Author: James Mowery

Apple is well known throughout the industry as being on the forefront of eco-friendly design and production. That is respectable, admirable, and all other sorts of great. But, honestly, why bother? After all, going out of your way simply to save a tree or two can’t be that worthwhile, right? Well guess what: Steve Jobs and Apple know something that others seemingly don’t. Having done something as simple as reducing the size of the boxes being shipped, Jobs noted, is already saving Apple hundreds of thousands of dollars — smaller boxes equals more efficiency in shipping, which results in not…

As an early adopter of Facebook, I’ve been able to see the ups and downs of Mark Zuckerberg’s creation. Fortunately, through all of it, I’ve learned quite a few things along the way. Some of these insights are more disturbing than others, while others just make no sense whatsoever. So let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way first: 1. Everyone Loves Farms (and Gangsters) The words “farm” and “gangster” could never appear in the same sentence, until now. For some amazing reason, people like to build farms and waste people — who’d of thought that? Furthermore, who would have thought that so many…

Completely engrossed in the action and strategy, I clicked the “turn” button just one more time, eyes barely managing to stay open even at the clock’s chirp of 4 AM, with only three hours until school started. Mere moments later, the other player had overrun my capital city and second largest city. Disgusted at this move and hungry for revenge, I sent every single attack unit to the rescue, saving my cities from this dastardly enemy player. Finally, with my renewed vigor, I marched all my armies to the enemy and took over all of its cities, showing no mercy for their unfound attacks on my territory….

Google is the greatest company on Earth. So if someone plans to dethrone the greatest company on our small planet, it’s going to require more than a vision and a good work ethic. It requires doing things that the average human is not capable of doing. Quite frankly, you might need to be inhuman to do this. This is why I proudly present my personal step-by-step guide to building the Google killer for the more human-like individuals. This is a collection of thoughts and insights that I believe contain all the actions necessary to bring down the Google empire. So let’s jump right into it. Step 1: ‘Nut Up…

The Japanese are freaky (and I mean that with utmost appreciation). Ranging from incredibly awesome to flat-out disturbing, the Japanese have produced an intriguing array of devices and inventions over the years that sometimes blow our minds to bits. But others have bewildered us. But while strange things are strange, they can also be cool. So we’re going to take a better look at some of the more disturbingly cool devices that have originated from the Land of the Rising Sun. We also promise that you’ll have a better appreciation for everything you own (and a few things that you don’t) after you are…

Remember the beginning of the computing revolution? When the Internet didn’t exist, and everyone, for the most part, relied on desktop applications (or creating their own programs) to get something done? I do, and it sounds so primitive these days. But we also remember when the Internet and the Web browser began taking over. Advances in Internet technology and standards significantly improved what was possible online, especially when Google’s online productivity services came into existence. Eventually, the browser became the most important component of most consumer-oriented computer…

My best friend asked me an unexpected question last week: “What is Twitter? What’s the point?” And I, the genius that I am, immediately thought I’d be able to answer that question in a heartbeat, but after around 15 seconds of thinking about it and not being able to come up with a clear-cut answer, I realized something quite important about Twitter’s future. Anyways. I eventually told my friend that Twitter is somewhat like Facebook. I told him that it was a place to share things that interest you while keeping people updated about your life. But it was all met with the same response I had been hearing…

Anyone who is anyone has seen Back to the Future. You’ve seen the weird gadgets that were invented by the “Doc” and used by Marty McFly. But we can’t help but wonder where some of those gadgets that were dreamt up have been in our lives. We haven’t seen many of them yet. But we want them — we are still waiting. So here’s a recap of some of the most memorable innovations from Back to the Future II: 1. Cars that Fly The DeLorean is a staple of the movie’s success. But when they gave it wings, with its nuclear propulsion system and the necessary 1.21 gigawatts of energy to propel the car into time travel, the car…

The year: 1961. The game: Spacewar! The objective: to kill the other enemy ship. The realization: this was the first game that truly promoted violence according to today’s standards. The takeaway: oh the humanity! After endless claims that video games are causing today’s youth to become degenerates that want nothing more than to become criminals, the same people who are arguing that video game violence is harming our youth need to take a look at Spacewar! and tell us with a straight face that this was the beginning of the end for our youth. Oh how the world was going to change. Then there was Death…

While most websites these days create content and profit from display advertising, the realization that has taken center stage is that display advertising can never be as effective as it previously was. Sure, display advertising generates tons of money for publishers and is still seen as an effective medium for marketers to deliver their message, but, with time, that will come to an end. Traditional advertising deems it necessary to interrupt the viewing experience of content to spread a message — which is what display advertisements do — but people these days don’t have the time to bother…