Free The Airwaves

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

Everyone should check out the Google Blog Post about freeing the airwaves during the November 4th elections.  Please help me and others ensure that we will be able to vote on this initiative by signing the petition here.

Samurize

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

I recently started using a program called Samurize on my work PC.  Samurize is an incredibly versatile program that lets you setup desktop configurations to do just about anything.  You can install plugins to pull data from various sources, write your own, or customize the installed plugins to get whatever you want out of it.  I've tried various configurations before I settled on the one I use now.   I originally set one up as a Google Desktop sidebar replacement, including a ...

Swurl

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

I just started using a new site called Swurl.  Essentially it's just another aggregator of content from various social networks around the web.  But this one is more than just that.  Like others, it has  "Lifestream" which gathers updates from all of the sites you give it access to.  The feature I like best about this one, though, is the Timeline feature which shows your lifestream in a calendar view.  The user homepage (aka a given user's lifestream) is also laid ...

Dopplr is Amazing

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Technology, Travel | No Comments »

I started using Dopplr about a month and a half ago and I have to say: it is incredible!  Since I already use my Google calendar to keep track of all my travel details (see blog post below about SyncMyCal Mobile), I didn't want to have to enter my travel locations someplace else, too.  Dopplr is the perfect solution for me because it can import iCal feeds and automatically create trips. The site also lets you add friends and ...

SyncMyCal Mobile - Update w/2-way Sync

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Technology | 1 Comment »

Well I was able to get everything working with SyncMyCal and now I have a perfect sync setup IMHO.  Here's what I've done: Google Calendar (all three of them) are my master.  I've used that for over a year to enter every event/appointment/etc. so I wanted to start there to grab all events. I grabbed the latest copy of SyncMyCal Mobile and installed it on my phone I first had to Download Only my three calendars from Google (Personal, Work, Travel Schedule) to ...