How many times have you put off starting something? How many times did that same task end up being relatively easy, once you finally got started?   In chemistry, activation energy is the “minimum energy required to start a chemical reaction.” What is fascinating about the concept is that this...

Ever since I first started using a computer, I have been notorious amongst friends and family for keeping a huge number of windows/applications open. Desktop backgrounds have never been very relevant to me simply because I never see them. Even amongst my fellow nerds I seem to always be doing...

Smart software can mean a lot of things. Most people probably think of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) when they hear “smart” and “software” together.   Many types of software must be smart in order to be robust (not break easily). They need to adapt to changes in the environment in...

If you’ve been keeping up with the blog, you’ve heard me talking a lot about the “cloud” lately. It is a term that seems to be on much of the tech world’s lips, and for good reason.  The cloud is a mystical place where anything can happen, full of unicorns...

My father once said that one of the worst problems any business can have is growing too fast. Start Google Plus may not be a business, but I finally understand what he meant. Sure, it is a wonderful feeling to have a product which people like and want. But there...

What are the things stopping you from using Google Plus all the time?     This project started with exactly that question.       Some friends and I were discussing the things that made Google’s new social network hard to get started with. It quickly  turned into a wishlist...

I posted a first look at Google+ yesterday, full of screenshots. As a mobile developer I am in a unique position to give a side-by-side tour of the mobile experience (since I own and develop for the iPhone, iPad, Android, etc). This post aims to provide a visual walk-through of...

This morning I woke up to a Google+  invite in my inbox and even as I write this article I am trying it out for the first time. I’ll take you through my thoughts of the service as I experienced each of the features and try to focus on photos...

As a mobile app developer, I spend a lot of time consulting companies with regards to why they should or should not (mostly should not) create a mobile application. Too often I see internet retailers and other brands with essentially no web presence or anything to offer wanting to jump...

Maintaining productivity seems like it would be difficult from the road. There are endless distractions composed of all nouns (people, places and things) worth seeing/meeting/doing. Everywhere you turn there is something new, each with the potential to distract from what needs to be done.   In fact, maintaining work levels...