LEHSYS Side Notes…- The fight to save Windows Live WriterThe bumbling dance moves Microsoft makes in their existence is just astounding... When Windows Live Writer was released, I'm sure it was meant as a complement to the blogging service that Microsoft was planning to offer to its users/members, in the form of Windows Live Spaces. Overall, Microsoft has a real problem with project concept and follow through […]
- Use Google Drive to sync blog posts with Windows Live Writer 2011I believe everyone has the same issue with Windows Live Writer; it's sync'ing the blog posts, recent and drafts to some place that can be sync'd across machines. Well, now that Google has released Google Drive you can now use Google drive to sync your data with them; beating Microsoft to the punch on their own service [postulating]… What you n […]
- Wow. There was an update to Windows Live Writer 2011…I was surprised to see there was an update to Windows Live Writer before Windows 8 came out. Honestly, I'm not able to even fathom why they did this, but only to find out if there's any bugs in it from the Windows Live Essentials team. The previous version of Windows Live Writer was v15.4.3538.513 the new version is 15.4.3555.308. In the grand sche […]
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![Google is really working the candle at both ends with trying to build a better mouse trap [per se] to compete with Apple‘s Siri. Google knows that it can’t do the things Siri does with out giving relevant answers to the questions at hand… or presented. Google’s voice recognition has made some vast improvements in the last 2 years. They improved the voice recognition of the service, and then added personalized voice recognition, sync’d with the persons Gmail/Google account. The personalization starts keeping track of what you say, how you say it and to make your device more accurate to you; building a database of your speech patterns. But with Siri, she answers your questions… You’re able to ask it questions in normal speech and she just does it. But Google is really playing catch up; now they need a brain for Majel [Google Assistant]. Majel is supposed to be the ‘answer’ to Siri…](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gvnd1c33-115x115.jpg.pagespeed.ce.dM7J7pjC0L.jpg "Google is building an answer brain with ‘Knowledge Graph’")
Google is building an answer brain with ‘Knowledge Graph’
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsGoogle is really working the candle at both ends with trying to build a better mouse trap [per se] to compete with Apple‘s Siri. Google knows that it can’t do the things Siri does with out giving relevant answers to the questions at hand… or presented. Google’s voice recognition has made some vast improvements in the last 2 years. They improved the voice recognition of the service, and then added personalized voice recognition, sync’d with the persons Gmail/Google account. The personalization starts keeping track of what you say, how you say it and to make your device more accurate to you; building a database of your speech patterns. But with Siri, she answers your questions… You’re able to ask it questions in normal speech and she just does it. But Google is really playing catch up; now they need a brain for Majel [Google Assistant]. Majel is supposed to be the ‘answer’ to Siri… -
![If you’ve been around long enough to remember Apple vs. IBM. Or when Commodore C64‘s were better than TSR-80 [coco's]; from there, you can reference everything I’m going to say here. I’d presume this comes around with being in tech long enough to see it circle back around and repeat itself. It started with the PC’s. There was a whole work up on operating system’s, hardware specifications and then how small can you make them, and then how cheap can you make them… Having to watch the history of tech just wrap around again is kind of boring… The only difference is this time, it has to do with small portable devices. Small devices, running small operating system’s; operating system’s that can do just about everything.](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wkee1bli-115x115.jpg.pagespeed.ce.zFNizTcurL.jpg "Smartphone development is just a repeat of the PC evolution…")
Smartphone development is just a repeat of the PC evolution…
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsIf you’ve been around long enough to remember Apple vs. IBM. Or when Commodore C64‘s were better than TSR-80 [coco's]; from there, you can reference everything I’m going to say here. I’d presume this comes around with being in tech long enough to see it circle back around and repeat itself. It started with the PC’s. There was a whole work up on operating system’s, hardware specifications and then how small can you make them, and then how cheap can you make them… Having to watch the history of tech just wrap around again is kind of boring… The only difference is this time, it has to do with small portable devices. Small devices, running small operating system’s; operating system’s that can do just about everything. -
Pay-Per-View TV Suffering Because of the Web
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsMajor sporting events have long been a money-spinner for pay-per-view television channels, with millions of TV viewers willing to shell out a significant sum of money every year to see the big occasions. The rights and wrongs of charging extra for such entertainment can be debated for hours at a time, but pay-per-view is here to stay, whether we like it or not. Interestingly, there has been little to make broadcasters nervous about such arrangements over the years, but the Internet may just be making life difficult for them. The proliferation of websites which offer illegal streaming of the big events has encouraged the viewing of top events is likely to cost the TV companies dearly if something cannot be done about these operations. -
Organize Your Technology to Organize Your Life
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsToday’s technology makes it easier than ever for everyone from the average Joe to the business executive to stay organized at all hours of the day. There are literally apps for everything to help you manage your time and work and even more apps to help you multitask. You might have some of these awesome tools on your laptop, or on your tablet or some might even be on your phone. So what exactly do you do when you’re fumbling around between technology devices to get the information you need? Technology is supposed to make your life easier and more organized, not more difficult and challenging to keep track of. Here are some ways to better organize your use of all of your technological devices. -
The Many Benefits of Cloud Computing
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsImagine that you are an IT Manager for a large company. You are responsible for ensuring every employee has a working computer equipped with the right hardware and software programs to do their jobs. Each hardware and software program requires a license — and they are expensive. When a new employee is hired, you must make certain they are covered by your company’s existing licenses. If not, other licenses may have to be purchased. As you can see, all of this is not only very costly, but difficult to organize and very stressful. Relax. There are big changes on the horizon. Instead of setting up multiple programs on each employee’s PC, wouldn’t it be easier to simply install one program instead? This program is designed to allow each employee to securely log onto website that hosts all of the programs required to get their jobs done. This website offers what has come to be known as cloud computing. Cloud companies offer services as varied as word processing and email to complex analytical and design programs. -
Who is and What are the benefits of using Pinterest?
Posted on March 9, 2012 | No CommentsIn the realm of technology, there’s always something involving, something always changing like every six months; and every once in a while you get something really big. With the Internet and social technology, there’s always something new happening. Big players like Google+, Facebook, twitter, and now a newcomer called Pinterest. Pinterest has enjoyed a humble rise to popularity over the past couple of months, if you look at the statistics from compete.com, the popularity of the website really started shooting up from September of 2011, and now Pinterest is drawing in about 11 million users monthly. It was also named one of Time Magazine’s 50 best websites of 2011. -
The new Facebook Messenger – but do you need it?
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsI was kind of surprised to see this new application/feature of Facebook being offered to everyone. I mean, did you happen to notice the pop-up window in the bottom right-hand corner? I thought it was interesting that Facebook would offer something like this considering that Facebook has an open protocol, jabber, that will let pretty much any instant messaging application interface with Facebook to be able to communicate with other members of Facebook. One of the things that you notice about the messenger immediately is that it looks almost exactly like the smartphone application that everyone uses. I just wrote an article recently on how to set up Digsby with Facebook, using jabber. For the time being, Digsby is my favorite application for managing my instant messaging needs. -
10 Time Management Tips For Business People
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsTime management is an indispensible requirement for working professionals and business people who want to manage work as well as their personal lives. Research indicates that business people, if tied up with responsibilities and unfinished tasks, end up leading an unhealthy lifestyle and have a diminishing personal space. In order to avoid such scenarios and for good returns on the time you invest, here are some quick tips: -
![Back in June of last year, I was discussing the point that video chat protocols were a mess and that there needs to be a standard. Anyone with video chat should be able to go from [say] Skype to a Google+ hangout, or use WebEx. And to reiterate: ‘…The way I see it, there’s nothing wrong with Comcast, Skype, Google or Apple coming out their versions of video chat protocols; ones that work better for their phones, their customers or do things the way they want to do them— it’s ok, really. But as long as you can fall back on the standard protocol for a video call, that’s fine.’ So, now we have this new article from the BBC… …”Cisco does not oppose the merger, but believes the European Commission should have placed conditions that would ensure greater standards-based interoperability,” Cisco’s video conferencing head Martin De Beer wrote in a blog post.’ Were they reading my posts; reading my mind, or are they starting to see the light?](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tzgdvdmv-115x115.jpg.pagespeed.ce.yQd0r0f215.jpg "No doubt: Video Chat standards are finally being discussed")
No doubt: Video Chat standards are finally being discussed
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsBack in June of last year, I was discussing the point that video chat protocols were a mess and that there needs to be a standard. Anyone with video chat should be able to go from [say] Skype to a Google+ hangout, or use WebEx. And to reiterate: ‘…The way I see it, there’s nothing wrong with Comcast, Skype, Google or Apple coming out their versions of video chat protocols; ones that work better for their phones, their customers or do things the way they want to do them— it’s ok, really. But as long as you can fall back on the standard protocol for a video call, that’s fine.’ So, now we have this new article from the BBC… …”Cisco does not oppose the merger, but believes the European Commission should have placed conditions that would ensure greater standards-based interoperability,” Cisco’s video conferencing head Martin De Beer wrote in a blog post.’ Were they reading my posts; reading my mind, or are they starting to see the light? -
Android: TeamViewer 7 – Remote Desktop Access [Free]
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 1 CommentDo you find yourself in awkward situations with friends and family needing you to connect in to their systems and fix their problems? I mean if you don’t have a problem with helping people with their computer problems, but don’t want to be tied down to the desk to be able to help them; you are really going to like TeamViewer 7 and the Android application they offer. I’ve used TeamViewer in the past and found that the interface is so easy to use and the service they offer is top notch; I had never used the Android application before and I figured I had wasted enough time on not using/trying it. So, I got out my Android phone and downloaded the TeamViewer application and I was so completely surprised… -
![Over the last week or so there’s been some talk over with what Google has done with Google+ and how search results are being shown. Basically, you’re being shown results of Google+ users and pages before, basically, anything else… While the big SOPA thing was happening [January 18th] doing searches, I noticed that something had changed. The Google+ results were pulled out and replaced; given new placement as it were. They have moved the Google+ results to the side and put them out of the normal list, but still they’ve got the listings under the results of where people have Google+’d them…](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/image4-115x115.png.pagespeed.ce.9Ec-1BAN5g.png "Google responds to the Google+ search problem")
Google responds to the Google+ search problem
Posted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsOver the last week or so there’s been some talk over with what Google has done with Google+ and how search results are being shown. Basically, you’re being shown results of Google+ users and pages before, basically, anything else… While the big SOPA thing was happening [January 18th] doing searches, I noticed that something had changed. The Google+ results were pulled out and replaced; given new placement as it were. They have moved the Google+ results to the side and put them out of the normal list, but still they’ve got the listings under the results of where people have Google+’d them… -
![On January 18th, if you went to search something on Google you saw something interesting a black mark over where the word Google [logo] used to be. This is the way Google decided to protest the legislation that’s being proposed… The link on the bottom urges people to contact their congressman and to NOT censor the Internet. The link takes you to another page where they continue on to describe SOPA…](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/image2-115x115.png "The SOPA Blackout…")
The SOPA Blackout…
Posted on January 18, 2012 | 11 CommentsOn January 18th, if you went to search something on Google you saw something interesting a black mark over where the word Google [logo] used to be. This is the way Google decided to protest the legislation that’s being proposed… The link on the bottom urges people to contact their congressman and to NOT censor the Internet. The link takes you to another page where they continue on to describe SOPA… -
Video Chats: Skype vs. Google+ Hangouts
Posted on January 13, 2012 | 1 CommentOver the past couple of months I’ve been using Skype with some friends, but I have also been using Google+ hangouts and I’ve to say that between the two, I’ve more fun with Google+ hangouts than I do Skype. I like Google+ in the respect it’s really browser based and I’m able to get people to simply go to a website and just hook up. Personally, I don’t know a lot of people that don’t have a Google account; and if you’ve got a Google account, then you have Google+ account. The difference is with Skype you have to load software on the machine, you have to start it and create a new account. And there’s the catcher right there. When I say Skype, some people look at me like I’m speaking Greek or something. It turns immediately in to where do I find it, do I’ve to download it, is it hard, and then the process of creating an account with Skype. And to be honest, the Skype account serves nothing more than for Skype, whereas having a Google+ account means that you can lots of other stuff, Google e-mail, documents, YouTube, blogger and several other things— all linked... -
![I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day in regards to mobile devices, and he mentioned that he had a Windows smartphone [Windows phone 7 Series], me being curious I asked about what he thought about the phone itself; he said he loved it, and that he found that the phone performed better than an android or the iPhone. I found this extremely intriguing, because he was previously a diehard iPhone fan, and just about everything that Apple did with the iPhone or the iPad, he thought was just perfect; but because of some business decisions and how Apple has treated developers with the iPad and the iPhone, he decided to try something new. My argument with Microsoft and the Windows Mobile 7 operating system is that it’s always come to the table too late; the game is already started and the front runners have already been established. At this point, Microsoft is not doing anything more than playing the game of catch-up; they’re not doing anything new and they’re making a whole new series of mistakes.](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/0gfeqnk4.jpg "Windows Phone 7: Continues It’s Path Of No Respect")
Windows Phone 7: Continues It’s Path Of No Respect
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No CommentsI was speaking with a friend of mine the other day in regards to mobile devices, and he mentioned that he had a Windows smartphone [Windows phone 7 Series], me being curious I asked about what he thought about the phone itself; he said he loved it, and that he found that the phone performed better than an android or the iPhone. I found this extremely intriguing, because he was previously a diehard iPhone fan, and just about everything that Apple did with the iPhone or the iPad, he thought was just perfect; but because of some business decisions and how Apple has treated developers with the iPad and the iPhone, he decided to try something new. My argument with Microsoft and the Windows Mobile 7 operating system is that it’s always come to the table too late; the game is already started and the front runners have already been established. At this point, Microsoft is not doing anything more than playing the game of catch-up; they’re not doing anything new and they’re making a whole new series of mistakes. -
Using voice recognition on your mobile device uses more data? YES.
Posted on January 6, 2012 | 1 CommentOne of the more interesting stories that been reading about is how developers/hackers have been working with the iPhone 4S; mainly working on porting Siri to other Apple devices— the iPad and previous versions of the iPhone. Which is what Apple should’ve done the first place. But now are starting to see where customers are starting to recognize that using services like Siri (voice-recognition) consume more data; probably more than the customer is comfortable with. And voice-recognition is not one of those forgetting applications. You know, like it’s a phrase that you spoke is not the one you wanted or it was incorrect, you shouldn’t be charged for the bandwidth until the phrase with a word that you said is properly recognized – that’s not the case. Using voice recognition on a mobile device period, uses more bandwidth; good recognition or back recognition, the bandwidth is used and there’s no getting it back.
