Im Colin Nederkoorn. I left my cushy job in sales to become a web entrepreneur. more...
How many products can you count that have not been replaced by newer, better ones? Is it possible to reach the limit where you cannot make a better widget? or hammer? or bicycle seat?
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Social: digg / del.icio.usFor those who don’t get the Dr. Strangelove reference, you need to see that movie.
Today, I replaced my b0rk3d hacked iPhone with a new one from Apple. Here’s how I did it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Social: digg / del.icio.usI’ve never liked wires. I am, however, a nerd with a lot of gadgets. I get rid of things, make them smaller or make them wireless when I can. I just redid my Keyboard and Mouse situation.
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This is my desktop up until today. My massive microsoft bluetooth keyboard and mouse were spilling off of the keyboard tray and it was super annoying.
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One of the biggest problems with the iPhone is how it handles email (especially if you use gmail). If I read something on my iPhone, it was still unread in my gmail, and my inbox.
Basically, the way it should work is: if I read it on my phone, my laptop, my desktop or the web, it should be marked as read everywhere. You couldn’t do this out of the box. Read the rest of this entry »
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So, you’ve hacked your iPhone, but how do you get the most out of it on T-mobile? T-mobile has an under publicized plan called “T-mobile total internet add-on”. For $19.99 a month extra (you need a voice plan first), you get unlimited data on your iPhone in addition to included hotspot access at Starbucks.
T-mobile also sells hotspot access for $19.99 a month, but you’d have to be stupid to pay for that. I switched from my blackberry data plan (also $19.99) to t-mobile Total internet with no hassles, and no problems. When you call up, t-mobile can tell you’re using an iPhone and generally the staff there is pretty interested in helping you get the most out of your iPhone on t-mobile.
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Social: digg / del.icio.usThere’s a geeky little HTML tag that’s gaining some traction. rel=”me”. You add it to links on your blog / homepage that are links to other identities of yours on the web.
I’ve added it to my “Get Social” section on the sidebar. The post-facebook internet starts with this little tag. Through it, you can identify me on all the sites I use around the web. If you can learn about me through those sites (or a mashup) without going to facebook, why use facebook? Read the rest of this entry »
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Last night I attended Bug+Boston at the Middlesex Lounge. Aside from the free drinks, many of us were there to see what this Bug Device does and what the company is all about.
Here’s the gist:
BUG: An open source, web-enabled, modular software + hardware platform. Read the rest of this entry »
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Amazon is making an infrastructure play that will rule the web.
Web 1.0 was all about buying 100 servers and having your own techs in data centers. How big was your rack? Companies today are moving to VPS providers like Slicehost. VPS have a fantastic role in providing hosting for your small to medium site (like this one). But what about if you want to build the next facebook? One of the presenters at Amazon’s AWS event “The Start-up Project” showed us this chart: Read the rest of this entry »
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Mozy allows you to do just that. There is of course the free version allowing up to 2 gb of backup. I tried the 2gb version and then upgraded to the unlimited paid version for 4.95 a month.
I currently am in the process of backing up 30gb of information. My big problem is that I am using Comcast at the office and at home which means slooooow upload speeds. Read the rest of this entry »
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Social: digg / del.icio.usI did it! I unlocked the iPhone. I’m running t-mobile and it was all done with software. Read the rest of this entry »
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