Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
A quick heads up that our next Android Dev Austin (@androiddevaus) meeting is on Feb 17 at 6pm, at the T-Mobile offices. Sponsored by T-Mobile, we will have an overview of T-Mobile’s Android strategy followed by open format with local Android developers who will share with us their recent experiences developing and publishing their Android … Read more
(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Related to this see: Reaction to Nokia 2011 Strategy Announcement (and Microsoft relationship) Nokia is in the midst of a major strategy shift; they have to. Nokia has an operational issue to address. The truth is that Nokia is losing traction while … Read more
(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Traditional Media and Print finds its savior in 2011. And that savior is the Tablet. Tablets will open the door for new possibilities, and more cost-effective opportunities and reach for their content and how it is consumed. Tablets (thanks to Apple) have … Read more
(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Mobility in 2011: Networks & Operators Operators will continue their shift towards mobile data and packet services, and value add services, with a large increase on mobile network bandwidth (10X according to IDC) thanks to LTE and 3G network and updates, as … Read more
For the last number of months I’ve been curating the SXSWi Mobile Future 15 panel. This is a special kind of short-form panel content, fast-paced sessions, each title reflecting one 12-minute solo speaking slot, which is followed by a short, three-minute break before the next speaker begins his or her presentation. These proved to be … Read more
My first article for 2011, meet the jQuery Mobile framework. This article provides an introduction to the jQuery Mobile framework. Learn the basics of the framework and how to write a functional mobile web application user interface with minimal or no JavaScript code at all. See the article Introduction to jQuery Mobile (IBM developerWorks) which … Read more
This is my first post of 2011. I’ve been wanting to make this post since early January, but 2011 already has proven to a very busy year. A great year for mobility, 2011 should be. As the year 2011 begins, it is good to understand where we are and what to expect in the new … Read more
This is my last post of the year, 2010… Happy New Year! Happy 2011; I wish to you and your family great health in 2011 (and beyond); nothing else is as important. Everything else will fall into place. 2011 will be a very important year w.r.t. mobility; do something about it… ceo
The title of this post, Google enters the space program, is a prediction… I had this realization, that Google will enter the space program in ways beyond the Google Lunar X PRIZE or similar. Google will enter the commercial space program. Google’s entrance into the commercial space program will be for different reasons from other … Read more
If you read my blog, you know that the USPTO granting patents that affect (mobile) innovation when they should not, is a pet peeve of mine. Today I read about a new patent around location-based services. Good for Where. Not as good for the mobile community and innovators. To all mobile developers working on location-based … Read more