Articles by Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson - I'm a project manager, a tech enthusist and a nerd in almost every sense of the word. The only thing I love more than playing with new technology is writing about new technology. Be sure and check out all of my posts and leave comments. I'd love to hear from you.
Reading the Tea Leaves: Can Amazon’s Android Tablet Compete with iPad?
The Web is abuzz about Amazon’s new Android-based tablet set to launch this fall. Their current Kindle-branded e-reader continues to sell to book enthusiasts and e-books remain a strong category for Amazon. In fact, earlier …
Hack Your Nintendo Wii In 5 Minutes
Lifehacker’s Adam Dachis posted this great article on how to hack your Nintendo Wii. “Hacking your Wii hasn’t been difficult, but it has required a somewhat detailed process. Now we have LetterBomb, which is an incredibly …
Apple OS X Lion
Apple’s OS X Lion is the newest iteration of what many consider the best operation system on the market today. Borrowing heavily from iOS, the system behind Apple’s iPhone and iPad products, Lion brings gestures, …
New Media Rock Stars
Guys, here is another one I wrote a few weeks ago for the Click Here Insights blog. This one was inspired after a late night of YouTubing. It constantly amazes me how the internet has …
Can the Internet Save Television?
The most important Internet-capable device in your life may very soon be your television. The Web is poised to invade your living room and revolutionize the way we consume media. Companies like Apple and Google have introduced products this year that transform the way we watch television. What these Internet-capable set-top boxes provide is what has always been the promise of the Internet, convenience.
Goodbye Google Wave
On August 4th Google announced that it would be discontinuing support for the Google Wave web service at the end of 2010. This decision was due largely to the fact that the once lauded web …
Some Favorite Tech Viral Videos
I’m researching an upcoming article on the history of viral videos and in the process I came across some of my favorites with a tech theme and wanted to share them. Some of these have …
LucyPhone Waits On Hold For You
How many hours of your life have you spent on hold? LucyPhone.com is a service that looks to put an end to the need to sit on hold for hours just to talk to a …
Hunch, The Taste Graph
Hunch.com is a recommendation engine based on user provided input. After signing up for Hunch users are asked to answer multiple questions to train Hunch about themselves. Surprisingly, the questions that provide Hunch with its …
Google & China Trade Threats As Standoff Continues
Google and China are at it again. Google announced January 12th that agents hacked into their system and attempted to access information stored on Google servers regarding Chinese political dissidents. While Google has been careful …
Adaptive Project Management Using Scrum
Since time immemorial man has been undertaking great projects. The Pyramids, Stonehenge, Amazon.com just to name a few. All of these projects have had one thing in common; A lowly human with no superpowers was …
Apple Tablet Will Make All Your Dreams Come True
By now everyone is aware of the anticipated announcement tomorrow by Apple. Rumors are flying and it seems everyone has a “reliable source” that can confirm that the new Apple tablet will have a 10 …
BumpTop For Mac 3D Desktop Interface
BumpTop is a creative 3D interface that changes the way you think about a computer desktop. After installing BumpTop users find themselves looking at a three quarter perspective view of the desktop, complete with four …
Facebook Is Lexington, Twitter Is Concord
Social Networking has changed everything. Anyone who is still not convinced of this truth either has been hiding under a very large rock for the last 5 years…or they’re disagreeing with you just to be …
Gowalla and Location-Based Social Networking
Gowalla is a fun, location-based social networking game for your iPhone or other mobile device. With Gowalla, users can check in at each location they visit. This lets friends know where you are and also …
Twitter + Talking = Twalkin
It seems there is no end to Twitter integration applications. As such Twalkin (http://twalk.in/) should come as little surprise. Twalkin allows users to schedule and moderate ?Twalks? or Twitter integrated teleconferencing. Complete with an iPhone …
Classic NES Memories
I have owned many video game consoles in my life. The original Nintendo Entertainment System was not my first video game console, nor the last. But like so many gamers who have continued to carry …
Android, It’s Here To Stay
Attention Steve Jobs and all Apple fanboys! The Android platform is not going away. With the release of the new Motorola Droid and version 2.0 of the Android OS, Google has proven that it’s not …
Saving Network Neutrality
I honestly don’t believe it is an overstatement to say that the Internet has been the single greatest achievement in the advancement of information and communication since the invention of the printing press. We are …
FarmVille Madness – The Curse of Facebook Games
Lately my Facebook news feed seems to be choked with status updates. Most of the time I use these updates to keep up with my friends and what’s going on in their lives. But that …
