Video of the last Space Shuttle launch (Atlantis, STS-135) as I saw it on July 8th, 2011… (thanks to James Daniels for the video editing/rotation effects) This is from 7 miles away. If you listen carefully, you can hear the double-boom as the…
May 30, 2020. This is a blog post from 2011 that I wrote in honor of the Space Shuttle and its last launch (STS-135). Here I capture some of my experiences working in the space program. In honor of today’s launch– the return…
Ajit Jaokar from London’s Futuretext (and the Open Gardens blog) interviewed me on the state and future of mobile web… Following Dan Appelquist’s interview, I am very pleased to present the next Mobile Web Influencer interview – Good friend and industry guru C.…
Near-field Communication (NFC) is a very-short range (proximity) radio communication technology introduced a number of years ago, but it is not until now that we are going to start seeing adoption and interesting applications that uses NFC. One is mobile payments, but there…
Tonight, Rush the band is playing in Austin, Texas. I’ve seen them a number of times already, and I cannot wait to see them again; Rush is indeed one of the best bands ever… Because it is the 30th anniversary of the Moving…
As discussions and opinions continue at Forxum Oxford on the topic of mobile leadership and Nokia and so forth, the following statement was made by Tomi Ahonen, for which I responded as follows. Why I am writing about this? Because it is important…
Here revisiting the Microsoft and Nokia relationship, are we witnessing the death of Nokia? Or it’s rebirth? Nokia is big and powerful, with lots of money, so perhaps the relationship becomes a merger, like a “Microsoft Nokia”-branded company. That would be a huge…
This month of May 2011 has been a great month with respect to the Austin mobile scene. Below is a summary of just the events that I help organize or contribute to somehow: Mobile Monday Austin, Android Dev Austin, Google IO Extended Austin,…
Austin Google I/O Extended is on May 10th and 11th at the Google’s offices. Google will be live-streaming this year’s I/O conference to sites around the world. If you live in or near Austin and want to attend the live-streaming event, sign up…
Our next Android Dev Austin event is on May 4, 2011 at Ringtail Design. Please RSVP as seating is limited; visit http://androiddevaus-may42011.eventbrite.com We are having local Android developers present their cool apps, plus time for open discussion… Time: 6-8pm, but please arrive by…
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