Posts tagged iPhone

Social Networks for Ski Resorts – Urbanspoon

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1 year ago
by Eric Hoffman in

This is another post in a continuing series on Social Networks for Ski Resorts, check out the ever evolving list here.

I would bet that there are a lot of people that wouldn’t be thinking of Urbanspoon when they think about social networks – I would also bet that those people are not in the restaurant business. With their iPhone, Android and widget (see below):

Urbanspoon has set the bar for apps that allow users to choose where to eat based upon their location and some fun user selectable, or completely random options. BTW, the widget doesn’t allow for settings outside most major metropolitan areas, so you’ll need to select Park City and lock it in the first column to see the options for here.

If you haven’t used Urbanspoon, it is a fun way way to choose dining options, even where you live, but even better when you’re travelling. It’s ability to select a restaurant and then see reviews is unique and this is what, in my mind makes it appealing to ski resorts that wish to add another dimension to how they market their food and beverage options online. Particularly once a visitors is leaving the mountain, they are no longer captive to the food choices at the on-mountain restaurants, so why not ensure that your restaurant is listed in Urbanspoon?!

In terms of ski resorts, I’m not sure of any that have made a concerted effort to get their dining properties listed on Urbanspoon, if you know of any, please let us know in the comments!

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iMac

A Look at the Rapid Evolution of Technology

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1 year ago
by Eric Hoffman in

iMacThose of us involved in the tech world are probably familiar with Moore’s Law, which states that the number of processors that can be placed on an integrated circuit will double every two years. It’s pretty amazing that this is something that has held true since 1965, 45 years and still no signs of it running it’s course. Hooray for that, because I can’t wait for smaller and faster devices, and if to demonstrate what that has meant for devices over the past 10 years, here’s a comparison of a 2000 iMac to a 2010 iPhone (from arstechnica.com’s forum):

2000
iMac
Operating System – Mac OS 9.0.4
Processor – 500 MHz PowerPC G3 CPU, 128MB Memory
Graphics – ATI Rage 128 Pro, 8MB of memory (8 million triangles)
Screen – 786K pixels
Data Transfer Speeds – 1.3-12.5 MB/s (DVD-ROM-1/100 Ethernet)
Storage – 30GB Hard Drive
Dimensions – 15.0 x 15.0 x 17.1 inches
Weight – 34.7 pounds

2010
iPhone 4
Operating System – iOS 4.0
Processor – 1 Ghz ARM A4 CPU, 512MB Memory
Graphics – PowerVR SGX 535, uses system memory (28 million triangles)
Screen – 614K pixels
Data Transfer Speeds – .04-20MB/s (3G-WiFi)
Storage – 32GB Flash Drive
Dimensions – 4.5 x 2.31 x .31 inches
Weight – 4.8 ounces

Faster processors, smaller devices, more storage…I can’t wait to see what we’ll have to play with in five let alone another ten years!

Photo credit: Flickr user Marcin Wichary via CC 2.0 license
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