You’ll Hold the Whole World in Your Hand
Friday, September 10th, 2010Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
ARM is projecting that mobile devices in 2012 will match the computing power of today’s business laptops.
Archive for the 'Random Thoughts' Category
The Tablet? Not for Me!
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
I’m sure that the soon to be announced Apple tablet is a wonderful piece of engineering. It’s just not something that I have the slightest interest in. Here’s why…
World Wide Mush
Monday, January 11th, 2010Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
Or, doing everything for free might not be the highest calling.
Android+multi-hdw vs. iPhone
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
This fellow has an interesting approach to thinking about the question of iPhone’s long-term dominance.
The Wild World of App Dev Outsourcing
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
It seems that you just can’t trust anybody these days. Some players in the service world appear to be in a race to the bottom, and they aren’t above stretching their credentials a bit on the way down.
Fast Company: Chinese iPhone Looks Poised to Fail
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
Shame on me. I didn’t realize that China Unicom would be setting up an independent app store that apparently doesn’t include current apps…
iPhone Dev – The Competition
Friday, October 30th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
The professional software engineers out there that have been wondering about developing iPhone Apps might want to consider the competitive environment.
iPhone – All About the Cool
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
According to a recent survey by Retrevo, iPhone owners assess themselves as more “cool” than do Blackberry owners. Rating categories included these seemingly shallow criteria: Extrovert, Jock, Intellectual and Media Buff. iPhone owners ranked themselves as higher across the board. After dealing with the “community” for most of this year, I’m sure that they think that.
Exit Strategies?
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
At the end of the last millennium, we yammered a lot about the “greater fool” theory. Is it happening again?
After the Gold Rush, Reality Strikes Back
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
OK, so maybe this whole iPhone app development boondoggle was a REALLY bad idea, at least for independent devs. Newsweek has a not so encouraging article on the business potential for us. Read this before you decide to jump in.
