Software Can Be An Expensive Service
August 8, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
Tonight I was reminded and informed that Evernote has a premium service available that expands the functionality and allows me to import any file type into my Evernote program. That would make my new little shortcut even more useful.
The idea of software as a service (SAAS) isn’t really new these days as more and more applications and services are delivered via the web and via a subscription model. Wikipedia defines SAAS as the following:
Software as a Service (SaaS, typically pronounced ’sass’) is a model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a …read more
Sunny Days, Baseball and The Flip Camera
April 18, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
It’s that time of year again. Time to spend some hours at the park watching your kids play baseball and other sports right? That’s exactly what I did today and it was absolutely gorgeous here in Indianapolis. This is the second season my son will be playing baseball, but it’s the first year I’ve been able to get video of him and his team playing on my Flip Ultra video camera.
It’s absolutely perfect for this kind of stuff and came in really handy today. I was able to quickly get clips of each of his team members batting that I’m …read more
Vimeo: Free HD Video Sharing
July 21, 2008 by Christopher Swenson
Filed under Electronics
Vimeo is a relatively new not so new video sharing site. One of its key features is that you can view and share true HD content (at up to 720p = 1280×720). Vimeo gives each user 500 MB per week to upload, which averages out to be an hour of decent-quality HD video (assuming 1 Mbps). Plus, it’s free, so you can’t beat the price.
In addition to HD content, Vimeo is trying to get in on the social networking market: it’s trying to put the “sharing” in “video sharing”. For example, you can subscribe to other …read more




