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Where have all the laptops gone?

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My long road trip continues. While waiting for a flight in Baltimore I did a little business people watching and made an observation about something that has gradually transpired over the last year or so.

Airport seating areas used to be filled with business types fighting for the nearest electric outlet to plug in their laptops and do a little work while waiting for a flight. In a crowded waiting area where I would have a while back seen a sea of laptops, I only observed two. The vast majority were thumbing around on their smartphones.

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Posted by on October 27, 2010 • Filed under: Opinion, Social Media • Tagged: , , , , , ,

PIO Fire Ground Review – Getac Ready to Unveil the New V200 Rugged Notebook

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It’s kind of strange. For all the technology I employ on the fire ground – digital SLR camera, Flip HD video recorder, Blackberry for contacting the media, Tweeting and having the media contact me, the one area I lack in is logging the written word with ease.

Currently I still rely on my old reporter’s notebook (often soggy) a pen (often lost or soggy) or notes scrawled on anything I can find that resembles paper to record what I will need to later address the press or write a release.

I noted a few posts back that I am leery of using advanced technology that can break unexpectedly on the fire ground from heat, water, debris and shock.

One area I have been researching is the possibility of purchasing a rugged convertible notebook to use on the fire ground to both record and send information about the incident I am working.

Getac just announced today that its new V200 rugged convertible notebook computer, the world’s most powerful fully rugged convertible notebook to date, coming in at just 6 pounds, will be released in October. 

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Posted by on September 7, 2010 • Filed under: PIO Product Reviews • Tagged: , , ,

Hello, who is this?

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Used with permission of Susan Tiffen - www.susantiffenphotography.com

My department, the Smithtown Fire Department has part of our district run next to the picturesque Nissequogue River. The river is a haven for naturalists, canoe enthusiasts and kayakers. Each year we get a call or two to the river for rescues, mostly folks who have found themselves in the middle of the river during low tide and cannot get their boat out of the cement like mud.

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Posted by on June 9, 2010 • Filed under: Media Outreach, news, rescues • Tagged: , , , , ,

A Volunteer Fire PIO must have a redundant “tool box”

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flipAs a volunteer fire department PIO, and not in house based, I have to be prepared to respond from wherever I am in the community when an alarm is toned out. Since my main PIO “toolbox” is located at the main house, I need a fully redundant system that can duplicate some of the items I keep in the firehouse.

At the firehouse I have a large camera bag that holds the following items –

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Posted by on March 26, 2010 • Filed under: PIO Product Reviews • Tagged: , , , , , ,