Should you select the full size iPad (9.7″ screen) or the iPad Mini (7.9″ screen) for field use on a construction site? Well, that truly depends. You can likely make do with either but one or the other will likely fit your particular uses better. Read the rest of this entry »
iPad or iPad Mini?
March 11th, 2013 by jeff
To Android or Not?
March 7th, 2013 by jeff
We’ve gotten a few requests from potential users of Q-Scribe to develop an Android platform. When we started developing Q-Scribe, the only viable platform for tablets was iOS. From a usability standpoint based on our testing of Android tablets, we didn’t feel Android was ready for mainstream use until the JellyBean release. So we have been considering whether to develop Q-Scribe for the Android platform. However, after reading this report (Mobile Threat Report Q4 2012) from F-Secure, a leading computing security firm, we are really hesitant to move to the Android platform. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t Let Your Geotechnical Business Become Extinct from Digital Darwinism
March 2nd, 2013 by jeff
This is a great infographic from Brian Solis, author of The End of Business as Usual and What’s the Future of Business, about how many businesses have become extinct over the years because of their “rigidness” and lack of ability to adapt.
Only 71 companies remain today from the original 1955 Fortune 500 list.
“Tablets for Business – Move Ahead of the Competition”
February 26th, 2013 by jeff
Nice post by Mike over at Tech Bubbles about using tablets in business. Mike notes of one group of business users – a third aren’t giving tablets a thought, a third are thinking they’ll do something [with tablets] one day, and a third are already using tablets [to outperform the competition].
The key to outwitting competitors comes from finding niche use specific to your business. Something that will cut costs, increase revenue or raise competitive edge.
Technology in Education Leads to Technology in the Workplace
February 21st, 2013 by jeff
This video presents a number of educators and school administrators talking about the future of mobile technologies in education. I posted here about the Z-generation and their relationship with technology. My kids are using iPads in school in place of paper textbooks and as computers. Instead of a 50-lb book bag and laptop, they’re carrying an iPad. My 9 year old son just wrote his first paper on an iPad this week.
The kids today who are learning with the aide of technology will be ejected into the workplace sooner than you might expect. Do you want to bet the future of your firm on your current paper-based technologies?