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Niche products? Here's an example maybe...

I was planning on blogging about niche products and how you need to do research to help understand the product in order to determine if it’s worthwhile mainstreaming.  But the truth is, I never got up...

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$2000 Lunch Tray

 Someone once asked about odd usage of the tablet…  During a meeting last week, I happened to snap a picture from my phone of a tablet being used as a lunch tray.  Around Microsoft it happens all the...

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New iMac is out...

Drum roll please....  So the web is abuzz with the new iMac and the latest creation about how it's so thin and just a simple machine.  For all of those betting it would be a tablet or at least include...

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Newton fans everywhere....

Okay so I have to admit that the Newton was pretty cool in its day.  Even though it massacred my handwriting and had all those cutesy sounds that just drove me notes, but were so helpful in making sure...

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Off to Mobile HCI

Lately I've been spending some time really exploring the mobile solutions that exists and how people use mobile technology.  Fortunately for me there is a conference right in my field.  So I'm heading...

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Mobile HCI and Glasgow

So far the conference has been pretty interesting but unfortunately the time difference with home has made me so tired during some of the talks that I keep yawning. Given that this is a conference on...

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On to different things...

I was really waiting for the official announcement internally before I post anything, but that's taking such a long time, that I figured I'd just blurt it out here and all those people internally who...

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Multiple PCs in the Household

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people use multiple PCs in their household, why bother to get multiple PCs and what unique issues arise about having these multiple PCs.  The funny thing here...

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More on Multiples...

I’m getting some comments on this post, but I guess I should have been a bit more explicit about asking people about what issues they have with multiple PCs particularly given my audience (Thanks Jeff...

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Nothing like a little Phishing...

It’s totally amazing to me how much Phishing attacks have evolved and how vulnerable we all really are.  Months and months ago, I remember getting all kinds of emails asking for verification of an...

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New Tablet...

Well not exactly new, but new to me…  This afternoon I was helping the Tablet User Research team clean out a storeroom where they’ve been keeping their equipment that was for studies.  Interestingly...

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Tablets on Display...

In my previous post, Chris asks why not put this one of a kind Compaq prototype in the display case of all the tablets that is in the building where the tablet team is located.   I'll see if I can find...

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Glass Wall - 1 : Evan - -5

Well the day before last was a banner day for me...   I went to hear a talk about innovation, left the talk to go out to the lobby, and smacked my head right into a glass wall.   I must commend the...

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OQO on it's way?

So in my quest to have time on every small form factor machine out there and to figure out what the real end value is behind these devices, I did order an OQO.  Appears it's somewhat backordered, as...

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Having a second or third or fourth computer...

I know almost everyone out there who will read this blog has more than 1 computer at their disposal already, so what I really want to know is if you were to give an additional computer to your brother,...

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OQO not on it's way :-(

Well appears that the OQO that I had ordered, wasn't really ordered, so I'm not going to get a Hannukah present this year, maybe in time for New Years or perhaps in time to take it for a test run at...

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Playing with MSN Spaces

So I've set up a purely personal blog on MSN.  The picture management capability is interesting as it's a lot easier than having my own website (which I haven't updated in eons).  I'm thinking that...

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CES and Vegas

So for the first time I actually get to go to Vegas for CES.  Guess now that Comdex is dead, have to go for the major show.  But speaking of shows, Vegas has a lot of them and I know nothing about the...

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A really small computer

Over the last week, I've been playing with a development board from a chip manufacturer that is a relatively dated product in that it really isn't all that fast, doesn't use any cutting edge...

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More on a small computer...

Lora and I exchanged some lengthy emails last night on this subject.  Here's the one that kicked it off, basically indicating that my pricing structure was definitely off.  While I later concede some...

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