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You know, for kids!

When we pick up the little guy there is a familiar routine: “Hey, Buddy! How was your day?” “Good”, he says. “Can I check my dragons?” Out comes the iPad and it’s off to DragonVale.
Many of us got new gadgets for our holiday gift, and we immediately started filling them up with apps to play with. We’re no different. Truth be told, there are more apps on our gadgets for him than for us. We thought that we’d share some of his favorites with you.

Is Big Brother Reading Your Texts?

In case you missed the news, Richmond, Virginia was an international topic on Black Friday. At Short Pump Town Center in the city’s fashionable West End, software and antennas were installed to track shopper’s movements. It used the shopper’s mobile phone. It would tell researchers where shoppers went, how long they stayed, and where they went next. Analysts could then figure out how to market to someone who went to Urban Outfitters for half an hour and then made a beeline to Starbucks.

The Death of the Camera Store

Driving in Downtown Richmond found me passing by the location of one of my favorite old camera shops.  The place had been around for over 60 years.  It was now closed.

I had gone there for years.  I still have my first camera, a cinderblock heavy Pentax K1000 that served me through school.  Heavy and clunky, it had no auto functions.  It would (and still does) take great shots, but would only do what you commanded it to do, seemingly lacking a soul.

Thank You Steve

We’re like many of you and reeling at the announcement of Steve Jobs stepping down at Apple. We knew that it would some day come, but still. While he will remain Chairman of the Board in MacLand and he handpicked the capable Tim Cook as his replacement we can’t argue the fact that Steve changed our world and we owe him a tremendous debt.