Pedro’s an IT consultant, co-founder & former CIO of Ordia Solutions, co-founder of RVMEL Digital, natural alternative medicine and ancient history researcher, and former U.S. Army paratrooper supporting Ron Paul.

“Best Practices is a nice way to hinder innovation” -T.H. Zappos

 

My Motorola Xoom

Posted by Pedro Martinez at Satday April 9, 2011 8:14 am 

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Motorola Xoom Tablet

Motorola Xoom Tablet

After weeks of research and playing with a first-generation iPad, I’ve made my decision to purchased a Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi tablet a week after it came out. I own a Motorola Droid first generation. My experience with Motorola products has been a pleasure, from CB radios to communications appliances for my government clients; Motorola has delivered quality products for the most part.

Brainstorming Tools Survey

Posted by Pedro Martinez at Monday May 10, 2010 6:32 am 

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Whiteboard Brainstorming

Photo: Brainstorming on a whiteboard

Sometimes, the good old whiteboard is the best tool to brainstorm about new concepts and application features, especially after a couple of glasses of wine. Lately, I’ve started to use a blank sheet of paper 11” x 17” (preferred) or 8 ½” x 11” in size and a pencil for designing User Interface (UI) concepts. I later use Publisher or Photoshop to re-create a digital version of it.

TurboTax, Not So Turbo After All

Posted by Pedro Martinez at Friday May 7, 2010 1:27 pm 

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TurboTax Email Confirmation

Photo: TurboTax Email Confirmation

I’ve started receiving emails from Intuit’s TurboTax service. This was very strange, especially because I have not used their service this year. The email was addressed to RAMON MARTINEZ. Obviously we both share the same last name, but RAMON is nowhere near PEDRO when it comes to spelling. Regardless, I’m now receiving all his tax information online, and could potentially change his Intuit’s account password and make some damage. So much for online security.

Ordia Solutions for Law Enforcement

Posted by Pedro Martinez at Monday March 29, 2010 9:14 pm 

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Ordia Solutions is a leading provider of mission-critical, tactical, interoperable, collaborative, and mobile command & control solutions for first responders and their chain of command. Mobile Tactical Collaboration System™ (blue force tracking system), AdvanTraq™ GPS and AdvanTraq™ GPS Mic form the only product suite on the market that seamlessly integrates all three key command and control functions: tactical planning, real-time collaboration, and blue force tracking, into one easy-to-use, ready-out-of-the-box solution.

Convert 3GPP to MPG-4 and More

Posted by Pedro Martinez at Monday March 22, 2010 12:00 pm 

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Super by eRightSoft

Photo: Super by eRightSoft

I’ve recorded a video interview at last week’s Social Media Club event in Richmond, VA with my new Droid smartphone from Verizon. The video came out excellent taking in consideration the lack of lighting at the venue. Once recorded, I’ve downloaded on my Windows 7 laptop and it played flawlessly. I’ve also uploaded the video to Facebook and YouTube without issues.

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