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Getting Web Apps vs. Buying Software

Mon, 06/29/2009 — Ray Stahl

Take Away:

  1. With free and rented software (aka Software as a Service, SaaS) covering almost all of the standard office type of applications  it is better to buy the unique package that drives your specific business.
  2. Computers are becoming so inexpensive that we believe the repair vs. replace break point is so low that  switching to a new computer is trivial.

GMail Mobile WebApp or Mail Client?

Thu, 04/09/2009 — Ray Stahl
Gmail announced improvements made to Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser only. First, you'll notice that it's a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching and if the data network drops out on you,  Gmail won't. You'll still be able to open recently read messages and to compose over a flaky, or non-existent, network connection. All this is achieved with aggressive caching and by leveraging new browser technologies, like HTML 5 and Gears.

Laptop’s Running Apps on USB Flash Drives

Mon, 02/02/2009 — Ray Stahl

I was cleaning out my desk when I came across a box full of 3.5” floppy disks that I used to back up my personal files many years ago and it was a great reminder of how much easier it is to use flash drives and external hard drives to backup and protect our important files.

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