Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Earlier this month Amazon not only pulled a number of eBooks from their online catalogs, but also deleted such eBooks from the Kindles of people who had purchased such eBooks. The reason: some kind of publishing/copyright debacle. But ironic it is that one of the eBooks in question was 1984, the classic dystopian novel that … Read more
Yes, that’s right, the SXSW 2010 Panel submission closes tonight at midnight CST (July 12, 2009) — submit your entry at the 2010 Panelpicker website. Submit your mobile panel today!!! ceo
As I have written here before, a couple of texting “records” have happened in my family; at one point my oldest daughter had more than 3K text messages in one month, and more recently my youngest daughter had around 1,300. This past weekend at soccer, I was talking to a good friend of mine about … Read more
As (mobile) technologists we must be aware of and recognize the potential for harm when obvious/weak-patents are granted by the Patent Office. We should be able to trust the patent system, but the system is weak. In particular I am here writing about the USA patent 6,199,048 (PDF) titled “System and Method for Automatic Access … Read more
I’m sure that by now you have heard the rumors about IBM potentially buying Sun. Even yesterday Intel CEO says Sun was shopped around (cnet news). Why is this a significant announcement? And why I think Intel’s CEO is wrong (when he said that Solaris and SPARC will get EOL)? Well, besides acquiring an iconic … Read more
A reminder that this evening, Sunday March 15 don’t miss the “Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up” at 5:00pm: Event: Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up “Find out about your chance to win £20,000″ What: Informational Meeting Host: Vodfone/Betavine & OMTP Start Time: Sunday, March 15 at 5:00-8:00pm Where: Driskill Hotel Bar To see more … Read more
After so many years in mobility, 2009 was my first 3GSM/Mobile World Congress. I always wanted to attend, but couldn’t justify the expenses at the time (being a small startup). It was my first time in Spain as well, “La Madre Patria” as it used to be said in Puerto Rico. Visiting Spain was interesting … Read more
For those attending Mobile World Congress 2009: I would love to meet my (virtual) friends, followers and people who I follow, From work perspective, if your company has or will have “end-to-end digital management” needs anywhere in the world from activation to support to management for mobile handsets and 3G-and-4G nomadic devices, I would love … Read more
I just updated to WordPress 2.7 (from 2.5.1). Hooray… It was about time. The new Dashboard is very nice…