Thoughts on Tech, Software, AI/ML, and Science

Happy end of 2010, and Happy New Years, 2011…

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…

Google enters the space program

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…

Where granted (very broad with prior-art) “Location-based services” patent

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…

Help Map the Austin Mobile Scene

Steve Guengerich has been putting together a very nice idea, mapping the Austin mobile scene; excellent! Steve is managing director of BroadBrush Ventures and a member of the founding management team of Appconomy. I met Steve the other day for the first time…

The beauty of data visualization

View high-res (3.8MB) (Facebook) Created by Paul Butler, an intern on Facebook’s data infrastructure engineering team, he writes: “Visualizing data is like photography. Instead of starting with a blank canvas, you manipulate the lens used to present the data from a certain angle.”…

Insider’s Guide to Mobile, Free Edition (Tomi Ahonen)

Check out Tomi’s latest book, the Insider’s Guide to Mobile, Free Edition. ceo

Observations on US Patent Process and RunwayFinder vs. FlightPrep (Stenbock & Everson)

As a (mobile) SW developer and technologist, the state of the US Patent Office and its process has been and is a concern. In the past I’ve been vocal about this: As (mobile) technologists we must be aware of and recognize the potential…

Article: Introduction to Facebook SDK for Android

Write Facebook apps for the Android platform with the Facebook Android SDK… You can incorporate Facebook functionality into your own applications. From the mobile perspective, the Facebook Platform supports APIs for mobile web applications, and mobile SDKs for native mobile applications for the…

Article: Understanding Android local data store APIs

“The ability to store data locally on the mobile device is a critical function for mobile applications that are required to maintain essential information across application-executions or the lifetime of the application. As a developer, you constantly need to store information such as…

Next Android Dev Austin | Dec 7, 2010

Folks, after a quiet, busy time, we finally have an Android Dev Austin scheduled for Dec 7, 2010; mark your calendars. >> PLEASE RSVP for headcount at http://androiddevaustin.com