Posts tagged as "laptop"

Posted by Markus on 13th April 2009
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HP asks $298 for two keys

The Consumerist is a site I’ve been following for a very long time. Being a person working in marketing, I think it’s very important to see the everyday mistakes companies make, how they affect consumers and eventually how the shit will hit the fan and everything will be FUBAR. Good customer service is the only [...]

Posted by Markus on 8th April 2009
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3rd of 5 Reasons why printed media will evolve

Note: This is the third part of my week-long series of posting 5 reasons why I think the printed media will have to evolve and what I think it should evolve to. The steps will be posted daily starting with this on a Monday, and ending on this week’s Friday. If you missed the first [...]

Posted by Markus on 8th April 2009
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What happens to old gadgets?

I’m currently writing this post sitting on a big sofa, writing this on my Mac, which I think is my 8th Mac laptop in a row. My wife is sitting next to me, typing something on her Mac and in front of me is my trusty HTPC Mac Mini (with Boxee) and so many other [...]

Posted by Markus on 6th April 2009
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eBooks, Kindle and the iPhone

Today I made a leap towards a future I’ve been supporting for a long time, but something I have been reluctant to start enjoying – electronic books. For a long time, I’ve been on a personal mission to reduce my use of paper by embracing everything digital – be it all my writing, mind mapping, [...]

Posted by Markus on 31st March 2009
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Wireless = Paperless = Personalized

Personalization can offer huge performance increase for education and also help to save in costs and the environment. A paperless school can teach students to use today’s technology naturally and effectively as a part of their own knowledge. The learning process as a whole needs to change to accommodate this availability of information by teaching [...]

Posted by Markus on 28th September 2006
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Greener Apple

Now this is old news already, but in a recent research of laptop manufacturers, Apple was found to be (one of) the least environmental out there. Can’t remember the figures, but if I recall correctly (in my warped Apple-fied mind) the differences were not so huge. Anyhoo, the smelly hippies of Greenpeace are at it [...]

Posted by Markus on 14th May 2006
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The Sound of Music

Some of you might already know that I’m a mass consumer of high-quality tunes and even manage to produce some notes out of instruments. Well, since I moved away from Finland I haven’t had a decent amplifier to play my music and last friday I finally got an amplifier to go with my infinity speakers [...]