“Tell me all of your problems. I may not be able to fix everything, but I will be able to fix some things.”

July 29, 2008

I have spent a lot of time coordinating with the folks over at MedShare over the years to get goods from one place to the next.  When I received their newsletter a few days ago I was very happy to see the following story: Biomedical Engineer Travels to West Africa Eben Amstrong, right, MedShare’s Biomedical […]

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OpenStreetMap in Jordan

July 29, 2008

Mikel Maron of OpenStreetMap.org (OSM) is heading to Jordan to work with JumpStart International.  He’ll be mapping the country with the help of Jordanian engineers and then loading the data into OSM.  Hopefully, he’ll also get to enjoy to hospitality of the Jordanian people, the incredible food, the open air cafes and the massive amount […]

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‘Thuraya Puts Distribution Deals in Place’

July 29, 2008

Satellite Today has some Thuraya news: Thuraya has announced a slew of distribution agreements for its ThurayaIP service, the company said July 28.  The operator has signed distribution agreements with: Fort Info Technology, GPTC, IEC, Indigo Airtime Ltd, NSSL, Satcom Group, Xsat Fze and Xtra-Link throughout the last few weeks. According to Thuraya, these distributors […]

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The best free apps for when your in the field

July 29, 2008

Here’s a quick list of some good and useful free apps: Ubuntu – A fantastic free OS that eliminates the need to deal with most of the stuff that follows.  Just get on with it and download it now for free especially if your machines are loaded with a bootleg OS. AVG 8.0 – If […]

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Aid work Aussie style

July 29, 2008

If you have ever wondered what Australian NGO’s are out there look no further.  Australian Aid International (AAI) is the brainchild of Frank Tyler and his associate Marc Preston.  They started AAI a few years back following the 2004 Tsunami that ravaged SE Asia.  Now they are at work in East Timor, Indonesia, the Philippines […]

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‘DataCase iPhone App Video: Turn Your iPhone Into A Wireless Drive’

July 28, 2008

Michael Arrington over at Techcrunch has posted a write-up on a wireless drive App for your iPhone called Datacase.  Here is an excerpt from Michael’s post: “DataCase, though, looks to be different. It will turn your iPhone into a wireless drive for file storage, and includes a viewer for most popular file formats (Office, PDF, […]

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The WordPress App for iPhone works like a charm

July 28, 2008

Yesterday, I posted from the floor of the Yosemite Valley using the new WordPress App for the iPhone and I have to say it worked like a charm.  I snapped the pic below with the iPhone, typed out a quick post while standing at the edge of the meadow just in front of Yosemite Falls […]

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Links: 2D barcodes

July 28, 2008

Streetstylz dropped a link on me for another 2D barcode reader: NeoReader.  Check out the ‘How it works’ section on the NeoReader site to see what 2D barcoides have to offer and check out Streetstylz site for more on the mobile space race.  Sadly, no NeoReader for the iPhone. Dean, over at Cognation, sent in […]

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iPhone WordPress App – Liveblogging from the Yosemite Valley

July 27, 2008

We’re in Yosemite right now and if you are reading this then the new iPhone WordPress App works like a charm and there is enough AT&T bandwidth for me to post. However, the nearby 16,000 acre fire has obscured just about everything so we’ll need to come back in the fall. Tweet

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2D Sense – an iPhone 2D barcode reader that works

July 26, 2008

I just came across the 2D Sense iPhone barcode reader this morning.  I did a search on my wife’s iPhone in the App store for ‘QR Codes’ and it popped right up.  (Still no luck with ScanLife!).  It has a very clean interface and does a good job at pulling QR Codes off of a […]

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