I seriously love the $299 VisionTek VT4510 Dual Display 4K USB 3.0 / USB-C Docking Station with 100W Power Delivery, despite its long name. The dock has quickly become my primary interface to evaluation laptops over the last several weeks. It isn’t moving anytime soon.  I plug one USB-C cable into an evaluation laptop, and almost everything else just clicks in. Dual monitors … [Read more...] about VisionTek VT4510 USB-C Docking Station Review: The Ultimate USB-C Desktop Dock
Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable Review: A Great Convertible Companion for Mobile Work
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X12 Detachable leans its 12.3-inch display against a kickstand. The ThinkPad-worthy detachable keyboard makes typing and other data entry a pleasure. And unlike most Surface Pro 7+ configurations, the X12 Detachable includes a pen and a keyboard in most configurations. The ThinkPad X12 Detachable was evaluated with Windows 10, though it should … [Read more...] about Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable Review: A Great Convertible Companion for Mobile Work
Ten Things No One Tells You About Your First 60 Days as CIO
Your first "60" days as CIO There is no shortage of articles and posts on the web about the first 60 days as CIO. All of those pieces of content offer good, pretty obvious, politically correct advice. Hopefully, this post will prove a little different. We attempt to fill in the gaps left in other lists from a few decades of observing CIOs struggle through the first 60 days … [Read more...] about Ten Things No One Tells You About Your First 60 Days as CIO
PuroPro Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Volume Limited Headphones with Built-In Mic Review: Protect Your Ears as You Listen to Crisp Vocals through 40mm drivers.
First off, I have to give puro kudos for making the unboxing experience very different. Rather than tearing through stickers that hold slick cardboard sides down, and then peeling off a lot of plastic, puro had me open a wooden box. Yes, I said wooden box. Will I ever use the wooden box with the headphones again? Probably not, but you know, I’m not going to toss the wooden … [Read more...] about PuroPro Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Volume Limited Headphones with Built-In Mic Review: Protect Your Ears as You Listen to Crisp Vocals through 40mm drivers.
‘A Natural History of Human Thinking’ Review. Michael Tomasello’s Slog Through the Human Mental Development
When I requested Tomasello’s A Natural History of Human Thinking (Harvard University Press, 2014), I imagined a book that would engage my imagination with insight and witty prose. What Tomasello offers, despite the trade pricing, is an academic treatise not a popular read. Tomasello does not write with the poetry of Diane Ackerman in A Natural … [Read more...] about ‘A Natural History of Human Thinking’ Review. Michael Tomasello’s Slog Through the Human Mental Development