Happy Valentines Day to all of You! The Rumors are True...

Happy Valentines Day to all of You! The Rumors are True.....

I am no longer working or affiliated with Tech Skills, LLC and I join many of you in my efforts to re-enter the workforce.

Good News:

Our group is growing and will continue!

I have speakers booked through April 2011. I am searching for a business, company, entity or association who is interested in sponsoring and hosting our weekly networking group meetings. Our membership has reached over 1, 150 members and grows by the day!

Typically our meetings are attended by recruiters, account executives, HR Professionals, individuals interested in meeting others in the Metro Denver area, CEO's, Business Leaders, Attorneys, and individuals looking for employment and promotional opportunities. We usually see weekly attendance of 35-50. Each week a newsletter and press release covering the speaker and topic is published furthering the success of the presenter! All attendees are given each other's contact information for use in further networking. So, if any of you are interested in hosting these meetings, sponsoring these meetings or getting on the calendar to present to our group-----please contact me at: krystalmires@gmail.com or 720-434-4271. I believe that we will find a sponsorship soon and I have a speaker ready to go for Thursday AM.

On a personal note I continue to work for The Medical Center of Aurora, SpecialCare Hospital Corporation part time while I am searching for another full time employment opportunity. I have assisted many individuals with their reattachment to employment and would appreciate any leads is the areas of: Government(Program Management, Case Management, Administration)-I have experience working for: City of Aurora, Municipal Court, Department of Public Health and Environment-Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division for the EPA ID Program, Department of Revenue, Department of Corrections, Adams County and Arapahoe County working in the following programs: TANF, EF, Child Support, BRAC, WIA. I also have multiple years of experience working for a hospital in the area of mental health counseling, marketing, intake coordination with discharge planning. My life work has encompassed assisting others towards self-sufficiency in some capacity. I have an natural talent in the areas of marketing and coordination. I have extensive experience working with offenders, a disability caseload and working with those with multiple barriers. I truly enjoy working hard and I love people...all people. I have worked as a Recruiter, Hiring Authority and Coordinator. I am also a paralegal by trade.

So, if any of you has any employment leads or offers, I am ready to go back to work! I appreciate any leads, offers or ideas that any of you might have for me. I look forward to the opportunity to move on to my next opportunity! Any of you can reach me via linkedin messaging, or at: krystalmires@gmail.com or at: 720-434-4271.

I look forward to a continued working relationship and partnership with all of you!

President Obama Details Plan to Win the Future through Expanded Wireless Access

The White House released this press release, Feb. 10, 2011.

Initiative expands wireless coverage to 98% of Americans, reduces deficit by nearly $10 billion, invests in nationwide public safety network

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will today detail his plan to win the future by catalyzing the buildout of high-speed wireless services that will enable businesses to grow faster, students to learn more, and public safety officials to access state-of-the-art, secure, nationwide, and interoperable mobile communications.

In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a National Wireless Initiative to make available high-speed wireless services to at least 98 percent of Americans. The Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative laid out today will make it possible for businesses to achieve that goal, while freeing up spectrum through incentive auctions, spurring innovation, and creating a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety. It will also reduce the national deficit by approximately $10 billion.

The President will announce the new initiative at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, a city where local businesses have been able to grow as a result of broadband access, with particular benefit in exporting goods to new markets around the world. He will also see a demonstration of how the university’s WiMAX network has enabled distance learning for university and community students.

For more details on the President’s Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative, please see the fact sheet below:

The White House

FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Plan to Win the Future through the Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative

In his State of the Union address, President Obama set the goal of enabling businesses to provide high-speed wireless services to at least 98 percent of all Americans within five years. The rollout of the next generation of high-speed wireless—the “4G” technology now being deployed in the United States by leading carriers—promises considerable benefits to our economy and society. More than 10 times faster than current high speed wireless services, this technology promises to benefit all Americans, bolster public safety, and spur innovation in wireless services, equipment, and applications. By catalyzing private investment and innovation and reducing the deficit by $9.6 billion, this initiative will help the United States win the future and compete in the 21st century economy.

• Nearly Double Wireless Spectrum Available for Mobile Broadband: The President has set the goal of freeing up 500 MHz of spectrum for everything from smartphones to wireless broadband connectivity for laptops to new forms of machine-to-machine communication within a decade. Critical to realizing this goal are “voluntary incentive auctions” and more efficient use of government spectrum, estimated to raise $27.8 billion over the next decade.
• Provide At Least 98% of Americans with Access to 4G High-Speed Wireless: Private investments are extending 4G to most of the Nation, but leaving some rural areas behind. The President’s initiative would support a one-time investment of $5 billion and reform of the “Universal Service Fund” to ensure millions more Americans will be able to use this technology.
• Catalyze Innovation Through a Wireless Innovation (WIN): To spur innovation, $3 billion of the spectrum proceeds will go to research and development of emerging wireless technologies and applications.
• Develop and Deploy a Nationwide, Interoperable Wireless Network for Public Safety: The President’s Budget calls for a $10.7 billion commitment to support the development and deployment of a nationwide wireless broadband network to afford public safety agencies with far greater levels of effectiveness and interoperability. An important element of this plan is the reallocation of the D Block for public safety and $500 million within the WIN Fund.
• Cut the Deficit By $9.6 Billion Over the Next Decade: Nearly $10 billion of spectrum auction revenue will be devoted to deficit reduction.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/10/president-obama-details-plan-win-future-through-expanded-wireless-access

HP's TouchPad Tablet vs Radio Shack's TRS-80 Model 100

The new HP TouchPad Tablet is a modern model of a mobile device.

Its place in gadget history falls between the Star Trek "Tri-coder", the sci-fi mobile device that could sense life forms on alien planets, and Radio Shack's TRS-80 Model 100, the father of all tablet devices, created in the 1980's. The former sci-fi device has a touch screen and the model 100 device has a keyboard.

Is the physical keyboard obsolete starting with the tablet?

To be fair, the HP TouchPad was designed to compete against the Apple iPad mobile device by using its own mobile operating system called the webOS, the former mobile OS it acquired from purchasing Palm for a $1 billion last year. It hopes to attract enough developers from the Apple iPad camp to develop software for the TouchPad, as well.

If the iPad represents the market leader, shouldn't the HP first TouchPad follow the leader?

( I guess so..)

Meanwhile.... here are the (Feb 9, 2011) specifications:

Hewlett Packard TouchPad Tablet features:

• 9.7-inch multitouch screen with a 1,024 x 768 resolution
• Virtual keyboard
• Instant on
• 16 GB or 32 GB on internal storage
• front-facing camera for video conferencing
• dual-core 1.2GHX processor
• stereo speakers
• gyrocope and accelerometer sensors
• Wireless connectivity:
• • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication
  • A-GPS (3G only)
  • Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support

• and support of Adobe Flash Player
• webOS
• Rechargeable 6,300 mAh (typical) battery

.... but somehow looking at the virtual keyboard on the HP TouchPad reminds me of the look and feel of the Radio Shack TSR-80 Model 100, when the tablet design was very popular. So I had to review this video on YouTube to recall how far technology has changed. (See below).

Should a tablet have a real keyboard? At the time, during the 1980's, the TSR-80 Model 100 was one of the most popular and practical mobile computers around. Journalists, business personnel, and students had to have one to take digital notes. Everyone liked it. The design was based on what technology Tandy could deliver for around $300 dollars, at the time. But look closely at the basic design-- A small tablet computer with a simple operating system, a keyboard and a screen.

Somehow, the system worked well enough to take notes and run simple programs, just like some smart phones do today.

The lesson here is not how powerful the new system is, its how useful it is to the user at the time.

Successful products have to match features of their competitors but maybe that's overkill. I think the secret of winning customers is to manage their expectations.

If the purpose of the device is a phone, then it should best work as a phone; other features are extra. If the device is a note taking device then it should be the best device for this purpose.

Today's devices are more powerful and can handle many features but the purpose of the device is blurred. Somethings got to give.

The multi-purpose device of today promises all things to all people. It makes the user less productive as they jump around from feature to feature, without concentrating on a single task. Multi-tasking is the rule and not the exception. The purpose is to be "connected all the time" to your email, text alerts, Twitter, Facebook, phone, and internet blogs. "You are always on" ... multi-tasking, even while walking, eating and driving. Like a sci-fi game player, "you are in a connected world" except it is for real. It's scary. But that's another subject.

Meanwhile, back at the HP TouchPad tablet, the old keyboard disappears from the computer device, much like the floppy disc and the CD and DVD player. These items have been replaced with digital versions. Some features will never return again.

Watch the video below to see how much has changed from the first tablet computer until now.

Colorado has qualified for an additional six weeks of federal extended benefits

Emergency Unemployment Compensation February 1, 2011

"Colorado has qualified to pay an additional six weeks of federal extended benefits, also called Emergency Unemployment Compensation or EUC.

Read this page to get Tier 4 information. Please refer to this Web page for the most up-to-date information and call our information line only if absolutely necessary", according the the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment website.

Source: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDLE-UnempBenefits/CDLE/1248095315687