08 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 03:54 PM
Tags: ebooks, iphone, kindle
First things first: The Kindle is awesome
I read a lot. I am not like those crazy people who read a book a day or anything, but i have been reading up to about 2 books a week for the past few years. They are not crazy books, mostly science fiction and fantasy, but they are [...]
09 Jun
Posted by Harper in Technology at 11:52 PM
Tags: apple, iphone, mobile, n95, nokia, symbian, wom
It all started years ago when i got a Nokia 6600. It was a dope phone and it really raised the bar for me in regards to my expectations for a smart phone. It was one of the first “good” symbian devices. In regards to today’s standards – it isn’t that great. But back then [...]
30 Nov
Posted by Harper in General at 11:56 AM
Tags: accessibility, at&t, deaf, google, insane, iphone, verizon
Man. This really gets my goat.
I have always had an interest in accessibility of technology by people who are differently abled, but i usually concentrated on seniors and children. It never occurred to me the challenges that a deaf person would have interacting with mobile phones and all that (I mean – i was aware [...]
30 Jun
Posted by Harper in Technology at 10:53 PM
Tags: apple, iphone, phones, Technology
Yesterday my friend Bryce was in town for the FBLA national meet. Pretty cool. We walked all over Chicago and I made sure we swung by the Apple store to check out the iPhone. Pretty nifty. I don’t know if it is a replacement for a smartphone – but it certainly is swell. The maps [...]
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