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Re: Introducing Seesmic Ping

jsarfati — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:32:56 -0000

WP7 works for me. Now, please add Google+, 4Square, Flickr and Picasa support!

Re: Overall, the iPad disappoints a guy like me!

jsarfati — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:48:22 -0000

Derrek,

I got my iPad about a month after they came out. At first I was skeptical, I thought that they were just big iPod Touches. And guess what? They are. But I LOVE my iPad.

It's important to note that the iPad is a "Content Consumption" device, not a "Content Creation" device.

IPad Pros:
* Great for reading Tweets (Twitbird pro app)
* Great for Social networking ( it really needs a facebook app for the iPad)
* Great for reading emails off-line that are not time sensitive (iPad mail app)
* Great for reading RSS feeds (REEDER iPad app)
* it's always on, no need to boot my laptop
* is a great entertainment device while traveling (I load 10 movies, and dozens of podcasts before a trip)
* is great for doing a quick search on the internet. (the lack of flash isn't that much of an issue for me)

iPad Cons:
* Keyboard is not good for lots of typing
* no good apps for creating PowerPoint or creating fancy charts/graphs. (I do this a lot at work)
* it will not replace my laptop. I use it, in addition to my laptop. (note: I recently took a 4 day trip to Detroit, with only my iPad and no laptop. it worked well. But I did not need to create any PowerPoints or other complex graphs during this trip)

Oh yes. I do have a Dell mini 10 netbook. I used it a lot, until I got my iPad. Now it just sits in my desk drawer gathering dust. It's a nice laptop, but the iPad fits me much better.

Jerry

Re: Dell Inspiron Mini 10v – Part 3

jsarfati — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:48:57 -0000

I have a dell mini 10 (not the 10v). It's a great little machine for personal use. (web surfing, small applications). I can't imagine using it for CAD

Re: What CAD Programs Run on Linux? These Do.

jsarfati — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:11:50 -0000

Josh,

The list doesn't include NX from Siemens PLM software. NX runs on SuSE Linux 10 (in addition to Windows and Mac OS).

www.siemens.com/nx

Jerry

Re: COFES 2009 Day 1

jsarfati — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:54:05 -0000

Lou, thanks for liveblogging this event. it's great for those of us that could not attend this year!

Re: COFES 2009 Day 1

jsarfati — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:56:14 -0000

Lou, I would love to know, how many people attending the session use Twitter, facebook, or an RSS reader.

Re: 3D searching Madness! 5 Ways to Search in 3D…Oh, except for CAD and Design stuff.

jsarfati — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:14:28 -0000

Josh,

Some advantages of Geolus Search are: Geolus Search is architected as a web service, works with distributed databases, and our customers have hundreds of thousands of parts that they search every day.

For more info, check out the main product page at: http://bit.ly/3rhckv it has the brochure and demo videos.

If you're interested in more, let me know (I can try to put together a blog post with some new demos. )

Jerry

Re: 3D searching Madness! 5 Ways to Search in 3D…Oh, except for CAD and Design stuff.

jsarfati — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:47:01 -0000

3D CAD Search is alive and well. If you're interested in 3D search for design you should really check out Geolus Search from Siemens.
http://www.plm.automation.s...

Geolus Search software is a geometry-based search engine for both single- and multi-CAD environments Geolus help to reduce/control part costs throughout the product lifecycle, manage engineering design knowledge and increase manufacturing efficiencies.

Geolus Search provides automated part search results based on geometric similarity.

Jerry Sarfati