craig mathias
Principal

Network World’s 2013 Holiday Gift Guide – Something for Everyone

Opinion
Nov 22, 20131 min

It takes weeks of (really fun) work, but our comprehensive list of the best gifts for geeks is now available.

We’ve completed work on the 2013 edition of the annual Network World Holiday Gift Guide with one of the most diverse sets of great gifts ever. I’m pleased once again to have been part of Keith Shaw’s team in testing and evaluating an astonishingly broad array of gift possibilities, for home and even for work.

Out of the roughly twenty products I evaluated, do I have favorites? Yes, of course, even though all of them could find a home here. Believe it or not, the Dell All-in-One is an amazingly-nice PC. It’s compact, stylish, convenient, and powerful. And this coming from a Mac guy. The DJI Phantom Quadricopter is maddeningly in need of some serious detail engineering, but a joy to fly. And IK Multimedia continues to lead the industry in audio interfaces and handset and tablet stands. But there were no clunkers in my bunch – have a look; there really is something for everyone here. Including, perhaps, you.

craig mathias

Craig J. Mathias is a principal with Farpoint Group, an advisory firm specializing in wireless networking and mobile computing. Founded in 1991, Farpoint Group works with technology developers, manufacturers, carriers and operators, enterprises, and the financial community. Craig is an internationally-recognized industry and technology analyst, consultant, conference speaker, author, columnist, and blogger. He regularly writes for Network World, CIO.com, and TechTarget. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Computer Science from Brown University, and is a member of the Society of Sigma Xi and the IEEE.

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