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This blog is about technology, the future, and science fiction. Some posts are about our world's current tech. Others will focus on what could be. I'll post some stories of the future to muse about how strange things could really get if humans ever make it to the stars.
Or, how much they might stay the same.
STATUS OF THE MS: Nearly done! I have taken the lessons from workshopping it, and from reading some other seminal works of Sci-Fi to squeeze out all but the tension, conflict, excitement and, I hope, satisfaction of characters who struggle and only just overcome their challenges and themselves.
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Tag Archives: Android Wear
Seven magnificent use cases for Android Wear
[Edit – I had Jerry’s “run them off the road” quote on the wrong context earlier – fixed.] You know, I like the Android Central podcast. I drive a lot for my job, hours at a time, so I have … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Moto360, Technology
Tagged Android Central, Android Wear, Moto 360
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Android Wear 5.1.1: WTF update and why Bubble Cloud Launcher is still needed
The big stream, little pipe problem Android wear is actually version 1.3.0.2166028, but most folks refer to the Android OS version that’s pushing it – currently 5.1.1. In an earlier post about Wear, I complained about the lack of options … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Moto360, Technology
Tagged Android Wear, Coffee App, Coffee Time App, Norm Crosby, Tweetings, Tweetings app
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Field report: Android Wear/Moto360 field test
What could be a greater test of the usability of Android Wear than a hectic trip to the most hectic place in America – Manhattan? We’ll rate the usefulness of the OS and share the resulting Battle Damage Assessment of … Continue reading
Posted in Android, AndroidWear, Moto360, Reviews, Technology
Tagged Android Wear, Moto360, New York City
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Game on in wearables: Apple Watch vs. Android Wear
I’m a watch guy. I have several nice watches that cost more than an Apple watch, and I consider them fashion statements. None of them will be outmoded anywhere near as quickly as a modern ‘smart’ thing, which have lifecycles … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Reviews, Technology
Tagged Android Wear, Apple, Apple Watch, design, smartwatch, Sony, strappedfortime
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Android Wear and Smartwatches 2: Bringing back the joy
Okay, maybe you think I’m overdoing this. But yes…joy. I remember the first time I got a color computer — must have been a Mac II ci back in the early 90s — and I played some goofy video that … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Technology
Tagged Amber Locke, Android Wear, fashion, Moto 360, Omitsis, technology, Zuhanden
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Android Wear and Smartwatches: Finally the future
We had expectations when I was a kid. I used to watch rockets on TV, blasting off fairly regularly. We got to the moon — anything was possible, so we thought. Looking back, that was a bloody miracle. Star Trek was … Continue reading
