I've created an archive page for links to an archive of last year's blog posts. You can access the archive page by selecting the Prior Blog Posts option in the Archives menu.#

115-car pileup closes I-94 in both directions west of Battle Creek. It is definitely a bad travel day in southeast Michigan. The drive on I-94 between Chicago and Detroit is one of the most nerve wracking, mostly because of the trucking. The videos and pictures from this accident provide the evidence for why. #

The Verge has a quick take on LG's webOS smartwatch. It's noted that this watch, which runs webOS as opposed to Android Wear, has a built-in cellular radio. Do we really want to make phone calls with our watch? More importantly, what type of impact does taking phone calls have on battery life? It doesn't seem practical to me. #

So far, for me, the coolest thing about wearing the Moto 360 is being able to change watch faces.#

RealPersonaComputing.com: "Regular watches as jewelry are accessories for people, smartwatches need to be accessories in the same way and to become that they need to integrate with more than just smartphones, they need to integrate with the world around me." What if there is a pairing process between smartwatch and human such that a smartwatch can determine with a high degree of certainty that the person wearing it is the person it was paired with?#

I think I've said this before, the problem with the current wearable market is caused by a conflict between what the companies of these developer's want, which is a broad category hit, and the reality that the smaller the device, the more specialized the function. Successful wearables will do a small number of things really well rather than provide wide number of computing functions. In other words, they are accessories not computers. #