Programming and politics

I voted for President Obama in 2008. My reasons were a little different than most. Given that and one look at this chart, it should be no s...

A few nights ago I was working at the Silicon Valley Android Meetup . eBay was hosting the meetup, and I had volunteered to help with the re...

Recently I barely managed to register for this year's Google IO conference. One of my favorite sessions from last year's conference ...

When it comes to Android Cloud-to-Device Messaging, I've found many new and exciting ways to fail and fail hard. So y'know, learn fr...

One of my favorite things about Android is that it is not another MVC framework. Now some people find this as a weakness, but not me. I thin...

My last post about buying a Nexus S led to some interesting comments ... on Google Buzz of all places. Actually it was retweeted , I mean r...

Recently I was in Los Angeles and took a cab from the airport to my hotel. When I got out of the cab, I left my iPhone 4 in the car. I calle...

A few weeks ago I picked up a Samsung Galaxy Tab. Being an Android developer, I thought it was a good idea to see how my apps as well as oth...

Back in May, I made my Android Wish List . The #1 item on my list was push notifications. The Android team delivered in spades with Cloud to...

My colleague David Beach recently penned a great post about developing apps for Android . If you haven't read it, go read it now. Seriou...

A couple of months ago, I wrote a little Android app called Phone Number Fixer . I wrote this for my friend Maria, but decided to put it on ...

For a couple of years now, I have used a Logitech V470 mouse. It is a laser mouse that uses bluetooth. I've used it with a black MacBoo...

I was one of the millions who watched Lebron James announce that he would play for the Miami Heat next year. I have to say that the aftermat...

By now you’ve seen the ads. Anyone who works in mobile totally saw it coming . It’s the supposed revolutionary way to do multitasking in iOS...

Tomorrow is WWDC. Much like how I had an Android wish list for Google I/O  (and I got my top two wishes!) a few weeks ago, I have one for th...

One of the curses of working with computers is that you often become The IT person for friends and family. In fact, I should get a commissio...