Published articles
The following 23 articles by Jorge Sosa have been published in ZATZ magazines.

The iPad: Apple's latest heartbreaker
Author Jorge Sosa describes his disappointment with Apple's $500 Etch-a-Sketch. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, February 2010]

Invade my privacy, please.
Internet advertising is under the gun because -- for some people -- it actually works too well. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, February 2010]

DTV will destroy your mind (and other wild theories)
Did you know that the digital TV switchover is one of the signs of the Apocalypse? Oh yeah, it's right there in the Book of Revelation between all that business with the locusts and the star called Wormwood. If there's one thing we love at Computing Unplugged, it's a good mock. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, July 2009]

Add To Any, the wicked widget with a dull name
Add To Any lets you incorporate a button on any of your Web pages so your visitors can easily share that page with anyone else. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, June 2009]

Twitter basics for business
Raise your hand if you're sick of all this Twitter hype. Good. Now keep your hand up if you've checked out Twitter and don't understand what the big deal is. I mean, why putz around reading a sea of dispatches from narcissistic hipsters, obsessed with what they had for lunch, when you've got real work to do? OK, your hand's still up. Good. Don't worry. Your reaction is perfectly natural for any sensible adult. But, you shouldn't judge Twitter by your first impression. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, April 2009]

10 Twitter apps for your business
This month, let's look at 10 applications that complement Twitter, enhancing its capacity to help you grow and operate your company. Thanks to Twitter's freely available API, there are piles upon piles of applications out there that integrate with it. Here are the ones Jorge Sosa found most intriguing. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, April 2009]

Movie theaters poised to go digital...almost
Barring some insanse federal bailout or economic stimulus package tailored specifically for the movie industry, plans for an industry-wide conversion to digital may be delayed at least a couple years. Why should you care? In this interesting article, Jorge Sosa shows how the digitial cinema transition might change the way you watch big-screen movies [Computing Unplugged Magazine, February 2009]

Pet tech: Geeky gear for your dogs and cats
Here's a gaggle of geeky geegaws for you, the discerning pet owner. They range from the practical to the pointless, and Jorge Sosa abitrarily rated them in terms of usefulness. A score of 5 means said gadget is pure genius. A score of 1 means if you're seriously thinking about buying said piece of junk, we encourage you to have your head examined. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, February 2009]

Can the Internet save newspapers?
When we think of the Internet and newspapers, we normally think about how the Internet is killing newspapers. Craig's List, for example, is taking away classified ad revenue from papers across the country. But in this article, newspaper journalist and favorite Computing Unplugged contributor Jorge Sosa looks at some ways the Internet might actually serve to save newspapers and make them even more relevant to the communities they serve. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, December 2008]

HDTV? DLP? WTF?
If you're like Jorge Sosa, you might have noticed buying a TV is now a process that seems about a bajillion times harder than it has to be. The last time he bought a TV, it was an old-school CRT model. "Bigger is better" was the one-and-only simple rule. Now, there's a whole new lexicon to learn and it seems like you have be a genius to go about purchasing an idiot box. What follows is his personal cheat sheet on the digital TV hoohah. It's even in plain English, and yes, "hoohah" is a real word. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, December 2008]

Moving beyond the battery
What if you could have a car, powered by battery, that could drive at 80 mph and go 250 miles? Now, what if that battery could recharge in less than five minutes? That's the question Jorge Sosa explores in this fascinating edition of Green Tech. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, November 2008]

Gas misers just wanna have fun
Contributor Jorge Sosa says that while he appreciates the Prius as a sensible transportation appliance, it has absolutely none of the traits that made him fall in love with cars as a wee Gen-X toddler. Fortunately, it's not too late to de-emasculate himself -- and there's hope for the rest of us as well. This is a smart article that's also funny as all heck. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, September 2008]

America needs a Prius-beater
Now that $4-per-gallon gas is here -- and, although fluctuating, it's showing no signs of going away soon -- the time is high for Detroit to learn once again that small is beautiful. Sadly, it appears the Big Three aren't quite hip to that yet -- and they might not be for some time. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, August 2008]

Choosing a recorder for your podcast
If you're serious about podcasting, you'll need to record your broadcast. In this very helpful article, Jorge Sosa discusses different podcasting recorders and which one worked best for him. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, July 2008]

Editing your podcast with Audacity
Welcome back for round three of my podcasting series. My first article showed you how to plan a successful podcast. My second article suggested some digital devices for recording your podcast. Now, all you need to prepare your recording for primetime is Audacity. Not chutzpah -- although possessing some never hurt anyone -- but Audacity, a freeware, open-source, sound-editing program available for Macs, Windows, and Unix computers. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, July 2008]

Unleash your animal photos
Photographer Jorge Sosa thinks photographing animals is a lot like photographing little kids: either way, it's a pain in the keister. So how do you get great photos of kids? Don't ask Jorge. He tells us he thinks it involves Cookie Monster hand puppets and mild sedatives. However, photographing animals is something he's kind of figured out. Read on and he'll tell you all he knows. [Connected Photographer Magazine, July 2008]

Podcasting tips from a (semi) pro
Earlier this year, Jorge Sosa decided to gingerly dip his toes into the podcasting pool. Several months into this experiment, he feels he can safely tell anyone who's podcast-curious to come on in -- the water's fine. If you need a little help getting started, read on and he'll share what's worked and what hasn't. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, June 2008]

Create a stunning panorama with Photoshop
If you ever visit the Grand Canyon, here's a word of warning: It's huge! Like many of nature's wonders, it's too vast to be captured with just your standard digital camera. But with a little Photoshop voodoo, you can capture it all. In this helpful article, Jorge Sosa shows you how to use the Photomerge feature of Photoshop to create wonderful panoramas. [Computing Unplugged Magazine, April 2008]

Create a stunning panorama with Photoshop
If you ever visit the Grand Canyon, here's a word of warning: It's huge! Like many of nature's wonders, it's too vast to be captured with just your standard digital camera. But with a little Photoshop voodoo, you can capture it all. In this helpful article, Jorge Sosa shows you how to use the Photomerge feature of Photoshop to create wonderful panoramas. [Connected Photographer Magazine, April 2008]

PHOTORECOVERY can restore your lost pictures
Do you ever get that sick sensation in your gut? You know, the one that accompanies the realization that you've just accidently deleted some really important files? It's twice as bad when those files happen to be your priceless digital photos. In this important review, Jorge Sosa tells us whether PHOTORECOVERY can help you ease the gut ache. [Connected Photographer Magazine, February 2008]

Portraits with a silhouette twist
One of the first lessons many beginning photographers learn is to avoid taking pictures of people when they're standing in front of windows. Of course, another lesson many of us learn is there's a time and place to break the rules. In this fun article, Jorge Sosa shows you how and when to use the power of darkness (MUHAHAHA!) to create eye-catching silhouette portraits. [Connected Photographer Magazine, February 2008]

Making your subjects stand out
Sometimes it's hard to get just the close-up of the subject you want. You can use Photoshop to call extra attention to your photo's subject. In this article from Jorge Sosa, you'll learn how to make your subjects pop against a busy background; and you won't have to play in traffic to do it. [Connected Photographer Magazine, December 2007]

Four hot tips for taking cool car photos
This is perhaps the best article we've ever run. Of course, your esteemed editors love cool cars, so when we get to edit an article that contains tips for taking cool car photos, we're in gearhead heaven. In truth, though, this is a great article because it's got very tangible, hands-on tips for how to look at cars and capture them in your photographs. [Connected Photographer Magazine, October 2007]