Don’t worry, it sounds redundant even when I read it.  My point though is this: asking someone what you can do with something almost always ends up as a list of what you can and can NOT do, while asking yourself what you want to do with something is just that or at least it is with me.  The “can” is a list of capabilities or lack of.  The “lack of” capabilities part really only exists due to the merging of someone’s “wants” with the list of capabilities.  The “want” can be just your desires, it need not be merged with any other list of requirements unless you want a pet lion but don’t want the possibility of it ever eating you.

Let’s say you’re looking to buy a car, you ask yourself or a salesman: “What can this car do/What can I do with this car?”  After skimming through a list of it’s capabilities you start to have questions that begin with “Can I/it…” or “Does it…” to which some answers will probably be “no”.  On the other hand, knowing that you want some thing that can transport you and your extended family on land and water while offering sleeping areas and a bathroom would lead you toward buying a RV or a “Duck” and modifying it OR taking the Star Trek route and just building a transporter while negating all the traveling related amenities you wanted in the first place.  I guess the more I explain it the more frivolous the point seems but it boils down to the importance of knowing what you want instead of knowing what you can’t have, can’t do, or can’t accomplish.

With that in-mind, a couple months ago I began to look into complimenting my mobile arsenal with a tablet device. Read more

I remember the days when I steered very clear from Apple products.  Everything I needed in a computing devices came with PCs and Windows, and still do.  After winning a iPhone 2G from a White Elephant gift exchange my work organized a couple years ago, I’ve slowly discovered the allure of iDevices.  Having just recently finally upgraded to an iPhone 3GS I find it’s versatility outweighs it’s drawbacks almost every day.  From all my music in the car with my Jabra Cruiser to games to extremely useful Apple-approved and jailbreak apps plus a quick and responsive phone for SMS, MMS, e-mail, and phone calls, this pocket-sized device connects me to almost everything and everyone.  Now it gets better with VideoStream

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