Dave Kemick

Thoughts on Amazon’s Kindle Fire

dmkemick — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:33:30 +0000

Back in June 2010, while rumors were circulating that Amazon was developing a tablet device, I wrote a post which suggested that they would be the only company that could create a product to successfully compete with Apple’s iPad. My reasoning was that they were successfully developing a content atmosphere with products like Amazon MP3,

Steve Jobs Dead at 56

dmkemick — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:52:19 +0000

I really did not want to write this post, especially because I already devoted a post to Steve Jobs’ resignation at Apple. It’s not because this event isn't important to me as an Apple fan, to the tech industry, or to the world at large. It is. It’s very important. However I didn’t want to

The End of the Steve Jobs Era

dmkemick — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:54:37 +0000

Yesterday Steve Jobs announced his resignation as Apple’s CEO. That’s right, the event that all Apple fans have been dreading but secretly knew was coming sooner or later has finally arrived. The good news: one day after the resignation notice was made public Apple hasn’t imploded and their stock hasn’t fallen into the negative. The

MDA Lockup, help bail me out!

dmkemick — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:32:20 +0000

This year both myself and some of the other folks at protocol 80 are getting locked up for a good cause: raising money to help fight muscular dystrophy! The good news is the Muscular Dystrophy Association has made it easy to donate online. Thirty dollars is enough to provide a flu shot and seventy-four will fund

Saving Money With Google Voice

dmkemick — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:10:34 +0000

Let’s be honest, paying $20 a month for unlimited texting is ridiculous. Text messaging uses less data than almost any other service a wireless company provides, and yet it is one of the most expensive. You can read more about the cost of providing text messaging to wireless providers right here, but one of the

Wunderlist – Restriction Free Task Management

dmkemick — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:27:44 +0000

I’ve used quite a few different task management apps and services over the years ranging in complexity from simple lists in Text Editor all the way up to full-featured GTD compliant apps like Things for Macintosh. All of the previous solutions I’ve tried have never stuck however, and most commonly the issue was lack of

RunKeeper WordPress Plugin

dmkemick — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:57:57 +0000

I took a walk this morning and had RunKeeper on my mind when I got back home. I've already written about RunKeeper so I'll try to keep this brief. I thought to myself, "wouldn't it be cool if there was an easy way to post my walking activities to my blog?" Well guess what! Through

Rumored Amazon tablet – the first true iPad competitor!

dmkemick — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:36:45 +0000

Steve Jobs said it during the iPad 2 announcement: 2011 would be the year of the copycat when it comes to tablet devices looking to compete with the iPad. For the most part, so far at least, I agree. Everytime I turn around I hear about a brand new tablet computer that will truly compete

My Fitness App Starter Kit

dmkemick — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:50:04 +0000

As an overall strategy to get a bit healthier I’ve begun to walk. Fortunately, there’s a nice walking trail not far from where I live that the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford provides, so that’s the first place I head when I feel like getting off my butt. I have a few pairs of different

Is Android Tablet Abundance a Problem?

dmkemick — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:30:58 +0000

I was taking a look at an article on Mashable about the new HTC Flyer tablet, a 7-inch newcomer rocking a 1.5 GHz processor with 16 gigabytes of storage and dual cameras. I could go on listing features but it has the standard affair for premium Android tablets: Bluetooth capability, HDMI output and expandable storage