Sean D. Francis

Break out your newsreaders. What do you mean you don’t have a newsreader? Don’t you realize that newsreaders are the easiest way to follow all your favorite websites? Okay for those of you who don’t use newsreaders, go ahead and ignore this. Come back and read this once you catch up to 2001. For the [...]

I have a soft spot for apps that help capture my creative impulses. I usually rely upon note taking apps or voice recording apps to capture my insights through the day, but sometimes I will run up against an abstract issue that needs to be puzzled out. Thinking Space is an application that allows the [...]

Hailing frequencies open.

Smart phones contain an amazing array of sensors to detect light, sound, motion, wifi signals, cell tower signals, and magnetic fluctuations. This incredible sensor array has enabled all sorts of apps including metal detectors, stud finders, and ‘how fast are you traveling’-o-meters. [...]

The Droid camera is a great little camera. I do have all sorts of personal issues with it because I haven’t learned how to take a good colorful picture with it, yet. That is more my own learning curve since I’ve seen some great uncorrected photos taken with the Droid camera. One of my biggest [...]

What if it was possible to keep tabs on your Congressional delegation with a simple device you use every day?  Now you can with Sunlight Labs first Android App called Congress. With this app on your Android phone will tell you who the Senator and Representative are for the district you are currently standing (or [...]