Catholic Tech Talk

It’s fair to say that modern society is steadily bombarded with noise. Outlets such as television, computers, smart phones, e-mail, video games and social media sites are overwhelmingly present in our day-to-day lives. Finding a healthy balance when maintaining our daily lives, religious lives, and online personas can prove difficult. Prayer in the Digital Age [...]

Yup, it’s that time of year again . . . Back To School.  Parents are gathering supplies and getting ready for that first day (if it hasn’t already come like here in Florida).  And this year, students may have something different in the backpacks . . . a tablet or ereader.  Many are still trying [...]

One of the great things about the iPad has been to truly bring print media such as magazines into the digital world without losing all of the great formatting we enjoy with them.  Now you can get great Catholic magazines this way on your iPad.  As a Florida resident and parishioner in the Diocese of [...]

One of the (good) problems about the Church is that she has a lot to say about a lot of things. This is good because the Church is concerned with many things and brings to bear the Gospel message on all facets of human life. It is a problem because wading through all the writings [...]

I’ll get to the bottom line first: Brandon Vogt has edited one of the most important books on Catholics in the online world — not so much because of its ruminations on the Church’s understanding of social communications; not because it shows how to set up a blog or Facebook page (it would quickly be out of date [...]

If hiking an unexplored mountain trail sounds more exciting to you than sipping a latté in the urban jungle – the Casio G’zOne Commando from Verizon is the smartphone for you.

I am a Mac fanboy. For almost 2 years, I’ve been happily swiping away on my iPad and iPhone, with no interest for the tidal wave of Android-powered smartphones and tablets flooding the market. Then 2 weeks ago, the Verizon XOOM and Thunderbolt landed on my desk for review.

As a career specialty retail manager mostly within the media and electronics industries, I’ve lived through every media transition so far.  Music, movies, and now books.  As each one comes, it seems the speculations and arguments are coming straight from some secret script kept for just such occasions.   You have your “doomsday” groups which scream [...]

Short video review of the Crafter TG-200H Chromatic Headstock Tuner

Are you looking to improve the overall quality of your podcasts? While content is still ‘King’, the audio quality is an important factor that should not be overlooked. And while on-board laptop mics have improved in recent years, you really need to be using an external microphone.

I really really really enjoy my iPad. For me, one of the device highlights is the bright and crisp display. While I wasn’t concerned about scratching – Guerilla Glass is awesome – I decided to get a screen protector to try and reduce the glare and fingerprint smudging.

For the uber geeks who like to setup RSYNC to do offline storage to FTP sites, I’ll save you the time — nothing to see here, have a nice day. Today, on a bit of a whim, I decided to take SugarSync for a 30-day test drive. I went ahead and signed up for the [...]

Pre-orders are now available for the HTC Droid Incredible. Based on this review by Engadget, it appears to be a winner.

Before I purchased my MacBook Pro, I gave the Microsoft Tablet PC a serious look. I was intrigued by something physically narrower and with a touch-sensitive screen interface. The high cost of the available devices and my interest in switching OS platforms dissuaded me from the purchase. Nonetheless, I still longed for a device that; [...]