Phonalyzr is Out
After plenty of work and re-work I am extremely happy to announce that the first version of Phonalyzr went out on the Android Market today. Phonalyzr aims to provide analytics for your calling habits...
View ArticlePriced Android Applications Coming Within Weeks
I received an email from the Android Market earlier today containing some very pleasant and eagerly-awaited information. First, the Android Market will be expanding to many more countries in the coming...
View ArticleWhy the BlackBerry Storm 2's UI Could be a Winner
The original BlackBerry Storm came out in early December and despite a fair amount of anticipation and heavy promotion by RIM and its launch partners (Verizon in the US, Bell and Telus in Canada), the...
View ArticleThe Making of BlockBattle.net
Welcome to the first of a series of blog posts I'll be writing about the ongoing development of BlockBattle.net. Although the project is several weeks old, it is still early in the development life of...
View ArticleWhy Perl Lost It
Over the last several years it has become fairly obvious that Perl has lost the prominence and popularity it enjoyed in the late 90s and early 2000s, which can be seen from many different angles:Google...
View ArticleThe iPhone 4G Predictions
Apple has introduced all three iPhone iterations during the summer, starting with the release of the original in 2007. Given the fast-moving nature of the industry, Apple will most certainly introduce...
View ArticleThe Nexus One as a halo product
Recent estimates of Nexus One sales have revealed that Google's very own smartphone has been selling at a far slower pace than many other smartphones, including the original iPhone, the Motorola Droid...
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The difference between Android and iPhone illustrated
I was a iPhone-only user for about 2 years when I got my Nexus One last year. Instead of ditching the iPhone, I've been using both devices for the past year - the Nexus One as my phone and internet...
View ArticleWhy Android Tablets Will Dominate
The Allegory of the 3 SeriesThe 3 Series is a magnificent car. It is not too big, not too small. It is safe, aesthetically pleasing, thoughtfully designed, expertly engineered and very well-built. It...
View ArticleTetriNET is back as blockbattle.net - multiplayer tetris in your browser
Are you are current or former TetriNET or Blocktrix player? Then I have some excellent news for you - today we are finally taking the wraps off blockbattle.net. Blockbattle.net is essentially a very...
View ArticleHow To Save RIM
Last week was brutal for RIM . After announcing dismal quarterly results - profit down nearly 60%, revenues down 10% and PlayBook sales less than half of what was expected - the markets decided to...
View ArticleAndroid MegaPad - 23" Android Tablet for $600
I'd like to introduce to you a project I've been hacking on for the last few weeks - a prototype of a product I think will become a mainstream computing device in the next few years. As we all know,...
View ArticleHow To Make the 23" Android MegaPad
A few months ago I published a video showing me using my home-made 23" Android tablet, which got a bit of attention and made people wonder how it was made. A lot people made plausible guesses - that it...
View ArticleThe Efficiency Index
I've always loved the idea of indexes - a collection of securities that make it on and off a list based on a well-defined set of rules. As I tried to image what a hypothetical "Drashkov Index" would...
View ArticleWhat Comes After Services? Interpretation
I've been reading the book Regenesis by George M. Church, which provides a great overview of where the biotech industry is heading by an author with ample academic and entrepreneurial experience.In one...
View ArticleHow Cheap Can Autonomous Cars Get?
Autonomous cars are coming and everybody thinks they'll be a pretty big deal, but it's impossible to predict what their impact would be exactly. Today they are billed simultaneously as the saviour of...
View ArticleA Stadium Full Of Ancestors
You are sitting in the centre field-level front-row seat of a large football stadium. On your right is your mom, and beside her, your grandfather. You know them well, you say hi. But beside him is his...
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