Reviews
My Thoughts on Apples Spring Loaded Event
With another spring we get another Apple event. This time its called “Spring Loaded” which they had on 4/20…which they totally should of called it “Spring Baked” but I digress, this is one of Apples few conferences this year where they show off their new products coming out within that...
Book Review: Leading Creative Teams
What makes a creative lead? Is it someone who understands design? Someone who knows how to fake it till they make it? What turns a creative into a creative director? Is it something people have versus what others might not have? Due to my background, I have been on Creative...
Review: Python Crash Course
The Python Crash Course book is essentially a bootcamp put into a book. This is a very lengthy book, it isn’t something you can do overnight but is something that can take weeks and weeks because there is a lot to cover. It goes from not knowing code to building...
Review: Navigating Hybrid Scrum Environments
In being in doors a lot lately and catching up on my humble bundle reading and wanting to learn more knowledge about scrum.I decided to dive into this book about navigating hybrid scrum environments by Frederik M. Fowler , feel free to check out my review and if you decide on...
Review: Trailhead GO
With Dreamforce going on, Salesforce dropped something that many had hoped for, for a long time. They have released Trailhead GO, which shifts the entire desktop experience to mobile. Since it was released I have spent the last few days diving into it, here are my initial impressions....
Texas Dreaming and Going After Marketing Cloud
Salesforce has this belief, its the Ohana belief. What does it mean and how does a hawaii saying relate to a tech company? It is about family and working together to help each other. The dog eat dog world that can be the tech industry can have a very negative...
Book Review: Designing Products People Love
Recently I have been able to get a hold of another great book called “Designing Products People Love” by Scott Hurff. Now why did I decide to pick up this book? Well I have run into a few issues with an app I have been building for over a year...
Review: Smashing Book 6
So as I said in my new years resolutions I am going to try to review more books. Let’s start with probably the last physical book I bought from Smashing Magazine. The Smashing Book 6. Synopsis: The Smashing Book series has always been one of my go to resources in...
Has Apple Lost Its Spark?
Another fall, another Apple event. This is the time where Apple shows off its newest iphone, something they usually come out swinging and this year being the tenth anniversary of the iPhone expectations were running high…and this year they came out with a stumble? Wheres The Pow? There were quite...
WWDC 2017: My Thoughts
June, once again the many developers and designers pack the hall in order to see what the next big thing Apple is doing software wise. A new iOS, a new MacOS and a few hardware surprises. I have been looking over everything and rethinking over and over since it debuted...
App Review: Swift Playgrounds
With the ever expanding world of Swift and the fact that I recently purchased a new iPad. I have gone full steam ahead with learning Swift since iOS has fully shifted over into Swift, well maybe shifting. Swift is becoming more and more of a focal point for Apple and...
App Review: Mimo
TO LEARN OR NOT TO LEARN From the makers of Swiftly and Javvy, comes a new app to learn to program called Mimo. It functions very much the same way as the original ones do. It’s a step by step learning system that you can do at your own pace…but is...
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Impressions
So recently Microsoft released its massive update for Windows 10 and it’s called Anniversary Update. Or if you are like me who use to do IT work back in the day…it’s a service pack. This is all part of Microsoft’s plan to turn Windows into a seamless operating system...
Review: Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter
Continuing with my next product review. I recently was gifted the wireless adapter for the surface series. Now for those of you who do not know what miracasting is. It’s when you are able to project your screen from your phone or tablet or computer even onto a tv. This...
Review: Surface Dock
So recently my parents surprised me with a early birthday gift. Cause for those of you who don’t know I got rid of my desktop and got a new Surface Pro 3, so they surprised me with a few things for my surface. So expect a review on the other...
My Thoughts on Windows 10 Phone Technical Preview Part 2
A few updates later, and quite a lot of fixes, we have arrived at part 2 of my review on the next version of windows for phones. Now for those of you who didn’t read my last post about my thoughts on the first update for windows 10 for phone,...
My Thoughts on the HP Stream 7
Christmas was a week and a half, and I am sure everyone has received gifts. Recently the Microsoft store had a deal or a steal depending on what you want, they were selling the HP Stream 7 for 100 dollars. In addition to that, they are including a year of...
Surface Pro 3…A Month or so Later
Surface Pro 3…surface pro 3…surface PRO 3…its been quite a while since the 3rd generation of the surface series came out. And we both know that when we get a new piece of tech or even a car, we are sucked into that awesomeness of that new smell and all...
Surface Pro 3 First Impressions
Well the Surface Pro 3 is finally out. After bring shown off a month ago, we have been waiting for Microsoft’s newest flagship tablet. Now after spending a weekend using this device and not just casually using it in a store or seeing demo videos online. I can honestly say,...
My Thoughts on the Movie “Her”
So after much of a delay, I had been able to successfully watch the movie that I have been looking forward to for a while. My expectations going in were very sparse if you could say that. The only thing I had going in was the trailer and the basic...