Auditioning Actors: A Market for a Tablet and Software Solution
Tonight at Wayside Theatre we open a rock and roll party called Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Tomorrow I start a week of auditions. No rest for the wicked. Monday and Tuesday I’m in Washington DC for two days of auditions. I’ll see 200 or so actors in the company of about 30 other theatres. Then I’m off to Memphis for the UPTA conference. We and about 80 other theatres will see over 800 actors and interview about 200 of those for possible jobs.
GBM Podcast: A Special Look at the iPad
Nothing excites a geek more than a new gadget to talk and speculate about. After the recent Apple announcement of the new iPad, several members of the GottaBeMobile Gang and Notebooks.com gang got together to chew the fast and discuss our initial impressions of the iPad. Ben Lang, Josh Smith, Sumocat, Xavier Lanier and I share our thoughts on whether or not Apple hit a home run or announced the “biggest wait and see device” we’ve ever seen.
Let’s Do a Little More for Haiti
Last night I shared a link to the Red Cross, which is collecting donations via SMS for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. I was very glad to hear that the Red Cross has raised more than $1.2 Million via its SMS campaign in a single day. That’s very impressive considering they did it $10 at a time.
From what I hear, the Red Cross is one of the organizations best prepared to turn donations into action in Haiti and I sent an SMS over to donate $10. That’s not nearly enough.
Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC: It’s Recall Time
The following is a guest editorial by Rob Bushway, the founder and former owner of GottaBeMobile.com.
Like many men, I take my role as a father very seriously. It is not only my job to teach my children principles in how we live and treat each other, but also to try and model those same principles in my day to day living.
Tablet 2.0 Moniker At Least Acknowledges There Was a Tablet 1.0
I think Rob Bushway is feeling much like I am watching all the Tablet mania unfold at CES2010, even if it is unfolding under the growing shadow of the mythical Apple Tablet that may or may not be unveiled on January 27. Both of us are sitting on the sidelines of this CES, and I’m not trying to speak for Rob, I feel like some old fart sitting on a rocker on my porch saying, “I remember back in the day…”
Floating on a Sea of Tablet Paradoxes
Why is everyone all of a sudden (within the last 9 months or so) excited about Tablets? Why is CES 2010 filled with Tablets everywhere? Those questions puzzle me, especially in light of the fact that every mention of Tablets is followed by a pretty powerful question: what’s the market for these things? That question has dogged Tablets from the beginning and still does, even with all the excitement that is evident today. It’s almost like setting sail on a big sea not knowing where the winds will eventually carry you. But there are other issues that make this long time Tablet PC user ponder the Tablet mania today and perhaps cloud the horizon.










Looks like some things might be changing. AT&T has notified Sling Media and Apple that it will now allow Sling Media’s Slingplayer app to be run on 3G over the iPhone. When Sling released the $30 app there was a hue and cry because it was limited to WiFi only. This will be a big deal for SlingBox owners.