Category: Spotlight

Exit whurley Stage Left

May 21, 2009 38

If you are coming here from the preDevCamp website, then you already know what this post is about. Perhaps you’ve already read one of the posts written by my preDevCamp co-founders Dan Rumney and Giovanni Gallucci. Things haven’t exactly worked out between preDevCamp and Palm, Inc. I’ll spare you the nitty-gritty. In the end, [..

Linux Against Poverty Is A Go!

May 20, 2009 10

Today’s it’s official. I’ve joined forces with Lynn Bender and Dan Rumney on a third large-scale collaboration project for the year: Linux Against Poverty. We’re growing a global community to distribute computers to underprivileged students, families, and school systems around the world. Our concept is simple: pull together

Will Open Source Instruments Strike A Chord?

February 25, 2009 5

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve been following the maturation of ZoyBar, a singular platform for developing innovative musical instruments and effects. The platform allows independent developers to use ZoyBar hardware to integrate modular parts. Components can be swapped during a performance or mounted with an array of spe

Phone Warz: Revenge Of The Palm?

February 2, 2009 15

The New Year’s still in diapers, and already several technology battles are heating up–the most interesting in the smart phone arena. Computing is clearly going mobile, and he who owns the smart phone software market may own the next decade. Think Microsoft dominating the office application space. Ever since I put together [...]

Where Will You Go Next, Big Three?

January 28, 2009 5

I think I need to grow a multi-billion dollar company, only to start mistreating my customers and ignoring them when they complain. Maybe then I can get my hands on some of this bailout money rolling out of Washington like an ocean wave. Out of touch with your customer base? No problem. Not making your [...]

Cody Marx Bailey on BIL Vs. TED

January 28, 2009 2

Web strategist and user interface expert Cody Marx Bailey works on many fronts to bring the technology community together in creative ways. He started a robust Refresh group, produced the highly successful BarCampTexas, and cofounded the BIL conference – an open, self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic science and technology conference that follo