Author Archives: Jonathan Greene

Kids and Technology

My wife and I have three kids and like their dad, they enjoy using gadgets.  About two weeks ago we gave Hannah (8), our oldest daughter a semi-retired iPhone 3GS to use essentially as an iPod Touch.  There’s no SIM … Continue reading

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Strava Pro Pages

  Just reading Ben King’s latest at VeloNews and caught a link to his Strava Profile which regular users will quickly see is rather different from what we usually get.  And like the rest of Strav’s offerings, it’s very well … Continue reading

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What if TV anywhere was real?

Gizmodo notes the soft-launch of Aereo, which will bring TV streaming potentially to a more mainstream group given the complete lack of set-up. I really like this idea. Sure there’s hardware you could get to do this but the service … Continue reading

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SNL rips VZW

This is absolute perfection.

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5-year-old’s Logo Analysis

This is just great. It’s completely pure. via Brand New

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Vizio CTO Matt McRae from CES

I just watched this terrific interview with Vizio CTO Matt McRae at The Verge. Highly recommended viewing … on the strength of the ecosystem, the future of TV and a bit of what’s coming in the not so distant future. … Continue reading

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Teahupoo shot on the Phantom camera

Ridiculously cool! Go Fullscreen HD if you can… BIGGEST TEAHUPOO EVER, SHOT ON THE PHANTOM CAMERA. from Chris Bryan on Vimeo.

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Are the carriers driving complexity in device selection?

An interesting post popped up at The Verge last night where Motorola’s Sanjay Jha starts to reveal that the Carriers are what’s driving so many variants of user experience on Android. We also talked about OEMs’ perennial press to skin … Continue reading

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Nokia Lumia 900

I have almost no interest in Windows Phone but really want to play with the Nokia Lumia 900. It’s amazing to see Nokia back in action, though also sad knowing that they couldn’t pull it all together themselves (Meego). Change … Continue reading

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Cubelets

You know, for kids!

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WSJ is an anti-sharing publication

As a paying subscriber to the WSJ, I’d like to share some things I read with people. I do this from a lot of publications, but only the WSJ uses the social exchange opportunity to close the paywall.  Anyone who … Continue reading

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Chase bank customer data issue

I’ve been a Chase bank customer for over a decade and they stay mainly out of the way yet with a few rather annoying exceptions. Each month I get an email telling me about a failed transfer attempt because of … Continue reading

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Will Verizon’s paperless receipts be part of Isis?

According to IntoMobile, Verizon is about to introduce paperless receipts at their retails stores.  This seems like a great idea for existing customers though I’d love to see this get some NFC integration … tap to pay have it billed via … Continue reading

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Reading on Android

Following my last post I though it would be interesting to show a quick comparison between the options for InstaPaper (InstaFetch), ReaditLater and Readability. This is far from scientific and really just a single article but in my experience still … Continue reading

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iOS Apps I’d Really Like to See on Android

I’ve been using an Android device for a little over a year and my mobile habits are pretty formed. I also carry an iPhone and I’d love to find app parity between platforms. In general I’m equally productive across the … Continue reading

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Enhanced sports tracking with your phone.

Like quite a few people I’ve run and biked with my phone. I ride more than I run but with running I typically track with my phone. I’ve used Nike+, Runkeeper, and currently use Strava to consolidate my training. My … Continue reading

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Small but very annoying Android bug

I’ve got two Google accounts. One is linked with my Gmail and something I use for just about everything within the Google ecosystem. The second, is linked with my work email and is really used for Google Docs.  I’ve added … Continue reading

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Looks like the NYT is playing the link game …

As you can see with the image here, there’s a second click required to read the actual story which is pretty lame. I clicked through from Google Reader and actually noticed this on an earlier post as well. Why would … Continue reading

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Oregon Manifest 2011 Constructors’ Show

I hope one day to be able to attend something like this … don’t see it happening too soon in the NY Metro area unfortunately.

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Earth Fly Over via ISS

absolutely beautiful!

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