are you doing?, originally uploaded by Dave Schumaker. We’re hard at work, launching the next version of gdgt! (It’s been crazy. We’re at about 19 straight hours of cranking on this right now.)

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Yes, that is an iPad 2 on a light stand.

By Dave | Published: May 9, 2011

Taken at Blue Bottle Café Posted via email from Dave Schumaker’s Posterous

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The final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

By Dave | Published: May 1, 2011

STS-134 NASA Tweetup and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour On April 28th and April 29th, 2011, I was fortunate enough to participate in the NASA Tweetup for STS-134. It was to be the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the second to last mission in the Space Shuttle program. I [...]

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