Posted in personal, Technology on Aug 29th, 2011 15 Comments »
In the same manner I did with my HP TouchPad list of annoyances, I need to offer this disclaimer to diffuse any hate mail from hard core fans of Windows Phones. Here it is: Windows Phone is the best mobile operating system available today. I have a Samsung Focus (running the Windows Phone Mango beta), [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jan 18th, 2011 15 Comments »
Background Apple’s Mac OS X was a game changer for many reasons. First of all, it made Apple relevant again. The days of Microsoft pumping money into Apple to simply have a competitor and Mac being a hobbyist platform were now behind Apple. Secondly, and most impactful, was the effect OS X had on Microsoft. [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jan 12th, 2011 2 Comments »
After the CES2011 demo last week of Windows running on an ARM CPU, there has been all kinds of speculation what this means. There’s even talk about a new touch interface for Windows codenamed Mosh which resembles the Windows Phone Metro UI. While it’s fun to speculate, most of the discussion has been around consumer [...]
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Posted in Technology on Aug 24th, 2010 No Comments »
I have had some emails recently from people wondering if I was still alive. I’ve also had messages from various people needing some technical advice. Obviously I am still alive. So, over the next few weeks I am going to make a concerted effort to put these emails into a blog entry. Here are some [...]
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Posted in personal, Technology on Feb 28th, 2008 2 Comments »
I was the guy for years who HATED Microsoft for everything they did. When someone would mention they were looking at a Microsoft product, I would chime in with an alternative. In fact, when my company merged with another company it ruined my week thinking that my email system would soon be Exchange/Outlook. I spent [...]
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