Living La Vida Techno

How to live a better life through technology.

Facebook makes me sick. Ads in my news feed. Why is it called a “news” feed?

That sometimes you have to do what’s right for the good of the group even if it is wrong for the individual. That’s some heavy thinking for a game.
I’m playing now in episode 4 and I have to explain to clementine why Ben had to die. The truth is that he [...]

This game just keeps giving and giving!

How I learned about life playing the walking dead

I’ve been playing the Walking Dead game from Telltale Games and I’ve decided that not only is this a pretty good game but I’m also learning life lessons. A big part of the game is making decisions about what to do. It is a strongly story based game.
I’m hot and cold [...]

The new MimoPlug is arguably the smallest, most portable, and most energy efficient Linux computer system available anywhere.
I’ve been playing around with small form factor computers for a very long time.  The definition of small form factor has changed dramatically over the years and all in one direction – smaller!
Plug computers are a new form [...]

iBuildApp's free Android app creator

iBuildApp announced today a new Android app creator called Android Builder. The tool simplifies creating an iPhone and Android apps for smartphones.
I’m playing around with it right now, which is easy because it is free.
IBuildApp stressed the following in the press release:

Now anyone can build an Android app using the [...]

Tomorrow I am going to pay a new version of cal of duty. I love military FPSs so this is a big deal for me. I can remember the first time I played Medal of Honor, with landing at D-day and bullets whizzing by my head.
These are the games that I usually play over [...]

This is my first post using my newly downloaded wordpress for blackberry app. Not only is this very cool, but it should increase my productivity on the go.
You can download it from http://blackberry.wordpress.com.

It was a beautiful sunny day in NYC when I journeyed into midtown for one of the few things that could get me to make such a brutal trip: a game demo. I walked into the hotel, took the elevator up and walked into the demo for FEAR3. After some chit chat, we [...]

I had a great meeting earlier today at GDC 2011 with NeuroSky.  They make devices and software that are used to create a brain-computer interface.  The current device, Mindwave, is a headset that has a piece that goes on your forehead and a clip that goes on your earlobe.  It uses the same technology as [...]

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