VanishingPoint

The point at which all imaginary lines of perspective converge.

Entries from July 2008

Moving in Waves…

July 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

It has been an interesting couple of days… Over the past few days, I have come to the realization (painful) that my furry companion, Sebastian, of 13 years will be leaving my family in the near future.  It is heart breaking to say the least not only to lose him, but also to have to [...]

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Tags: bash · life · love · parenting

First Impressions of the Nokia N95

July 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments

  I received the Nokia N95 8GB North American Version yesterday from WOM World / Nokia.  For a pretty well used demo unit the phone was in pretty good condition.  There were a couple of pretty good scuffs on the screen, but other than that there was not any other visible damage to the phone.  [...]

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Tags: N95 · WOMWORLD / Nokia · convergence · demo · nokia · testing

So You Have Microsoft Vista… Now What?

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Hey all,  I just wanted to put out a plug for a seminar session I am going to be doing on Monday night . (7pm CST I believe) at the Mount Prospect Public Library, Mt. Prospect, IL.  As you can see from the title, the sessions will be about upgrading to Windows Vista (through [...]

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Tags: Digital Notebooks · convergence · intrinsiclearning · learning · mppl · seminar · uStream · vista · zoho

N95 Update – Shipping

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Just got an email … the demo N95 is on its way to me.  Shipping via DHL from the UK. 
DHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESSSHIPMENT ADVISORY
Subject:Your Nokia N95 8GB is on its way. Please let us know when it arrives. Thanks.
The following piece has been sent by Carly Milton fromWOM World via DHL WorldWide Express on 18.07.2008 [...]

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Tags: nokia · testing · web 2.0

RSSing my News Reader Clippings

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

You ever watch the toaster waiting for your Eggo waffle to popup? It always seems to happen when you look away right? FOR ME TOO! Well here was something else that popped up when I looked away.  NewsGator partnered with “ReadBurner” to enable NewsGator users to RSS the sites and stories that we feel [...]

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Tags: Google Reader · NewsGator · RSS · ReadBurner · convergence · web 2.0

Testing … testing anyone?

July 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Now, I like to think that I am a high falut’n VIP every now and then … well at least until I get home… family is such a humbling experience… Recently, I must have attracted someone’s attention because I received the following email back in late May:
Hi Scott,
As a quick introduction I’m from [...]

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Tags: Digital Notebooks · Motorola Q Global · RSS · blogging · convergence · flickr · nokia · opera · phone · podcast · skyfire · testing · twitter

Ok… Back to Writing and Posting…

July 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’ll admit it… I have been miserable at posting here… It is not that I have not have a ton to write about, I just have been really lazy with the little free time I have. Well maybe selfish is a better way to look at it, but still … I am a very big [...]

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Tags: Paradigm Shift · RSS · blogging · procrastination