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Logan Kugler

San Francisco, Silicon Valley
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Writer. Tech. Outer space. Cars. AAPL investor since 2005.
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Why a $20 Million Business Moved Its Data to the Cloud

Why a $20 Million Business Moved Its Data to the Cloud

Entrepreneur Magazine — Among the many decisions faced by new business owners is what they're going to do about their technological infrastructure. Mac or PC? Will everything be centrally controlled--often necessary due to privacy regulations--or will employees be encouraged to bring their own technology? And, will they own and support their infrastructure in-house or base it in the cloud? A lot can be learned from a company that has operated on both sides of the fence, such as Distribution Video & Audio (DV&A), a family-owned reseller of excess and overstock inventory--DVDs, audio CDs, video games and past-generation gadgets.
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A Golf Tutorial Site Brings Its Call Center In-House

A Golf Tutorial Site Brings Its Call Center In-House

Entrepreneur Magazine — A successful stint in real estate allowed Justin Tupper to build a business around his true passion: golf. In 2008, he launched Revolution Golf, a website packed with video tutorials from top pros. The company has signed up 1.2 million subscribers who pay $14.95 per month or $124 per year. But with that huge base comes a need for major customer support. First, Revolution Golf tried outsourcing the task of handling 50 to 200 daily calls. But in three years, it burned through three vendors, unhappy with a 5 percent call-failure rate and peak wait times of 15 to 30 minutes.
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How a Coffee Lid Turned into a Million-Dollar Idea

How a Coffee Lid Turned into a Million-Dollar Idea

Entrepreneur Magazine — In the spring of 2011 Joshua Resnikoff was working on his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., while his wife made and sold kimchi, the Korean spicy pickled cabbage. Because of her business, Resnikoff notes, "We had a ton of Mason jars around, and I used to use them to drink coffee in the morning." ... Resnikoff told his friend Aaron Parone, a medical design engineer, about the idea, and Parone said it was so simple, he could make one by the next day. But, he added, "It'd be stupid. Nobody would buy it." ... When the Cuppow went on sale in January 2012, all 500 units were snatched up within 72 hours. And the story didn't end there...
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How to Keep Your Gadgets Safe When You Travel

How to Keep Your Gadgets Safe When You Travel

PC World — From coffee shops to planes, trains, and cruise ships, we've become accustomed to having ready access to the Internet just about anywhere. The problem is, it's easy to forget how vulnerable that makes us to security threats. I learned this the hard way recently when traveling from San Jose to Tampa, passing through four cities along the way. Even though I'm well aware of the potential for others to hack into my devices, I'd never had any problems previously. Unfortunately, there's always a first time: When I got back home, Facebook alerted me to some suspicious activity. I had been "Firesheep'd"!
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Gunk-Proof Everything

Gunk-Proof Everything

Popular Science — Anyone who's worn waterproof boots knows that although they shed moisture, they're magnets for grime. Most water-repelling treatments still allow for surface friction, so particles of mud, soot, oil, or wine stick right where they land. Over the next couple of months, UltraTech, a Florida-based company, will roll out Ultra-Ever Dry, a coating that repels most muck. Instead of a single layer, Ever Dry is two coats. Engineers first spray a surface with a solution that consists mainly of xylene and butyl acetate. Once that coat dries (about 20 minutes), they apply an acetone solution with small amounts of silica and other proprietary additives.
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Focus on Insanely Ambitious Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Focus on Insanely Ambitious Ideas

Forbes — Paul Graham is wrong. The objective should be to pursue big, bold, hairy audacious goals, not meager reasonable ones. "Imagine if Martin Luther King Jr. said “I have a dream…but I don’t want to talk about it.” If he took Graham’s advice, he might have told the world his dream was to remove the restricted section on some buses, not the frighteningly ambitious goal of total equality for all everywhere. It was so ambitious it scared the crap out of most people, and yet he succeeded because he attracted even stronger support than he did opposition. It was a goal worth fighting for. The world is not driven by quarterly returns. The world is driven by people who can thrust our evolution forward, who can redefine our lives..."
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How to Survive Anything (Cover Story)

How to Survive Anything (Cover Story)

Outdoor Life Magazine — Flick on the TV these days and there's a good chance you'll see some "expert" who has been dropped into some unenviable scenario with nothing but the shirt on his back and maybe a pocketknife, forced to live off the land and improvise his way back to safety. In the real world, though, survival situations aren't preceded by production meetings and script revisions. They happen when you least expect them, and sometimes where you least expect them, so it's important to always be prepared. No matter what type of outing you're planning-from a morning at the local fishing hole to a backcountry hunting excursion-a survival kit is a necessity.
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5 ways to secure your Facebook profile in a post-Timeline world

5 ways to secure your Facebook profile in a post-Timeline world

Computerworld — With the ongoing rollout of Facebook's Timeline feature, security and privacy have never been more important to your digital life. The new layout presents all of your current and past activities on Facebook -- posts, photos, comments, likes and so on -- in a handy timeline format to anyone with access to your profile, which may include friends of friends, colleagues, executives at your company, a potential future boss ... well, you get the idea.
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10 Gmail tools to supercharge your inbox

10 Gmail tools to supercharge your inbox

Computerworld — From dynamic contact tracking to analytics in your inbox, these add-ons and services provide enhanced capabilities for both casual and power Gmail users.
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7 mobile apps that jump-start team collaboration

7 mobile apps that jump-start team collaboration

Computerworld — From conducting video meetings to coordinating to-do lists, these collaboration apps for iOS, Android and more will have your far-flung team working in sync in no time.
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Wearable Robots are No Longer Science Fiction

Wearable Robots are No Longer Science Fiction

Communications of The ACM — One of this summer's blockbuster movies features humans controlling giant mechanical bodies to do battle against Godzilla-like monsters. Pacific Rim is just the latest installment in a long history of science fiction movies featuring exosuits: these include Tony Stark in the Iron Man series, and few fans can forget the one worn by Sigourney Weaver as Ripley to fight the queen in Aliens back in 1986. Such body-assisting machines are no longer confined to the realm of science fiction; nor are they only for kicking alien butt. Several companies in the U.S. and overseas have been working on developing exoskeletons for Earthbound uses for years.
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CRM for Cities

CRM for Cities

Communications of The ACM — When citizens of Pasadena, California, spot a problem in their community, whether it is a busted streetlight or an abandoned car, they can pull out their smartphones and immediately report it to the appropriate city agency. They can take a photo of the problem and file a report that includes GPS coordinates, so agency workers know exactly where it is. Pasadena rolled out the mobile app in April 2012, and now "it accounts for anywhere from half to two-thirds of the 600 service requests we receive a month," reports Pasadena IT project manager John Reimers.
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How to Fax Documents Straight From Your iPhone

How to Fax Documents Straight From Your iPhone

CITEworld — When's the last time somebody asked you to send a fax? If you're on the road often or work in a small office without a fax machine, chances are you groaned when you heard their request. JotNot Scanner Pro has made a name for itself by doing (mostly) one thing-and doing it extremely well. The iOS app by company MobiTech 3000 gives you the power to photograph a physical document and fax it to any fax number you like. It couldn't be simpler to execute using the app's intuitive UI.
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10 Secret iPhone Powers

10 Secret iPhone Powers

PCMag.com — Your iPhone came loaded with great software that lets you get driving directions, listen to music, watch YouTube, surf the Web, keep your appointments, and of course make phone calls. But the iPhone can do far more than that-it truly is a full-fledged computer that fits in your pocket. With few exceptions, your iPhone can do everything your desktop can do, often at no cost. Here are ten things you might not have thought of, all of which you can do without spending a dime. Apple iPhone Tips 1-5 1. Send free SMS messages, or "fake" MMS messages.
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Five Things Your Mac Won't Tell You

Five Things Your Mac Won't Tell You

PCMag.com — Everyone has secrets-even your Mac. And your Mac may be your friend, your best friend, or even your only friend, but there are still a few things it's not going to share with you no matter how close the two of you are. Did you know that your Mac can proofread-out loud? That it can help you create new keyboard shortcuts in most apps? Are you familiar with its security tricks? Its productivity skills? Come along as we uncover some of your Mac's more exotic capabilities. Some you probably already know about.
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How to Sleep on Airplanes

How to Sleep on Airplanes

LA Times — Our travelwriters bring you the most facinating destinations on the planet. Scour travel deals, find vacations, get travel tips and more.
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14 Ways to Save Money on Your Travels

14 Ways to Save Money on Your Travels

LA Times — Our travelwriters bring you the most facinating destinations on the planet. Scour travel deals, find vacations, get travel tips and more.
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The Best Darn Conference of the Year Where Ideas Come Alive

The Best Darn Conference of the Year Where Ideas Come Alive

Huffington Post — Posted: Small people talk about other people (celebrities, themselves). Average people talk about things (current events, politics, what's for dinner, their son's soccer game). Great people talk about ideas. Out in the southern California desert lies a conference unlike one you've ever been to before. Where world-shaking ideas are shared, incredible game-changing innovations witnessed on ceiling-mounted flat-screens from the comfort of beanbag chairs, and then discussed at the end of the day around fire pits by the pool. It's a a week-long electrifying confection of big ideas with some of the most optimistic and insightful people you'll ever meet.
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10 Best iPhone Apps for the Outdoors

10 Best iPhone Apps for the Outdoors

Backpacker Magazine — These applications might not qualify as the 10 Essentials, but they're pretty sweet to have on the trail nonetheless. Your iPhone might be more accustomed to urban canyons and the concrete jungle, but there are a whole lotta' reasons to take it with you on your next backcountry adventure. For starters, the GPS and compass make it a great substitute for a handheld GPS, and its camera and easy text entry let you capture memories as you go. What's more, with more than 250,000 downloadable applications out there-many of them tailored to backpacking and hiking-you can add an endless assortment of bells and whistles.
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Make Social Networks Work for You

Make Social Networks Work for You

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Jay's Green Garage

Jay's Green Garage

Autoweek — Everybody knows Jay Leno loves cars. He loves working on them, looking at them and, most of all, driving them. But these days, more than 300 cars and motorcycles in a cluster of four adjoining garages totaling more than 25,000 square feet mean he has a whole lot of CO2 to answer for. Or so you'd think. When Leno took the initiative to green his Big Dog Garage in 2006, it wasn't because he's a hippie tree lover who thinks the glaciers are melting but because he wanted to be self-sustaining.
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