I’m a techie. I always have been and always will be. I’ll probably be that 88 year old guy all of the young whipper snappers stare at in amazement as I school them on what’s what in the latest and greatest. However, I’ve been guilty of a techie no-no for quite a few years now, and it’s time to let it go…

Brand loyalty doesn’t exist among us techies. We buy the latest hotness and rock it until two seconds after something hotter shows up. Those buying habits have migrated into my non-tech related purchases as well. I’ve owned a Chrysler, Ford, Nissan, Mercury, Honda, and Volkswagen…ONE each. Nothing in my tool box matches. Toothpaste, deodorant, underwear, shoes, appliances…any and everything I could ever buy falls victim to not seeing branded siblings sitting next to them in my drawers & closets. I’m just not the guy to count on for repeat business unless your company is always on the forefront of a particular product! Alias, there is one tech company that I’ve managed to stick with for 11 years.

Read the rest of this entry

Most of you who know me know that I’m a HUGE tech/gadget person. Right now I’m counting every minute until the new Palm Pre is released on June 6th. To be honest, I had finally given up on Palm. I was debating between an iPhone and a G1. Even though I hated the thought of going back to T-Mobile I finally decided on the G1. There were various reasons why, the main one being that it has a physical keyboard (the iPhone’s virtual keyboard is horrible!). Then the Pre was announced!

There have been a TON of iPhone vs Palm Pre vs G1 comparisons out there. The one below is by for one of the most thorough and fair ones I’ve seen. The G1 isn’t included (unfortunately), but if you know its features you can compare them yourself in each category of this article…

Chech out the article here!

For those who Twitter, check out TweetDeck! It’s a great way to view/manage twits, @replies, and direct messages. As an added bonus you can view Facebook Status Updates of your friends as well as update your own!

You can get it here, this is for WordPress only!