So I’m in Vegas yet again in 2009, this time for PMA. That’s the Photographer’s Marketing Association, for those that have never heard of it. (Similar to me approximately 2 months ago.) So far it has been much more chill than CES, an absolutely insane madhouse of electronic gadgetry. It’s probably about a fourth of the size, if that. I’m here because the company I work for…

30 days ago, I was driving from South Carolina to Los Angeles without a full time job.
20 days ago, I was on my first interview at a social networking company in Westwood.
10 days ago, I was on my third callback interview with a tech company in El Segundo.
5 days ago, I had three different job offers in my lap.

Today, I [...]

So I moved again.  This time it’s Los Angeles.  I bought a new car (Mazda3 sedan) and started planning a trip across eight states to setup a new life in L.A.  I said my goodbyes, loaded up the new ride with my earthly possessions and started the road trip.
But before I left, I loaded up a few helpful road trip [...]

I enjoyed the premiere of The Shield’s final season this week.  It was a slow start considering the pacing of the previous episode, but it laid some brilliant groundwork for future story lines.  I’m thinking Shane lives, Ronnie goes off the deep end, Vic and Acevada take down the Mexican cartel in a very bloody fashion and Dutch finally goes [...]

I was chatting with a friend about the upcoming 3G iPhone and we got stuck on the topic of GPS for a while. Obviously GPS isn’t a new idea. Plenty of people are perfectly happy with their in-car GPS systems or even the current capabilities of their GPS enabled phones. There’s no real added value for current GPS owners to switch over to the iPhone specifically based on the hardware.

Apple’s strategic advantage will be in the applications that are created with live tracking GPS in mind. Apple already demoed Loopt.com; an app that tells you your friend’s exact location, recent pictures, little messages and alerts you when they are nearby. The possibilities are so ridiculously intriguing. For instance…