Blog - Nick Moline

Writing

Curious how the Google Assistant stacks up against Siri, Alexa and Cortana? So was I

I did a wrap up of how the Google Assistant compares with its competitors at Apple, Microsoft and Amazon for Justia’s Legal Marketing & Technology Blog. My brief overview discusses what each of the Digital Personal Assistants brought to the table, and how Google has taken what they see as the best aspect of each and added their own flair.

Oct 04, 2016 6 minute read.

Wearable Technology

The Time Keeping Cycle

As I sit here today checking the time on my Moto 360 Android Wear smartwatch, I’m amused by a concept I’m calling “ The Time Keeping Cycle .” When I was in high school college I wore watches all of the time (usually a Casio calculator watch, yes I was “that guy”), and pretty much everyone I knew...

Sep 21, 2014 7 minute read.

Wearable Technology

Wearing a Computer at MIT, a Two Decade Dream Realized

When I was young (somewhere in the early/mid ’90s), I saw some program (I don’t know which) on PBS and they were talking about some guy (I can’t find the program and don’t remember the name, but I presume it was either Thad Starner or Steve Mann ) at MIT who is wearing a computer with a Head...

Jun 22, 2014 3 minute read.

Stress

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Comcast?

Just had a very frustrating chat with Comcast Customer Service. My TiVo Premier has been on the fritz for the last several months. Rather than buy a new one, I decided to give Comcast’s X1 a try. So Barbara took our cable card into the Comcast service office this morning and asked for an X1. They...

Jun 04, 2014 10 minute read.

Travel

Looking forward to the Third annual 24 hour Disney Day

Barbara and I are ready to attend the Rock Your Disney Side 24 hour event at Disneyland Park this Friday. For the third year in a row, Disneyland will be open for 24 hours from 6 am Friday to 6 am on Saturday morning. This year’s hashtag is #RockYourDisneySide and the event has a Heroes and...

May 20, 2014 1 minute read.

Charity

Walk with me to End Lupus

As many of you know my wife Barbara has Lupus and in October she experienced a flare-up of her lupus that put her into the hospital. Before this flare-up occurred, however, I was already planning on doing a 5K charity walk called the Walk to End Lupus Now. After the flare-up occurred it became...

Apr 18, 2014 2 minute read.