Hey Everyone. Just wanted to check in…it’s been way too long since I’ve blogged but its because I’ve had some major events happening in my life. Namely my wife gave birth to our first child, a happy little girl. So I’ve been offline enjoying our new bundle of joy. Stay tuned to techcraver.com in the…
Last weekend I enjoyed my first Gnomedex, a tech conference hosted by Chris and Ponzi Pirillo. Seattle was the backdrop for this fantastic conference. Chris asked for feedback via our blogs, so that’s the intent of this post along with generating some discussion. Gnomedex is an interesting conference because it’s single track, meaning there’s one…
For those of you who didn’t see the coverage a while back, a company called Ooma announced a product that would do away with your long distance costs “for life”. The product was not very warmly received by the blogosphere. The basic idea behind ooma is that you connect it 1) to your broadband internet…
So Google is making waves today in the tech press because they’re offering increased online storage space. Read their blog for more details While I’m a huge Google advocate and use their services for many online activities, I’d like to challenge them to do better than this. The options they have given us are merely…
I’m currently in Seattle for Gnomedex 7.0. For those of you unfamiliar with gnomedex, it’s a blogger/podcaster/rss/social media conference in Seattle hosted by Chris and Ponzi Pirillo (yes that Chris from the old TechTV). I’m very excited to be here and I can’t wait for my first Gnomedex. It’ll be so much fun. To follow…
My buddy Michael and I rode in the Summit to Surf bike ride on Saturday. The ride was absolutely remarkable. The American Diabetes Association did an amazing job organizing the ride, especially when it came time to supporting the riders. There are several distances you can choose from when you do Summit to Surf. When…
If you want to know more about what KTHXBAI means, it’s “Okay thanks bye”. You should really check out lolcats more 🙂 Anyways here’s the letter I got from SR, Dear Customers, After significant effort by the Company to avoid this result, SunRocket is in the process of closing its operations and therefore will no…
I’m all registered for Summit to Surf, a ride that starts on Mount Hood in Oregon and finishes in Hood River, OR. I’m SO excited to do another ride. As you may know, I rode in Reach the Beach and the Gorge Ride in the last two months. Summit to Surf is a fundraiser for…
A while back I got an email from a representative from Callwave, inviting me to use their new service. The basic idea behind their voicemail service, called vtxt, involves using voice recognition on your voicemail in order to send you a text message with a summary of the audio message. Here’s how it’s supposed to…
This afternoon it’s hitting the web that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, held a meeting this morning and announced to all Apple employees that everyone who has been working there for at least a year would receive a free 8GB iPhone. Other internet rumors are suggesting even Apple store employees are getting in on the…