JR: Cell phone noise-oholics - December 2002 - Hah! This observation is from a December 2002 blog post that I made: A person using a cell phone talks louder than anyone else around them and louder than he or she would normally. Is the person on the other end of the line always loading baggage... more>>
- Jul 18, 2014 - #technology #mobile #humor

JR: Highlights from the 2014 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report - "Mobile advertising is still underperforming vs. time spent on mobile devices, whereas print is still significantly overperforming." May 28, 2014: Internet trends report qz.com Poynter.org Niemanlab.org NY Times Highlights Internet user grow... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 01, 2014 - #internet #technology #media #sports #mobile #advertising #blog_jr

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- May 27, 2014 - #technology

JR: Land line phone usage - Apr 14, 2014 - ToledoTalk.com - Do you have a 'home' phone It seems that most responders do not have a land line phone at home, which is not a surprise. We still have a land line. It does not make long distant calls. It can receive long distant ca... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 15, 2014 - #home #technology #mobile #blog_jr

JR: Age problem in technology? - "Yes grandpa, there really is an age problem in tech." Yes grandpa, there really is an age problem in tech I signed up for the EmpireJS conference in May here in NYC. At the time there were no speakers announced. They promised to announce one ... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 14, 2014 - #ageism #technology #programming #blog_jr

JR: Computer industry inventor and thinker Douglas Engelbart dies - July 2013 - Augmenting Human Intellect Douglas Doug Engelbart, a legendary American inventor and computing icon who invented the computer mouse and helped develop much of the modern PC user interface, passed away last night, according to family sources.... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 27, 2014 - #technology #history #blog_jr

JR: History of Hypertext - On July 2, 2013, I began reading a used book that I bought five to eight years ago. The book is titled "HyperText and HyperMedia" by Jakob Nielsen of useit.com fame. The book, however, was published in 1990. The book discusses hypertext history and a... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 27, 2014 - #web #history #technology #blog_jr

JR: Newspapers hiring programmers - (My March 2007 ToledoTalk.com post) Some excerpts from a March 7, 2007 story titled Web Focus Leads Newspapers to Hire Programmers for Editorial Staff. Whenever journalist-programmer extraordinaire Adrian Holovaty speaks at a conference, newspap... more>> 19 min read
- Mar 20, 2014 - #media #technology #programming #blog_jr

JR: Toledo and WiFi - A blast from the past: 2007 - Toledo Talk - Toledo Wi-Fi Debate - pros and cons Excerpt: Next-gen wireless technology is "right around the corner," which could make WiFi irrelevant. From the July 2007 Toronto Star article referenced in the 2... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #technology #toledo #history

JR: Top tech products from the past 20 years - Dec 17, 2013 - WSJ - Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews - Walt Mossberg on the products that changed the digital industry 1. Newton MessagePad (1993) 2. Netscape Navigator (1994) 3. Windows 95 (1995) 4. The Palm Pilot (1997) 5. Google... more>>
- Mar 03, 2014 - #history #technology #blog_jr

JR: Quora design principles - (My April 2011 posting at ToledoTalk.com) - QA site YouTube video "Design is a set of decisions about a product. It's not an interface or an aesthetic, it's not a brand or a color. Design is the actual decisions." "First, it imposes a... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #technology #socialmedia #design #blog_jr

JR: Changing newsrooms from a print culture to a digital culture - Digital First Media newsrooms are still largely print newsrooms with digital operations bolted on. As John explained last week in his address to the Online Publishers Association, Starting with some test sites we will work through every process, eve... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #technology #cms #quote #blog_jr

JR: Top 10 Online Activities Performed in the Last 30 Days by People 65-plus - Dec 2009 - (My December 2009 posting at ToledoTalk.com) Dec 10, 2009 - nielsen wire - Six Million More Seniors Using the Web than Five Years Ago While people 65 and older still make up less than 10 percent of the active Internet universe, their numbers are ... more>> 2 min read
- Jan 29, 2014 - #technology #socialmedia

JR: Thoughts about creating a community site - (My 2009 posting at ToledoTalk.com.) Aug 30, 2009 Update: This is a mish-mash of thoughts from a couple e-mails. It will take me a while to expand and organize this info, so I see no point in reading this now. {{Underconstruction}} I wrote the... more>> 9 min read
- Jan 29, 2014 - #technology #forums #socialmedia #local #design #programming #blog_jr

JR: The 10 Fastest-Growing Job Titles - November 2013 story DevOps engineer iOS developer Data scientist UX designer Staff accountant Paralegal UI developer Administrative assistant Android developer Business intelligence developer #technology - #design - #ux - #programming ... more>>
- Dec 17, 2013 - #technology #design #ux #programming #jobs