Hi and thanks for visiting. You’ll be pleased to know that I have moved to the Kinja platform. The direct link is http://jeremyblanchard.kinja.com/ and I also post to http://chasingthetwist.kinja.com/ . Unfortunately, this means that all the comments were lost in the transition but I grew tired of maintaining WordPress so I want to move to…
A yet to be released product for the iPhone really sparked my interest as it addressed one of the major short comings of the iPhone as a media, particularly video, consumption tool.
BMW is a name synonymous with practical well-engineered motorcycles. Among the many BMW motorcycle models throughout the years, the R1200R, and it’s smaller displacement forefathers, has been a stalwart example of the epitome of the BMW Roadster. All was well with BMW until the introduction of the tremendous S1000RR forced them into the race-inspired side…
After waiting weeks to get into the exclusive club that is Mailbox I am unable to continue using the app. Where Mailbox excels: The single action UI is brilliant and innovative. It allows me to do the two or three most common actions with a single swipe. These include Archive and Delete but also a…
I had the pleasure of traveling to Omaha for a 90 minute meeting on a Friday morning. 18 hours ago I would have said that first sentence with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Now, on my flight home, I can say that it truly was a pleasure to travel to Omaha. Omaha is a city…
What I have learned over the last month or so, through first hand experience and secondary research is that all low-cost web hosts are essentially the same. The product they offer is adequate for small time players like me. The performance is good to great at first and seems to deteriorate over time, whether it…
Since upgrading to the iPhone 5, the added row of applications has almost been more of a curse than a blessing. With my iPhone 3G (AT&T), which I kept for almost three years waiting for a Verizon iPhone, then finally an iPhone 4 (Verizon), for a little over two years, I had nearly five years…
I am just finishing up listening to this week’s This American Life episode, episode 480: Animal Sacrifice. This episode has conjured up some pretty significant reactions inside of me that have surprised me as normally I am not charged up enough to write a blahg post about it. Point One: I really really enjoy the…