2024: Update

In the ten years since I wrote this original “About Me” a lot has changed in the world of tech (and the world in general). Social Media and the Algorithms that drive our use of the internet are like nothing I could have imagined in 2014. That reality has changed me from a fanboy to a tech skeptic. I still love tech, but I don’t trust it to do what it says it will do. When the tech companies try and sell me something new, I don’t rush to believe what they say. Instead I believe that they want to make money and damn the consequences. But we live in a tech driven world. Hell, I still work for a technology company (Virtual Reality in Healthcare). So, many of things written in the original Bio below remain true. Technology should enhance our lives, and in this new 2024 version, I intend to keep a magnifying glass over new (and old) tech, to help casual consumers know what is good and what should be questioned. Just one guy’s opinion in a world of a billion opinions. But my goal will always be the same: make sure the tech we use doesn’t drive us into worse places and make the world a more un-stable place. The quiet part we never say out loud is we all probably know we are already in a rough spot. And only we can get back to some sort of balance. Hopefully a Cup of Tech will be part of finding your way back, and mine too.

Here’s the original “about me” bio from 2014:

Unlike most tech writers, I do not have any formal training in an IT field. What I do have is a fanboy excitement for all things tech. I am one of those geeks who reads many tech blogs, watches press releases of major companies, and gets excited for all the new things being developed by the wizards in the tech industry.   But in the end, I’m a consumer, just like you.

Everyone has some relationship with technology, be it a cellular phone, a tablet computer, a cable box, or the Redbox DVD rental machine at McDonalds. But most people aren’t as interested in how their tech works; instead they want to know how their tech will work FOR THEM. That’s where I come in.

Unlike tech writers who know the ins and outs of the devices they are discussing, I come to everything with a consumer’s mind, but a tech geek’s heart. I like to test multiple devices and services to see WHAT THEY DO FOR ME. Are they making my life better, making things easier, or is my tech causing me nothing but frustration?

If the technology you use isn’t enhancing your life, then what’s the point?  This blog was created upon the suggestion of friends. They come to me for advice about phones, tablets, media streamers, and applications quite often because they know I love this stuff and I pay attention. But they also know I genuinely want them to have a great experience with whatever device or app they are considering. It was suggested that instead of just keeping that knowledge within our circle, perhaps it was time to put it where anybody can get to it. Thus, this blog.

What follows will be review of devices with the consumer interaction in mind, along with posts of cool things happening in the tech world that I think people might be interested in. 

I hope this information helps people find the technology that truly enhances their lives, connects them to the world, and makes life just a little bit easier.

So sit back and enjoy your daily Cup of T(ech)!