Category: phoneboy

I think this picture speaks for itself.

Over the past couple of days, I’ve been playing with my Roku box. Primarily because I also bought an HDTV over the weekend, something I haven’t previously owned. While the Roku didn’t come with an HDMI cable–needed to get the …

If you own a high-end smartphone, chances are, you want to put it in a case to protect it. I’ve used a few over the years and, honestly, I’m not happy with any of them for various reasons.

The latest case …

As this post goes live on the web, I am giving a presentation on How to Choose a Smartphone at the West Sound Technology Association meeting. I’ve actually been working on this presentation since November. Nice to finally …

One of my personal complaints with the prepaid industry in the US is the fact that while voice minutes have gotten reasonably cheap, data is still somewhat of a crapshoot. It’s expensive, if it’s available at …

The beginning of 2009 had a rocky start for me. My employment situation was up in the air thanks to my long-time employer Nokia selling off the Security Appliance Business I worked in to …

As I was reminded by Rob Wolpov, the CEO of Junction Networks when I chatted with him on Wednesday, the last time I wrote about them, I referred to the press release pairing their …

Yesterday, I took the train up to The City and walked around Moscone Center, where the RSA Conference was …

Today’s question from the 8-year-old boy was related to playing a massively-multiplayer online role playing game, otherwise known as an MMORPG. Specifically, it was one for Pokemon, a game he is obsessed with. Of course, he is dying to play, …

Om Malik posted a quote from John Gruber’s Daring Fireball blog that got me thinking:
You can obsess over your work, build an audience based on deep mutual respect, and eventually opportunities to earn money from it will …