Programming and politics

There's never any shortage of people debating mobile web apps vs. native apps. I don't want to waste your time with yet another reha...

Last month I wrote a bit about cloud music . Since then Apple got in the game with iTunes in the iCloud. I'm not a fan of it because you...

When people talk about smartphones, they often mean iPhones and Android phones. Sure there are still Blackberries out there, I think I once ...

This week was WWDC 2011. Last year I was lucky enough to attend what appears to be the final stevenote . This year I followed along online, ...

For nearly a decade now technology pundits have been talking about the end of Moore's Law . Just this week, The Economist ran an article...

One of the exciting technologies being shown off at Google's I/O conference this year was near field communication or NFC. It certainl...

I've played ESPN fantasy sports for many years. ESPN also creates one of my favorite mobile apps, their ScoreCenter app (though it could...

Last week at Google I/O, big G finally delivered on Google Music . Well sort of. As many have pointed out , it's taken a long time to ge...

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a friend from Microsoft about going to a get-together that Microsoft was having. The reason for the meet...

Fragmentation is a fun word to use in the mobile space. The devotees of Apple and the iPhone delight in the term because it makes Android af...

Today is my last day at eBay. I have been there for nearly four years and it has been a remarkable experience. When I joined eBay, I had co...

If you are thinking about developing an Android tablet app, one of the most exciting things has got to be the drag and drop capabilities th...

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...