At the end of 2010, I took a look at this site’s demographics. Over the past few years, I’ve gotten to know some of you quite well, but my look through the site stats was a bit more impersonal back then, since none of the data is tied to any particular person. I simply was curious about where the 40Tech readers lived, what browsers they used, and other similar data. More than a year and a half later, I thought it would be interesting to see how things have changed.
LastPass is the 40Tech community’s choice for 2011 App of the Year. After almost a week of voting, LastPass outdistanced the second place finisher, Springpad, by over 250 votes. If we had voted ourselves, LastPass would have merited strong consideration. As a convenient and secure password manager, it is one of a handful of apps that the 40Tech team uses on a daily basis. One of the earliest posts we wrote, and still one of our most popular, was a comparison between LastPass, KeePass, and eWallet, with LastPass coming out on top as our favorite password manager. LastPass fared just as well when we put it through the paces against 1Password. Do you use LastPass? Read more
It’s that time of the year where you see lists everywhere you turn. Now it’s our turn, as we present you with our list of the top 10 most popular 40Tech articles of 2011. These are articles that were posted in 2011, so popular older articles, like our look at Evernote as a GTD tool, weren’t considered. We measured “popularity” by the number of page views a story tallied during the year. Read on for the results.
It’s that time again, folks. A time of laughter, a time of cheer — a time of the gifting and receipt of fun tech toys. Oddly, I don’t have any on my list this year. I just want a toolbox. Well… Skyrim wouldn’t hurt, either. And a new computer. Maybe an iPad 2 upgrade — or maybe for my PS3 60GB to stop with the stupid yellow light of death stuff. Yeah, I’d like that one for sure.
Enough about me, though. What fun tech toys do you hope for this holiday season? What do you plan on gifting? Sky’s the limit here — and no tech is too small, either. If you want to give or get a personalized, full-sized Transformer, that’s cool. If you have your heart set on an archaic (but still awesome) calculator watch, hey, who am I to judge? It’s all gravy, here on 40Tech, so have at it!
In the meantime, I leave you with this incredibly hilarious image. It has almost nothing to do with tech, has everything to do with geek awesome, and if it doesn’t make you smile through the also-inevitable holiday stress, then… well… I got nothin’.
NOTE: This pic was sent to me via social media, with no attribution. If anyone knows who put this bit of fun together, please let me know so I can credit them!
Happy holidays — whatever they may mean to you! And please… be safe.
Happy New Year — and Some Sweet Star Wars Awesome!
Bye bye 2011. We hope everyone had a great and safe night last night, and we wish you all a fantastic and prosperous 2012 — filled with happiness, good times, and 366 (Leap Year) days of awesome geekery.
To start you off, look below for some sweet geekiness. They’re not tech… but they’re definitely tech-inspired and will get you close to your nerdy heart!
Star Wars Cookie Cutters, Sandwich Cutters, and Pancake Molds from Williams-Sonoma!
They’ve got some Spider-man comic book and Marvel super hero cookie cutters, too!
Have a super-geeky 2012 everybody!