Blog
Blog posts and ramblings to chronicle my adventures in life. This may contain technology, family, business or products that I enjoy.
About
Hi, I’m Jim. A father, husband, business owner, entrepreneur, and a person who loves technology. I semi-often update this blog.
Contact
Feel free to reach out to me with questions, contact, business ideas, projects or just a random Hello. Located in the Mitten state.
Recent Posts
New baby girl
Helena Diana joined our family on Tuesday Feb 5th at 10:53. At 8lbs and 1oz standing (rather laying) 20 3/4 inches she is the 3rd member of the team. http://flickr.com/photos/jimiz mom and baby are doing good.
The future – one device
I have rambled for years that it will come down to a device, one device that you take with you. Something like a phone, a camera, or watch. but one device that will contain your (computer, communications, information, and $$). We are getting close every day. Phones that are camera’s,…
share you competition
I got an email from a friend that sent this on to me. This business shares their competitive knowledge and also their competitors. What an interesting idea. It says we are truthful, honest, and just want your business. http://fortyagency.com/
Cable Provider and Usage Cap
Well it was bound to happen. Some ISP decided to limit it’s users to a cap on how much bandwidth they can have. If I remember correctly when I signed up I was given a 4MegaBit pipe cable modem and payed for it monthly as a service. It did not…
Love or hate the Iphone
You either love or hate the iphone. I am of the mind set that I love it with an envy type love. I would own one if it would work with Exchange. I know, pure iphone lovers will tell me that there are work arounds. But, I rely too much…
Broadband providers – just don’t get it
AT&T just said that it may filter internet content. Right on the heals of comcast getting sued for a few billion dollars (that will never go through). But what I am seeing is that providers do not get it. Filtering content (bittorrent or P2P) is not the solution. I do…
Housing crisis or a banking issue
I am on both sides of the fense. 1. a home owner should own the responsibility to look over their finances. 2. a bank should make solid loans. Here is a great article explaining how the banking got off track. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7164898.stm
Blackjack and windows Mobile 6
I have been very happy with my smartphone (cingular blackjack) however there are a lot of people who are not. When I got my phone in August the sales team said an update was coming for windows mobile6 (the os). I was excited for this since I understood that wm6…
Top Start-Ups to watch for 2008
I thought this was a pretty good list. I am a user of linkedin. It is interesting to see that search is a item on the list you would think between google and yahoo it would be a dead end. Also, the technology around mobile is just starting to pick…