About this Blog

Increases in technology have impacted our lives in almost every facet. A mere 10 years ago, email was something that was just impacting the office environment, and now we can't go 5 minutes without checking our 4 or 5 different email accounts. The internet has changed the way we get information, shop and even meet people.

There is software for every need, from organizing your day to planning your meals for the week, to cataloging your DVD and CD collection. Some of us have even moved past CDs and keep all music in MP3 files and load up the IPod every morning before heading to work. Satellite radio is taking over large shares of the audience that used to tune into local AM and FM stations. Your car might have an OnStar or some sort of guidance system which makes it so you don't have to get out and ask for directions.

In your living room, you might record your favorite programs or sporting events on your TiVO or DVR and then play them back on your High Definition television. Digital Cable allows you to pause and rewind shows that are being fed to you directly from the cable company. All this plays through your home theatre speaker system which makes you feel as if your in the middle of the action.

In the kitchen you might have a microwave that is also a toaster as well as a convection oven. Your refrigerator and stove even look different from the appliances in your parents house growing up. You've got a drawer full of kitchen gadgets, some of which you don't even remember what they're supposed to do.

Your cell phone...is it a phone? Or an organizer? Or a portable messaging center with which you can send and receive text messages as well as email and voice mails? It is a camera? Do you surf the internet while sitting at a stop light, or use it to check the scores while spending the evening out on the town?

Keep up with all of this can be daunting, especially since once we figure out how to use something, a newer and better model is out there, begging us to purchase it. This blog will bring you some of the newest products out there as well as pointing you to some helpful products and tips that can make your life a bit easier. Feel free to send in your own tips and experiences to bruceallen@gmail.com

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