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Andy Jordan's Tech Diary

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary

Wall Street Journal Online reporter Andy Jordan chronicles the (often odd) stories that can be found when people and technology come together.

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: The Future of Typing

WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at three "futuristic" keyboards and wonders how much we'll even need a keyboard in the future.
2 weeks ago

The Coming Currency Revolution

A digital currency for Microsoft Outlook? Social Networks? WSJ's Andy Jordan talks to currency renegades tired of big-government centralized cash, and desperate to make their own (legal) money systems.
2 months ago

The Coming Currency Revolution

A digital currency for Microsoft Outlook? Social Networks? WSJ's Andy Jordan talks to currency renegades tired of big-government centralized cash, and desperate to make their own (legal) money systems.
2 months ago

When Restaurant Tabletops Become Computer Screens

Tech Diary's Andy Jordan checks out a London restaurant where diners use an "e-table" interactive ordering system complete with an tabletop chefcam! (He channels Julia Child in the process.)
3 months ago

I Know What You Just Tweeted

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary gets the lowdown on a mass psychic experiment conducted via Twitter. But perhaps you already knew that. He also looks at how Twitter is being used these days.
06/10/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: What the Heck is Wolfram Alpha?

A new "search" engine is out on the web, and geeks are all over it. WSJ's Andy Jordan tests it out on really smart students.
05/18/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: iPhone's Crap Apps

Useless and popular (and irritating) iPhone apps are doing well, much to their makers' chagrin. WSJ's Andy Jordan tries to irritate the developer of one of the most aggravating apps in the app store.
05/07/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: iPhone's Crap Apps

Useless and popular (and irritating) iPhone apps are doing well, much to their makers' chagrin. WSJ's Andy Jordan tries to irritate the developer of one of the most aggravating apps in the app store.
05/07/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Making Money Off Downtime

WSJ's Andy Jordan finds someone who is "leveling up" his World of Warcraft account in order to monetize his downtime in the midst of the recession.
04/16/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Making Money Off Downtime

WSJ's Andy Jordan finds someone who is "leveling up" his World of Warcraft account in order to monetize his downtime in the midst of the recession.
04/16/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Online Hookups Get Geo-Aware.

People are using location-based social networking to meet strangers online, in their own neighborhood, spontaneously and in real-time. WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at two platforms: Loopt and Brightkite.
04/09/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Online Hookups Get Geo-Aware.

People are using location-based social networking to meet strangers online, in their own neighborhood, spontaneously and in real-time. WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at two platforms: Loopt and Brightkite.
04/09/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Tale of Two Streaming Musicians

WSJ's Andy Jordan looks at how live online video streaming is changing the marketing formula for an up-and-coming recording artist and giving an amateur performer a crack at exposure, using two online streaming platforms: Mogulus and UStream.
03/26/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Tale of Two Streaming Musicians

WSJ's Andy Jordan looks at how live online video streaming is changing the marketing formula for an up-and-coming recording artist and giving an amateur performer a crack at exposure, using two online streaming platforms: Mogulus and UStream.
03/26/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Cell Phone For Seniors

WSJ's Andy Jordan reports on a new no-frills cell phone is aimed at senior citizens, complete with big concave buttons, a bright screen, and handy speed-dials.
02/08/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Cell Phone For Seniors

WSJ's Andy Jordan reports on a new no-frills cell phone is aimed at senior citizens, complete with big concave buttons, a bright screen, and handy speed-dials.
02/08/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: CES Post Mortem, Can Tech Save Us?

Can a game that uses human brainwaves to shoot a ball through a hoop rescue us from economic turmoil? WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look in his video notebook from CES.
01/11/09

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: CES Post Mortem, Can Tech Save Us?

Can a game that uses human brainwaves to shoot a ball through a hoop rescue us from economic turmoil? WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look in his video notebook from CES.
01/11/09

Hands on Gizmos: Uroclub

Can't hold it any longer on the back nine? WSJ's Andy Jordan hits the green to see what golfers think of a club that lets putters take care of "business" -- in their club.
01/10/09