Opinions, Reviews, & Musings of the ZooKeeper
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Looks Like The Rumors Were True, Google Takes On Facebook” You might say Google is an oxymoron. Always looking minimal and clean on the surface, Google is mind-bogglingly complex underneath. Google + promises to be a clean, uncluttered space, but with many layers of sophisticated complexity. Just the ability […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Contol Photoshop With iPad Tutorials From DI Direct” Okay, this is cool. This is ‘Star Trek, Holo-Deck’ cool. A $2 iPad app that controls Photoshop as it takes you interactively through the steps to learn the latest techniques, as easy as point and tap. Sure, you still have to […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Verizon Home Controls. Life Catches Up To Science Fiction” How many times have you gotten to work, and wondered if you remembered to turn the lights out before you left? Or find that you have to work late, and realize you have to walk to the front door in […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Google Features Lady Gaga In Chrome Browser Commercial” Speaking of Lady Gaga, have you seen the Google Chrome commercial that plays like a Lady Gaga music video? I’m not a Lady Gaga fan. I think her reliance on the costumes and props takes away from her significant talent. But […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “New Ford Focus Practically Drives Itself” Have you ever noticed that Ford puts out some good really good videos? This particular video is actually a 60 second commercial run in the UK. Like most 60 second commercials these days, it has been replaced by a 30 second variation. The […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Life Imitates Art: Touch Screen a la Minority Report” If you’ve seen Minority Report, the touch screen in this video will look familiar. It’s actually a very thin membrane that is attached to a transparent surface, in this case a large piece of plexiglass. It has a long way […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Microsoft Windows 8 User Interface Sneak Peak” Just as I was finally getting used to Windows 7, Microsoft throws me for a loop. I’m one of those die-hard “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” kind of people. While I have several computers, My main business computer is 6 […]
Click Here to Watch The Video: “Google Goes Social With The +1 Button For Web Sites.” Before there was Facebook, Twitter, ‘Social Bookmarking” and other social media sites, Google pioneered ‘Social Proof’ in the form of Page Rank. By looking at a site’s incoming links, Google was able to provide the most relevant search results. […]
Angels We Have Heard On High I thought I’d share some of the photos I’ve taken of my Christmas Angels. After all, Christmas will be here before you know it, or at least before you’re ready. The truth is out. I like to collect things. And among the things I like to collect are Christmas […]