While at Ford I got the chance to drive the Ford simulator known as VIRRTEX. The linked video is a kinda chopped up as I was in the car for about 15 minutes and could not record everything. But one thing I learned from driving the simulator is how easy it is to drift out of your lane when you
During the Ford Virtual Reality tour I attended last week, they brought out the Ford Start a concept car that was shows off at the Beijing Auto Show several weeks ago. We were able to get a close up look at the car during a meet and greet the night before the actual tour. While it is yet to be
Socialite lets me follow both Twitter and Facebook , while I use Seesmic to follow Google Buzz , which was recently added with the release of the API. ... If there is a link that I am interested in I can either click on it to open it immediately or I can send it to Instapaper to read later.
Ok back in the saddle here in Hawaii looking forward to spending a couple of weeks at home. Special Insider coming out in a few days hope you will become an insider. Lot's happening on the home front and it is a very exciting time to be a new media creator. Tune in today. Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try
Last night, I downloaded some music from Amazon for the first time and I was both irritated and pleasantly surprised by the experience. I'd gone to Amazon because I'm not an iPod owner and wanted to get some DRM-free music for playing via a DLNA media server and also my Palm Pre. (I know this is a tech site but just
Last week at Google I/O, the company talked about Android 2.2, with 2.3 coming out this fall. They talked about Google Chrome and it's updates. Then Google came out with the golden goose on Google TV. Overall, a very promising conference. Oh yeah. They talked about Google Wave, too. Google Wave has been made public to all. You don't need
It was announced over the weekend that Steve Jobs will be giving the keynote to this year's WWDC. It was no big surprise there. However, this is usually the time where all the rumors start to flood the internet. It hasn't been too crazy - Possibly because of the prototype phones out in the wild. We are definitely expecting a
Ok had a great visit at Ford Motor Company, videos coming next week but I give you my run-down on the event and my perspective. Show recorded from the kitchen of the home I grew up in. There will be a very special insider for those of you that have signed up to be a insider. For those wanting to
We should all chip in and get one of these for Todd. Surely there is enough sunshine in Hawaii that he could take advantage of for charging his iPhone. Offered by Novothink, the device becomes a case for your iPhone, along with having a solar panel on the back side. It also includes a charging cable for hooking up to
I am sitting in the Red Carpet lounge here in Honolulu about to get on a flight that will take me to my home state of Michigan as special guest of the Ford Motor Company. I was contacted a month or so ago and asked if I would be willing to come out and tour facilities that are not normally
Every once in a while I have a off night, and today during the show I just wasn't hitting on all cylinders. Weird how that happens once in a while despite all best intentions. Things have been crazy here probably a lack of sleep. Next show is from Michigan after I spend the day at Ford Motor Company. For those
Apple introduced the new iPhone and iPad OS 4 to be released this summer and fall. In January Google released Android 2.1. Now this week at it's own conference it will introduce 2.2. What's the difference? How soon it will make it to the phones. Because of the open nature of Android each manufacturer is tweaking or establishing a cover