Corporate Rat and The Elusive Cheese

Location is a Tool NOT Application

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:38:36 -0800

I’ve always believed the concept of location is important to an application, but it does not really define an application. Continuing that line of thought, I think many companies who join the ‘LBS is a killer Application’ idealogy have it completely wrong. Location is NOT going to be successful as an Application. It is going to be super [...]

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TrapCall: Old Wine in a new Bottle (Caller ID unblocking is not Voodo)

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:20:17 -0800

I noticed quite a flutter on several blogs and news sites on a new service from Trapcall that allows you to “see” Caller ID even if the caller blocks the caller ID. A layman description: Jack is an agressive sales person who loves calling his prospective customer Bob with his caller ID blocked, so that Bob will [...]

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IMS UA for Android

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:03:08 -0700

Hi folks, as promised (over and over earlier we finally have an initial version of the IMS UA ready for download. The IMS system we used was Open IMS Grab the IMS UA code from the HSC Open Source webpage here (look for IMS UA for Google Android Entry) The test bed looked like this: Caveats IMS Sipdroid [...]

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A quick test of SouthWest Airlines’ new Wifi system

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:38:29 -0700

On my flight back home from CTIA Wireless 2009, I was on a southwest flight (one of only 4 in southwest) that offered free Wifi over satellite as a test. Here is a quick test of how it performed So I powered on my laptop, and sure enough a full signal. Connected in 2 seconds flat. Nice! I [...]

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Fanboy post: Iphone 3GS shipped

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:37:09 -0700

Like all the apple fanboys like to squeal and shout, here is my obligatory squeal of delight on having my phone shipped out today. Let me join the ranks of the ‘I feel so proud that apple condescended to ship me something I paid for’ list with the obligatory, but totally useless details: When did I order: [...]

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Google Chrome OS: Vaporware and really, let

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:29:42 -0700

So yesterday, Google finally announced it is getting into the “OS” business with Chrome OS. Similar to Google Wave, this one is also just an announcement (gee, it doesn’t even have a front page yet ) But anyway, here are my predictions on where this will go: The core OS will continue to be Linux based, with a Webkit layer [...]

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Chrome OS: A Web OS ?

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:54:17 -0700

There has been a lot of posts and flutter on Google’s new purported Chrome OS and how it will be a great battle with Microsoft, how it will confuse and/or kill Android etc. And also, of course, taking off from the Google Blog on Chrome OS “For application developers, the web is the platform. All [...]

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Switching from Blackberry 8800 to Iphone 3Gs: For Business Use

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:29:18 -0700

After 4 years of serious Blackberry 8700 and 8800 use, my wife convinced me to switch to the sexier iphone. I was pretty wary knowing it is not very good for business usage. However, my wife’s prime interest was to get me off the keypad while driving. To her dismay, I am now an expert [...]

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The power of estimation

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:25:57 -0700

XKCD has a hilarious cartoon on “Estimation”. I just burst out laughing when I read the footnote. If you are a windows user, you will burst out laughing too.

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More tweeting, less blogging

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:17:58 -0700

I finally get why people tweet. It lets you speak your mind the way it is, without requiring you to make a paragraph out of it. When I blog, I think, then form, then rehearse then post. When I tweet, I think and tweet. The link between my thoughts and the tweets is more direct. [...]

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