Well another outing.  Turned out to be great fun.  Our trip this time took us to a street festival called “In the Street.”  This festival is located in Frederick, Maryland.  I would recommend it.  However, we had a bad experience with our particular paddle boat but it appeared the other families were enjoying themselves.  I have also included some pictures as well.   If you want to see the full picture, click the picture once wait for that screen to come up, and then click the picture again.  That should display the full picture for you.

Cheers!

Here is to family and fun!  Cheers Again!

I cannot believe they are at it again.  I have almost completed a project which I believe was the wrong approach to solving a problem.  However, I was given orders.  What makes it so bad, is that our main technology person endorsed this.  I also complained about the approach not addressing reliability and availability.   THEY INDICATED WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT AT LATER.  However, when people began to attack and criticize what the PM had not done this person was the first amongst the pack.  This project has basically been done with no funding support, no management support, and more importantly I controlled none of the resources.  Same old story.

I will have to compose my PM manifesto.  We are never appreciated.

The NFL just got more exciting!  Favre has officially become a Viking.  Take that Pack!

I am very disappointed in Apple.  Is this an indicator that they feel threatened by the Palm Pre?  Read this article.

As most of you know, I am more often an avid Apple supporter.  But in this case, I am very disappointed they chose to take this route.  It makes you question why all of the iTunes music is DRM if you not allowed to potentially synch it with other media.  This is also in the context that I store all my music in iTunes.  This is now making me rethink.

Cheers!

Happy 4th of July to one and all! Get that grill out and get to cooking today!

I know I have not written in a while.  Yes, I am getting lazy and passive as I did previously.  I will once again try to do better.  On to the topic item.

I had been previously been holding off on purchasing a cell phone.  However, with a need to more and more turn off the Blackberry from work I decided it was time to take the plunge.  The only question would be what network would I go with and what phone to purchase.  From the network perspective, would it be Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint?  From a phone perspective, would it be the Storm, iPhone, or Palm Pre?  Well, the verdict is and I believe you have already figured out my choice at this time.  Was it the right choice only time will tell.  

For those who have not figured this out, I went with the Palm Pre with Sprint.  Part of what influenced my final decision is I really like to try and be technology diversified and not depend on a single brand.  In that same vein, I also like to make sure I get exposed to the various presentations and approaches from different vendors as well.  If you have followed some of my other technological posts, you know I already have some items from the other vendors mentioned.

So far so good.  I really like what I see from the Pre.  The major shortfall I see at this time, is the application store.   If it follows the model of Sprint’s digital lounge I believe it will flounder.  I make this assessment in comparison of Apple’s application store where you pay a small fee for an application once.  With the applications, I have been seeing you may have to pay a monthly fee to use the application.  So, this in turns make the Sprint provided applications more expensive.

Along with the applications comes the discussion about space on the Palm Pre.  Right now, this initial offering of the Palm Pre has only 8 Gb of space, really on 7Gb because of the OS.

The OS is a high point in my mind.  It is very intuitive.  I believe I learned a lot more just by playing with the phone and using the built in help.

So for now, I would say Pre-it if you have not already done it.

Cheers!

There is something weighing heavy on my mind and heart this memorial day.  I am thinking about Kermit Evans. He is the young man that is pictured on my sight in the right-hand side.  No, that is not a picture of me but a picture of my fallen frat brother, home boy, and little brother.  I am throwing the Phi for you Frat. \m/ A PHI! A Phi little brother…06!

So this day, let us remember what this day is truly for.  It is a day to pay homage and thanks to those who gave their lives for us.  It is a day also to give thanks to those who are in service now, and those who have served.  Thank you.