Trying to decide what to do

I've kinda fallen off the planet in regard to this site, and for that, I am sorry. Well, I'm sorry to the one or two of you that read it.

I am at a crossroads. I can get back in here and blog more, create more content that is uniquely mine, or I can just let it die.

I enjoyed blogging, but I've felt that there were better places to get information. It felt, to me, like I was just whispering into the Grand Canyon. It felt... pointless.

At least as far as tech news went.

I don't have any "sources close to the matter" or anything remotely resembling that, so I would gather may intel from the big boys, Engadget, TechCrunch, and TWiT, among many others, and rehash what they wrote while incorporating my own spin and opinions.

So I believe I need a do-over. I need to re-imagine myself, and produce a worthwhile blog. Honestly, I don't care if anyone reads it. I want to do it for me. I want to make something that I would want to read. Something I can be proud of.

I'm not sure what road I'm going to take, but I know I won't sit here debating which direction forever.

Challenge Accepted!

Writer, columnist, and avid Google+'er, +Mike Elgan, has issued a challenge for "all bloggers to try blogging on Google+ for the month of August".

I am accepting this challenge with the exception of this one post, which is only to notify anyone that stumbles upon WillWork4Tech.com that they will need to head over to my Google+ page. For now, I will blog on my personal G+ page, +Clay Shaw, instead of the page made for this blog simply because there will be more readers that way (though feel free to drop me a line if you visit the WW4T page).

That's it. For the remainder of this month, I will give G+ blogging a shot. So click the picture above and join me on Google+!

Google-y Goodness!

Yesterday, the head of Android and Chrome unveiled some new toys. Most of which had already been leaked out in the days & weeks leading up to the event, so very little surprises took place. Except for one. But allow me to bore you first with a few things we already knew.

Well, I was wrong.

Yes, I can admit when I'm wrong. Although sometimes it's harder to coax it out of me, depending on what I was wrong about... but I don't mind admitting my error on a guess.

If you read the previous post, I guessed that the breakfast with Sundar Pichai would be the announcement of Android 4.3, the new Nexus 7, as well as Motorola's Moto X. Well, you can scratch off the Moto X, since Motorola has sent out invitations for an event on August 1st.

Yeah, I know I said I wouldn't talk much about it since Google will spend $500 million on advertising, so I'll keep it short. Rumors around the device are stating it will have a 4.5 inch 720p HD display with a Snapdragon S4 processor, and 2GB or RAM. It's also hinted at 16 GB of internal storage, but it's likely to have a 8GB or 32GB variant, or at least an external SD slot. If the Moto X doesn't ship with Android 4.3 on board, I would bet that it will be pushed out before the end of the year. It's also rumored to have a 10 megapixel camera on the back, with a 2 megapixel forward facing lens. Of course, it will have everything else usually found in good smartphones; Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, etc. No rumor on price yet, but with these specs, odds are it will fall into the all-too-familiar super-phone slot of $299 with a new contract. Of course, if Motorola and Google can get the price down to $199, then this phone will be more popular that you'd think.

This is the phone that will hopefully make Motorola a serious contender again. What do you think?

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

Google doesn't invite the media to breakfast because it just learned how to make the perfect crepe. And they certainly don't invite the media to a meal with Sundar Pichai, the head of Android and Chrome, without having some new goodies to show off.

All signs point to the breakfast with Sundar Pichai as being the official unveiling of the long-rumored Moto X, the refresh of the hugely successful Nexus 7, and an update to Android 4.3 to begin its rollout.