Category: Tech / Media


Does Having Dual Monitors Increase Productivity?

Filed Under: Tech / Media by Tabish Hasan — Leave a comment
July 14, 2009

For the past few years, I’ve been using dual-monitors while working (or browsing).  Once you start using multiple monitors, you’ll never want to go back to using just one….unless you’re forced to (ie laptops). Since I’ve grown pretty accustomed to my dual-lcd setup…I thought to myself…does it really increase productivity? Or am I just imagining that I’m able to get more done? Does it really save me any time…by allowing me to do things like not constantly minimize/maximize my Outlook window?

A quick search yielded this article from LifeHacker. They’ve summarized it nicely by saying:

Survey after survey shows that whether you measure your productivity in facts researched, alien spaceships vaporized, or articles written, adding an extra monitor will give your output a considerable boost — 20 percent to 30 percent, according to a survey by Jon Peddie Research.

So it’s great to know that it was money wisely spent! :)

Illustration only. NOT my setup :)

Illustration only. NOT my setup :)

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Goodbye Satellite Radio, Internet Radio is Here to Stay

Filed Under: Tech / Media by Tabish Hasan — 1 Comment
July 9, 2009

I recently came across a billboard that was advertising “Sirius XM Satellite Radio Now on iPhone” . It got me thinking…..

In my opinion, satellite radio is a dying industry. Why would people want to pay $10 a month to listen to good music when they can just do it through the plethora of internet apps like Pandora / Last.fm / etc.   Those apps are already available for mobile devices (iphone, blackberry, etc). .Don’t get me wrong…I still love listening to Sirius XM. But I just hear it through my DirecTv subscription. I wouldn’t pay an extra $10+ a month for it. I was even an early investor in XM…but have long cashed out. I’m glad I did now considering that it’s only around $0.40 per share

Most of XM and Sirius’s business relied on the auto industry. The recession drastically lowered car sales. But I think the main reason for the slump is the proliferation of Internet radio and there’s already technology out that allows internet access through your ‘radio’ dashboard. As that technology gets more common, will people continue to pay $10 for something that they can get for free? One can argue that internet radio is actually an upgrade…programs like pandora actually customize the music based on your preferences. Can satellite radio do that?

Goodbye satellite radio. Internet radio is here to stay.

Edit: Seems the sirius iphone app requires a subscription of $13. An even *better* deal
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/05/28/iphone-sirius-xm-finally-appearance/

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How Do You Show Tweets on Facebook?

Filed Under: Tech / Media by Tabish Hasan — Leave a comment
July 7, 2009

One thing I’d like to do is show my twitter tweets as my facebook status updates. When the tweet shows up on facebook, I’d like my friends to know i posted it via twitter.

So I googled how to do this…
One link that I found gave a short tutorial: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/22/how-to-sync-your-twitter-and-facebook-status-updates/

One would assume that I also want my blog posts to show up in twitter/facebook, with a link back to my blog. But no…I don’t want to publicize my blog posts to a bunch of random people. My blog posts are intended for those who really are interested in what I have to say or for those who come across via a search engine hit.

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