RIP Tungle. Seeking Replacement

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I am pretty sure this is what denial feels like. Cereberally, I’ve known that Tungle, the innovative and (actually awesome) online scheduling tool, was going the way of all the world for a while now. I have yet to emotionally grasp what that means for me personally and professionally. I’m a recruiter. It’s what I [...]

How Amazing is Fusion-io? Get the Fusion Face App!

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Ready to find out what Fusion-io’s blazing performance can do for your applications? Check out and download the free, funny Fusion Face app for Apple or Android and find out what the Fusion-io performance boost will do for your application performance. If anything else, just download it for fun. It’s a cool, fun application that [...]

Video Chat Arrives on Google Talk Mobile

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While the video chat client-wars are still raging, the biggest benefit here is that, when more and more users CAN video chat, more and more users WILL… this drives the reality of video calls more than ever before. Keep it up, Google! Rolling out over the next while, Google Nexus S users will get updates [...]

Text Any Phone (FREE) Without A Mobile Phone

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A valuable if unheralded feature of Google Voice is its ability to send and receive sms text messages through a webpage (though not MMS picture/video messages at this time) or even using email. This can be especially valuable for: Family members (grandma?) who email & want to stay connected with the family, but do not [...]

Android Gets Netflix… Kinda

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That rejoicing you hear are all the Netflix users who have been waiting for the android platform to finally receive the Netflix awesomeness that iOS and WindowsMobile 7 users have been bragging about for a while now. But, the catch? Yeah, there is one. Not all android phones do or will be supported. Compatible devices [...]

Wishlist: Copy Text in Gmail Android App

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Really? Why can’t I select and copy text inside the android gmail app? Email is the primary place people send me information I need later, and exactly the place from which copying text makes the most sense second only to the web. Please liberate my gmail! Let me copy from gmail! Google+

Tungle Acquired by RIM (Blackberry)

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No surprise: I love me some Tungle. And somehow I missed the news yesterday that they had been acquired by RIM, the maker of Blackberry. Something in the air, I guess. I think this is a good thing. The calendaring wizardry I have often waxed poetic on through this blog has changed my calendaring life, [...]

QR Codes in Mailers

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Like any marketing material, your goal is to try and get that crucial second-look from your audience. Local credit union Utah First sent a large flyer that I was bundling up to toss out with the other marketing blather my mailbox received over the last few days. Lucky for them, i turned it over just [...]

Wishlist: Google Listen with Video Podcast Support

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I love Google Listen, the android app (download on android market, amazon market (not available), app brain and others. Scan the QR code (barcode) below for quick mobile linkage) that connects you easily with your podcasts. In fact, I wish the Audible App were this easy to use (or integrated!) The simplicity with which this [...]