My Technology Rig – An Applied Technologist
When you are pursuing your next career adventure like I am one of the things you do is talk to a lot of people. Of course I talk about my business experience and my desire to make a positive difference in the world. But…
I have found myself using a new term for me, I like to say in the realm of technology that I am an ‘applied technologist’ meaning what I really care about is what you can do with a technology and not so much the technology itself.
So I thought I would throw on my blog here a photo of my home-office tech rig (Click it to enlarge). What you can see is my 15″ Dell laptop, a 22″ Acer Monitor, a Motorola Xoom tablet and my Livescribe pen. Not present is my DroidX phone which is busy take the photo.
Comments on use of each:
The laptop is my main typing device, I still use it portable occasionally if I know I will need to type a lot. I have found the Dell to be a great machine, 2 years old and runs flawlessly.
The large monitor I use when needing to edit something or just want to be able to have mulitple displays of some content at the same time. I find have two monitors really ramps up the pace of which I can do work on the computer.
The Xoom tablet I got last year as we (AWH) were starting to push our software development into the mobile world, I found it easier to speak with employees and clients about applications if I actually had a device as the hub of conversation.
The Livescribe has really come in handy when I have only have pen and paper, with it I can capture notes, record the conversation and easily review and share it with others, it also turns out the Livescribe is also a software platform and all for $99.
My DroidX (not shown) has become a real workhorse, it is my primary email device, phone of course and reading platform, documents, kindle books, dropbox files and there are apps for LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+, not to mention camera, camcorder, scanner and more. It is getting a little slow so later this year I hope to upgrade to a faster processor.
Ok, friends, family and visitors there’s a brief look at the tech stuff you all chide me about.
