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In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft has rather quietly announced the end of the line for the Zune HD personal media player (see more at CNET). It’s a sad day for me personally, and a sad day for this segment of the market in general. I have been a Zune [...]

Sometimes I think we all forget that while technology helps us to solve problems, we have to first identify and clearly define the problem we are trying to solve. As consumers we often tend to purchase technology because we want it, not necessarily because we need it. We buy because [...]

The other day, I was involved in what seems to be a regular occurrence for me; a discussion on platform fragmentation. For the non-mobile, non-techie folks out there, this concept refers to the idea that a given platform (say, Android) has aspects about it that open itself up to differentiation. [...]

After (yet again) another long hiatus, it’s time to get back to writing a bit more regularly here. While I’m not hard to find in the usual social media haunts, I’ve been absent from the blogging world for almost half a year. While there are a lot of valid reasons [...]

It appears to me that HTML 5 is reaching the proverbial “critical mass” on the Internet Hype Machine. Everybody and their brother is touting HTML 5 as the solution to every ailment, and every vendor is proclaiming “HTML 5 support”. Before I go any further in this post, please understand [...]

As someone who is regularly directly recruited or asked to refer possible employees for companies looking for “mobile application developers”, I have seen a trend in expectations that I think requires a bit of level-setting. I have a simple message to pass along… Lower your standards. While this quote does [...]

Well, it’s a good thing I didn’t really bet on anything this NFL playoff season – I’d be crying all the way to the bank. To summarize thus far – Versus the spread – 2 wins, 6 losses Straight-up winners – 3 wins, 5 losses I’m avoiding the painful details [...]

I was just noticing all the tweets and Facebook posts the last few days around Android devices and “haves and have-nots” with regards to operating system updates. Of course, a lot of the focus on peoples’ posts are very personally focused (“I want…” or “I need…”). This is all well [...]

OK, OK. So my picks for last weekend’s Wild Card Playoffs weren’t exactly something to brag about. They weren’t exactly terrible, either. Somewhere right in the middle at 2-2 vs. the spread. Just to recap… I picked the Saints (-10) to beat the Seahawks, but not cover the spread. OK, [...]

Just looked at the clock and realized I better get my picks in before it’s too late (or people think I  cheated ). Here goes… New Orleans Saints (-10) at Seattle Seahawks This is a classic example of picking the spread versus picking the winner on the field. To be [...]