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E3: Games, Doritos and Wiz Khalifa take over LA
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was bigger and more virtual than ever. In recent years, the event was confined to the Los Angeles Convention Center and the sidewalks outside. This year it expanded to the street between Staples Center (home of the LA Lakers) and beyond into the popular eating and entertainment district, LA Live. The expansion made elements of the show available to not only attendees, but also casual passersby. And this year, there were dancing Doritos chips.
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E3: Driving Games Drive Me Crazy – Can Virtual Reality Help?
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
This year E3, The Electronic Entertainment Expo, overflowed the Los Angeles Convention Center, spilled onto Chick Hearn Drive and into Los Angeles’ favorite downtown meeting place, LA Live. I had accepted an invitation from Thrustmaster to see their new driving game controllers. Somehow, I found booth 2705.
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Software Review: Xara Designer Pro X11
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) Xara Designer Pro X11 is an all-in-one design tool that handles bit maps, vector illustration, photo editing, page layout, and website design/publishing. It combines the features found in Xara’s stand-alone products — Xara Web Designer 11 Premium, Xara Page & Layout Designer 11, and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 11 –…
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SXSW-V2V: Ten Amazing Apps That Could Change Your Life
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
The V2Venture Competition at SXSW V2V enabled early-stage startups to pitch their products and/or services to industry experts and investors. Ten applications particularly impressed me.
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Grammar of the Selfie
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
There is a problem with selfies and grammar. “Selfies”, for those of you over the age of 75, are self-portraits taken with a cell phone, usually with an arm extended or more recently with an attachment for extending one’s reach called a selfie-stick. When one takes a picture of one’s self, then, certainly, “selfie” would be…
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NAB 2015: Get in the Creative Cloud – Adobe has Candy
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) In preparation for announcements at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show April 11-15, computer software company Adobe Systems previewed its new and enhanced Creative Cloud product line to the press. And it shared Candy. Candy is one of a series of products and upgrades designed to unify the individual and group…
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SXSW – More than a Direction
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
(First published on blogcritics.org) SXSW – South by South West: It sounds like a direction or maybe a new Johnny Depp pirate movie. But, in Austin, it’s a lot more. SXSW is an amazing combination of music, film, and interactive media (as in computer and games) which takes place in the capital of Texas each spring,…
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A Whack-a-Mole Day
by Leo Sopicki • • 0 Comments
Originally published on the SAP Community Network – It was a whack-a-mole day. We went live on July 2. With the holiday last week and lots of people on vacation the first week of our SAP experience was fairly calm. This week has been different. From dawn to dark — and this is summer time…
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What About Bob?
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Originally published on the SAP Community Network – He haunts my dreams. I see the old white-bearded guy in many places. No, not Santa Claus. That was last month. It’s Bob — the guy who has been here forever and knows how to do the things you “can’t do” with the legacy system. “What About…
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Off the Cow Path
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Originally published on the SAP Community Network – This is the beginning of a lot of things. It’s the beginning of our implementation of SAP. It’s the beginning of a mind expanding (not crushing, I hope) technical adventure. And, it’s the beginning of the “Off the Cow Paths” blog. Hang in there with me. You’ll…