Gadgets Archives

Why Internet Marketing Conferences Still Matter: A Look Back at NAMS Atlanta (Updated 2026)

Mark Mason — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:52:32 +0000

Back in January 2010, I was at the Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) seminar in Atlanta, and the event had the kind of energy that only happens when a room full of internet entrepreneurs get together in person. One memorable moment: Lynn Terry finally opened the MacBook Pro she had ordered for video editing, to […]

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Amazon Kindle

Mark Mason — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:09:42 +0000

In early February 2008, I wrote a post asking a simple question: is anyone actually buying the Amazon Kindle? The device had launched just a couple of months earlier in November 2007, and despite Amazon's enthusiastic marketing, I had never actually seen one in the wild. None of my gadget-loving friends had one. For a […]

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Drobo May Change Everything

Mark Mason — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:47:52 +0000

I love gadgets, but I am an electrical engineer with years of experience playing with technology, so it takes a lot to impress me. In January 2008, Drobo impressed me. What Drobo Was Drobo was a “data robot” that offered fault-tolerant data storage for consumers. In plain English, it was a box you could plug […]

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Motorola RAZR2 Luxury Edition

Mark Mason — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:50:06 +0000

In January 2008, I was looking at the new Motorola RAZR2 Luxury Edition cellphone and could not believe my eyes. The special edition RAZR2 had gone completely over the top with 18-karat and 24-karat gold-plated accents on a black metal finish. It had pin stripes on the lens, an engraved diamond-cut pattern on the sideband, […]

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GlowCap Featured on the Today Show

Mark Mason — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:37:52 +0000

During the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2008, the Today Show featured a product that caught my attention: the GlowCap. It was a smart pill bottle cap made by a company called Vitality that could communicate wirelessly with the internet to report when it was opened, allowing family members or doctors to monitor whether elderly […]

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World’s Largest TV

Mark Mason — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:34:40 +0000

In January 2008, I was watching the Consumer Electronics Show coverage from Las Vegas and wishing I was there. CES was the annual tech spectacle where companies showed off their most impressive hardware, and that year Panasonic stole the show with the world's largest television. The 2008 Record Holder Panasonic's display measured 150 inches diagonally, […]

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I Love My RIM BlackBerry 8800

Mark Mason — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:19:15 +0000

In December 2007, I wrote about how much I loved my RIM BlackBerry 8800. At the time, it was the ultimate gadget for a tech-loving engineer with a day job. I could do almost anything with it: email, web browsing, calendar management, and even some basic document editing. I was so excited about it that […]

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