DocAndersen
Tech Review Updates:
•5g MiFi,- I was in downtown Washington DC for a meeting. Sitting on the national mall using my 5g MiFi. I was getting between 1.3 and 1.4 Mbits of downloads for nearly 45 minutes (the length of time I could relax at lunch). The highest home network speed you can get I 1 Mbit down, but you don’t get one Mbit. You get 60 to 70% of that for any one device.
•Travis, the Translator – I’ve been using the device when talking to my good friend in Brazil. Previously when we spoke, he would have to use English. Now he can speak in Portuguese, and I can speak in English, and Travis translates. There were a few words that the device missed badly, but overall the translation was awesome, plus with two native speakers, it was able to keep up in two languages!
•Polycom Voyager – I love the headset, and I use it every day now!
•Kestrel 5500 personal portable weather station – I measured the temperature on the national mall the other day (97 degrees). The device allows you to determine wind speed, wind direction as well as altimeter, temperature, and barometric pressure. I find myself taking it with me everywhere I go now.
I do like to share updates on reviews from time to time. The problem I have with reviews is of well anything other than books and movies is the reviewer doesn’t revisit their reviews. I like to do quarterly updates of reviews. My focus is on technology that is available, but I also like to follow up on how I am using that tech two, three and more months down the road.
One of the things I always struggle with is should I carry something in my computer bag. All four of the items updated today are in my computer bag. I moved out a rolling bag, to reduce the wear and tear on my shoulders. But these items go with me wherever I go. One of the things I find interesting is the additional small items that I often take with me to make work life easier. Portable mini-projectors, sometimes Pico Projectors have improved immeasurably since their initial release ten years ago. You can easily create a meeting space anywhere. The one thing about the smaller projectors is the number of lumens they can project. You wouldn’t use a smaller PICO projector outdoors during the daylight hours.
Portable speakers are evolving, as well. It makes it easy to set up in a room, anywhere and quickly have a meeting that multiple people can hear, speak and see at the same time!
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Question of
Do you watch netflix?
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Yes
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No
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Do you watch hulu:
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Yes
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No
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do you own a DVD or Blu-Ray player?
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Do you have a weather station?
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Amazing what you can get…I don’t watch sky or netflix but use a DVD player
it is truly amazing what is available now!
Q: Do you watch netflix?
Yes (2 votes) – 40%
No (3 votes) – 60%
Q: Do you watch hulu:
No (5 votes) – 100%
Q: do you own a DVD or Blu-Ray player?
Yes (2 votes) – 40%
No (3 votes) – 60%
Q: Do you have a weather station?
Yes (2 votes) – 40%
No (3 votes) – 60%
That was cool. Travis, the translator was the coolest of all.
It is a really impressive device! They were a crowdfunded company from Holland. I really love the ease of use!
how is it that travis can translate a spoken conversation realitme and yet autofill still sucks?
your assumption is that auto-correct isn’t a cruel joke?
it is some of the oldest tech with regards to cel phones. works great in Japan…
They have pushed it now to predictive text which is why it doesn’t work!
in Japan, you type in hiragana and it guesses which kanji you want. but it gives all possible characters ranked by probability…
ah but you forget the one issue. English is not a language that has a logical starting point. Therefore predictive tools for English will always struggle. There are too many German, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin and Arabic words in english.
Today, technology is advancing so fast that we can barely keep up. I don’t own or use any of the things you listed.
over time many of them end up being put into other things that more people own!
I can see where the translator would come in handy. No Hulu or any other streaming except for YouTube.
I remember the no streaming! The translator has really been useful so far!
The more I read the less I know what it is, dear friend….i hope you don’t mind me … i don’t use any of these things
i do not mind at all. I thank you for the kind words
I also thank you very much for your understanding and your kindness
you are most welcome my friend.