The popcorn keeps expanding at the Popcornflix movie streaming service, as Unicorn Media, a leading Internet video solutions provider, announced partnerships with Cypress and Screen Media Ventures, LLC for expanding the free Popcornflix app on Xbox LIVE (gold subscribers). Popcornflix also owns and distributes its own content via iOS and Android apps, Roku, connected TVs [...]
Artec3D Technology in Bioshock Infinite Commercial
Artec Inc. develops and sells 3D scanners (a.k.a. 3D cameras) that function in real-time. Their uniquely versatile equipment is used in fields such as reverse engineering, medical imaging, archeology, art digitization, computer animation, prototyping, and anthropology. Artec Inc. also develops and produces biometric security, 3D face recognition technology, and advanced 3D imaging and processing technologies. [...]
Tommy Santora Interview on Mi (Mobile Intelligence) Alert Systems
Tom Santora, the creator of Mi (Mobile Intelligence) Alerts, recently explained these new, multipurpose systems to me that all stem from one central communication hub – your mobile phone. “Our mobile intelligence technology called MiAlert involves several functions where people get important information via their mobile phone/device,” says Santora. “Our multi-phased plan will make this [...]
Neil Gaiman Interviews Chuck Lorre (of “The Big Bang Theory” Fame)
There are a few things at SXSWi that I wanted to be sure not to miss, one of which was a chance to actually see one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman, live. In case you’re not familiar with him, here’s a little background. (If you are familiar, feel free to skip right to paragraph [...]
Tomb Raider Interview with Darrell Gallagher and Noah Hughes
I recently discussed the new Tomb Raider video game (releasing today, March 5) with Darrell Gallagher (Crystal Dynamics Studio Head) and Noah Hughes (Crystal Dynamics Creative Director). Crystal Dynamics developed this recently released reboot featuring the female adventurer hero Lara Croft, as well as the previous four Tomb Raider games. Publisher Square Enix purchased Eidos [...]
5 Questions with Michael Hess of Skooba Design
Skooba Design was Gear Diary’s first advertiser back when Judie first launched the site. They were also the first company to become a Newsletter Underwriter. We tell you that in the interest of full disclosure, but what’s more important is that we really love AND use their stuff. Most recently, we were both taken by [...]
Zinio Interviews Judie! (And Dan!)
Zinio recently introduced their Zinio Magazine Minute. In it “Notable figures in magazine publishing and technology share their thoughts exclusively with Zinio. Explore their favorite articles, magazines, and find out what inspires them.” They reached out to Judie and me and interviewed us both. Judie’s interview is already live and I thought I would share [...]
GAIN Fitness for iOS is Pocket-Sized Personal Training
Exercise. It’s something we all need to do, with the exception of those among us who are genetically gifted. But it is too easy to get caught in a rut, slogging through the same workouts each day. Or to avoid working out entirely because a meeting ran late, the car is in the shop, dinner [...]
Vinyl in a World of Digital Music An Interview with Tom Tom Mag’s Mindy Abovitz
While Judie and I were attending the Create.Work.Inspire event sponsored by Dell and Intel last week we had the chance to sit down with Mindy Abovitz, the founder and editor in chief of Tom Tom magazine. (As an aside, we both really love the magazine and highly recommend you check it out.) While the conversation was ostensibly [...]
Typeface: Using Your Face to Generate Fonts
Photo courtesy of Mary Huang By trade, I’m a technical writer. A lot of technical writers are interested in the arcana and history of writing. Some folks are fascinated by books–their history, how they’re made, how their distributed, and on and on. Some people go more for the technical side–what kind of eBook readers are [...]
Making Of Google Nexus One Video Series
The Google Nexus One is arguably one of the most successful Android devices to-date. Google was said to have worked closely with HTC in order to produce a device to really showcase what they thought should be a premier Android handset. I was always curious about the design and collaboration that went into creating this [...]
Interview With Mobile Designer Jason Surguine. Part 1 | Just Another Mobile Monday
My good buddies over at Just Another Mobile Monday have gotten an awesome opportunities to interview Jason Surguine from PDAMill. This multipart series is a must read for all PDA/gadget gamers! The interview is very insightful, and gives you the unique opportunity to look into the mind of a game designer. Stop what you’re doing [...]
An Interview With Nandini of Instablogs Network
Nandini Maheshwari is the managing Editor and Publisher of a truly entertaining blog, BornRich. Launched on October 5th, 2005, it has quickly become a place where visitors can come and be amazed at what more than a few dollars will buy. Whether it be the Multi-Media Bed with RUF Cinema, the Chrome Robot TV Stand, [...]
A Message From DualCor…
To say that there has been a lot of speculation and misinformation circling the DualCor cPC would be an understatement. To cut through the rumors, I went straight to the source and spoke withRob Howe, President and COO of DualCor, on October 23, 2006. After our phone conversation, I emailed him the notes I had [...]























