Jason N. Gaylord's Blog : Reviews (Technical)

The Gap Between eCommerce and Brick and Mortar

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:16:00 GMT

I just came back from visiting Toys"R"Us as another disappointed customer. Their semi-monthly paper advertisement contained a Sportspower "My First Trampoline With Enclosure" for $79.99. So what's the issue? It's out of stock...(read more)

Technology Related Links for May 13th

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:07:01 GMT

If you are looking to follow this series, be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed at http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord or my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/jgaylord . This series can be followed by using the Hot Links tag. Series Post #12...(read more)

Technology Links for May 7th, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:49:54 GMT

Technology Related Links for May 6th, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:37:39 GMT

Technology Related Links for May 5th, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:05:15 GMT

Technology Related Links for May 4th, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:49:49 GMT

Technology Related Links for May 1, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:55:33 GMT

If you are looking to follow this series, be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed at http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord or my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/jgaylord Series Post #4 I’ve streamlined the categories a bit more. I’m also going...(read more)

Technology Related Links for April 30, 2009

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:28:34 GMT

If you are looking to follow this series, be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed at http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord or my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/jgaylord Series Post #3 Architecture and Design Patterns Agile Project Management...(read more)

UX Pattern Browser by Infragistics

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:46:26 GMT

Infragistics , a User Interface Components company, has released a new UX Pattern website that allows users to view various patterns and submit their own to the library. The site can be found at http://quince.infragistics.com/ . If you haven’t checked...(read more)

Yahoo SearchPad Disappoints Me

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:38:51 GMT

I was reading a Robert Scoble post about why Google Latitude product is receiving more attention than Yahoo SearchPad . I totally agree with him. After reading his post about his interview and watching the video, I’ve devised a list of items that’s wrong...(read more)

Review: TechSmith Camtasia Studio 6.01

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:30 GMT

Ok. So for years now I’ve been using TechSmith ’s Camtasia Studio . I’ve always thought their software was great to dictate and record the screen. Now they’ve gone completely silly. Oh, and I mean in a good way. About two weeks ago I asked their Evangelist...(read more)

Technology Highlights of 2008

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:38:58 GMT

What fitting way to end 2008 than a list of my own version of technology-related highlights of 2008. Dell’s Acquisition of Equallogic – Ok. So technically this happened in November of 2007. But the acquisition wasn’t completed until early this year. After...(read more)

Review: Keurig Platinum B70 Home Brewing System

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:52:17 GMT

While we’re still around the holidays, I figured I’d continue my break from actual dev content and review one of the gifts I received this holiday season. My wife picked up a Keurig B70 (Platinum) ; a single cup coffee/tea brewing system made by Keurig...(read more)

So What Happens When Technology and Holidays Come Together???

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:53:37 GMT

This is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s a busy time of the year, but it’s fun. If you’re not into the holidays, chances are you’re too busy and you need a vacation. Even the busiest individuals can enjoy the holidays. Since I was little, I...(read more)

Installing Remote Desktop, Remotely

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:33:20 GMT

Have you ever needed to connect to a PC using Remote Desktop to either check something out or to install a better remote connectivity software like VNC? A couple years ago, IntelliAdmin created an application to install remote desktop from a remote PC...(read more)

DirecTV Needs Staging and Testing

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:52:47 GMT

As a software developer, you know that best practices recommend testing and even staging environments. Evidently, DirecTV lacks that or is really missing something. Sometime today, they released a software update that sent nearly all of their HD receivers...(read more)

Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:51 GMT

I was just checking out the improvements the team has made in beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. While I haven't had time to mess with all of the improvements, I see lots of opportunities to create enhancements for my sites to allow visitors to get what...(read more)

Discovering Adobe Kuler - Color Themes Gallery

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:38 GMT

Chris Love , posted a tweet today about Adobe Kuler. Kuler is a web/flash based application that allows developers and designers to upload and download color swatches for Adobe Photoshop. It's a great way, as Chris put it, for developers to pick up...(read more)

Velocity Podcast

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:58:08 GMT

Want to learn more about Microsoft Velocity and how this distributed caching system can improve your web applications? Then you'd better check out the new Velocity podcast at ASP.NET Podcast. You can download the MP3 at http://www.aspnetpodcast.com...(read more)

Windows 7 at the PDC?

Jason N. Gaylord's Blog — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:11:28 GMT

Sounds like Windows 7 might be previewed at the PDC. If not, significant details will surely be shared. No, I didn't escape one of the Microsoft buildings with their business plan but rather came across the team's new blog at http://blogs.msdn...(read more)