Alan Brandon

Tech writing, content strategy, and marketing communications

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High-end and consumer UAVs

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I recently wrote two articles for Gizmag about UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The market for these small, maneuverable drones is really taking off (OK, pun intended). The CyberQuad is a high-end industrial model designed for surveillance in areas that may be too dangerous for humans. For example, the CyberQuad has been used to investigate a burning oil rig.

The other UAV I wrote about is the AR.Drone, a hobbyist gaming drone that you control using your iPhone with augmented reality!

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February 28th, 2010 at 2:28 pm

Posted in Portfolio, Writing

RapidIO picked up my V-Max story

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The folks at RapidIO linked to my story on Gizmag about the EMC V-Max system.

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May 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

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My article on the EMC V-Max system is live on Gizmag

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I wrote an article about EMC’s new Symmetrix V-Max system for Gizmag. Although EMC’s V-Max is a cloud computing storage architecture I included a comparison to Yamaha’s V-Max motorcycle, which was a fun bit to write. Gizmag likes to include lots of product pictures, but the EMC V-Max is a rack-based system that looks pretty much like a refrigerator:

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Not nearly as cool looking as Yamaha’s V-Max:

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Click through to read the story on Gizmag.

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May 26th, 2009 at 7:10 am

Posted in Portfolio

Pentax product review on Gizmag.com

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My review of the new Pentax K-7 is up on Gizmag.com. The K-7 has a bunch of new features so the article was fun to write. Pentax has done an  impressive job on their flagship DSLR (but as a longtime Canon user I doubt I’ll switch anytime soon).

My review of the Pentax K-7 on Gizmag.com

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May 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 am

Posted in Portfolio

New article on Gizmag.com

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My first article is posted on Gizmag.com, the online technology magazine. You can check it out here.

Read my new article on Gizmag.com

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May 15th, 2009 at 8:49 am

Posted in Portfolio