Category Archives: technology

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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I might have talked myself out of an iPad 2

By Dave | Published: March 9, 2011

I originally posted this on gdgt, read and comment here. In the weeks leading up to the iPad 2 announcement, I clung to a rather steadfast belief that I wasn’t going to be interested in iPad 2. “My iPad is perfectly fine,” I thought, “besides, probably no retina display, slightly faster processor, and maybe a [...]

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List of iPhones

By Dave | Published: March 4, 2011

Based on a recent discussion I had, here is the current list of iPhones I’ve had. 8! 8 iPhones in 4 generations. To be fair, the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4 were flawless devices for me. 1.) iPhone 1st-gen: Touch screen stopped working. 2.) iPhone 1st-gen: Touch screen stopped working. 3.) iPhone 1st-gen: Some [...]

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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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How would you archive your “lifestream”?

By Dave | Published: February 16, 2011

Lately, I’ve been on this crazy kick in looking for some sort of lifestreaming software or application. Basically, I (and most likely you — if you’re reading this and one of my internet friends) create a ridiculous amount of data each day. From my tweets, to my foursquare checkins, to my Instagram photos, to uploading [...]

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Tech etymology on “GIF”

By Dave | Published: February 1, 2011

GIF is a graphics file format that all of us encounter each day while browsing the internet. One problem? The Atlantic takes a look at the word and wonders why no one seems to know how to pronounce it. Is it “gif” or “jif”? I’ve always said “jif.” So, which is it: GIF like a [...]

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Confusing PR email

By Dave | Published: January 4, 2011

Dear friends who work in marketing and PR. Promise me you won’t write things like this. How confusing can this be? Referencing multiple time zones in the same sentence, changing previous embargo times. The attached news release regarding [redacted] will be distributed on Thursday, Jan. 6 at 8 a.m. EST, however, the embargo on the [...]

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Gadget Survival Kit

By Dave | Published: December 20, 2010

This is pretty brilliant! I picked one of these GRID-IT organizers up today thanks to this LifeHacker post. These are all things that are floating around in my bag anyway (and cluttering things up), so it’s nice to finally have a way to organize them! So, what do we have here? iPhone USB cable iPhone [...]

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10 years of Apple

By Dave | Published: December 7, 2010

This has been floating around for awhile now, but it’s crazy. Hurrah, technology! Original author unknown [Via and.rw]

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My feelings toward Android

By Dave | Published: November 29, 2010

Yum!

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