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TechHobbyist

TechHobbyist

http://techhobbyistongrin.blogspot.com

Reviews new technology combinations of hardware, software and pure science. Explores new technology mashups of what's available now and what's coming. Genetics, Robotics, Internet, and Nanotechology (GRIN) are key topics of the blog.

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  • The Virtual Workplace

    Posted on Sunday October 26th, 2008 at 09:21 in internet, social networking, energy technology, 3d virtual worlds

    The advances of the Internet and computing technology has made the need for co-locating a workforce in the same spot an unnecessary cost for many businesses and professions. 100% telecommuting has become a viable way to earn a legitimate living. Ma...

  • The World-Wide Computer

    Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 18:12 in superphones, mobile internet devices (mids)

    Technology patterns are like fashions, they go in and out-of-style. Not that long ago, centralized computing with big servers and mainframes were the hot item. Then the trend towards small, distributed and personal took over and so did the rise of ...

  • A "New Deal" for 2009

    Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 23:42 in education, energy technology

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  • Web 2.0 in the classroom today

    Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 19:13 in education, social networking, encyclopedia, knol

    Several posts ago, I wrote about a teacher friend of mine who is using Wikipedia in his classroom, much to the dismay of some of his colleagues. He has been exploring different ways to incorporate the flexibility and sharing capacity of Web 2.0 in h...

  • Fashionable Personal Computing

    Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 14:49 in superphones, mobile internet devices (mids)

    I have been writing over the last few posts about how I have been shopping with my oldest child for their own computer. Rather than go the regular route of comparing desktops and notebooks, we have been exploring the possibilities of SuperPhones and ...

  • Rise of the SuperPhones

    Posted on Wednesday September 24th, 2008 at 09:20 in superphones, mobile internet devices (mids)

    The future of computing is small and mobile. Intel is making a major bet on this with the Atom processor family and Wimax. Every serious business professional I know has a modern SmartPhone as a standard piece of gear.So now that I am in the market...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

5 stars Jo

Interesting and engaging topics

Posted: August 25th, 2008 | Report This Comment

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