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[...] what if Nokia had taken a radically different approach? That thought has been eating at me a lot lately as speculation around the next device grows. So for sheer sake of a wishful, whimsical writing exercise, I decided to construct an alternate product timeline with the benefit of my own hindsight and opinions combined with a vast accumulation of user input. [...]
Some months ago I last touched on the prospects of Nokia's relatively new internet service, Ovi.com, and recent news made me believe it is now time for a follow-up [...]
In the past several years we've seen many companies offer up their vision of The Next Big Thing in personal computing. The goal to get PCs increasingly portable is an admirable attempt but any drastic changes to the interface status quo tend to be met with consumer resistance. Screens and keyboards can only get so small before they become cute but useless novelties. [...]
This blog is still in its infancy but I thought it would be interesting to show you all some of the statistics so far, and highlight what's been popular. [...]
One of my biggest frustrations on the internet is the disconnect between services I use. Various accounts each require individual logins which translates to a maintenance headache. Microsoft tried to alleviate this years ago with Passport IDs, but wary users begged off of a solution proposed by a monolithic corporation. More recently, OpenID shows promise but only solves the login part of the equation [...]
I received a call from a recruiter last night, just as I was telling my brother that the current job hunt had turned aggravating. The recruiter asked if I would be interested in a contract job that required a bit of regional travel and involved visiting client sites to record equipment diagnostic data [...]
[...] A surefire way to get operating costs down is to incorporate more and more open source tools into the systems backbone. This includes Linux on servers and the desktop for starters. Purchasing Maemo Linux-driven Nokia internet tablets to replace desktop phones (using Voice over IP, or VOIP) is a good next step [...]