What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
I'm not sure what took me so long, but I finally had the opportunity to use Google's GOOG-411 service. And I gave it the test of all tests mainly because I was under severe duress at the time I used it. I just finished a meeting with a networking contact at Starbucks and was halfway to a lunch meeting. That's when I looked at my dashboard and wondered why I hadn't mounted my GPS receiver. It took about two seconds for me to realize that the reason I hadn't mounted my GPS receiver was because my GPS receiver wasn't in… Continue reading...
I love it when technology and simplicity come together. That's what Apple has accomplished with the new iPhone 3G S. Until the 3G S there was no way to capture video with your iPhone. Well, at least with the out-of-the-box iPhone. Not only did Apple add video capture and recording with the iPhone 3G S but Apple also made it drop-dead simple to share your recorded video with others. I found this out over the weekend when I shot my first video of my son jumping off a diving board at a public pool. To shoot the video I just… Continue reading...
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Being a technology expert isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Take this morning for instance when I was checking email about 20 minutes before I had to leave the house. It was just then that a little magical window appeared on my screen telling me that the iPhone 3.0 software was available for my iPhone. Here's a list of reasons why a message like this should be ignored in this situation: I was checking email not checking for iPhone software updates The update for a major software release like the 3.0 software will most definitely take longer than… Continue reading...
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In case anyone reading my blog thinks that techies are immune to the ways of a noobie, take heart in what I am about to tell you. I set out this morning for a 4 mile walk, armed with a brand new audiobook on my iPod. I became immediately engrossed in the book and was quite proud of myself for killing two birds with one stone (exercising and business self-improvement). Good idea, bad execution But something weird happened. A few chapters into the book, the author of the audiobook made a reference to something earlier in the audiobook that I… Continue reading...
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A few days ago, I woke to the sound of a thunderstorm outside. One of the many pleasures in my life is being able to just lie in bed and listen to thunder roll through the sky. I liked the experience so much I decided to tweet about it on Twitter later that morning. Here's what I wrote: I could listen to thunderstorms all day long. Are there any more on the way? A few minutes later, I got this reply: For those of you that don't know, Paul Poteet is a well-known meteorologist in Indianapolis. Five different radio stations… Continue reading...
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