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Posted by Tarandon on 8th January 2009
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Palm Finally Introduces a new OS

Palm PreToday Palm revealed news at CES that it had finally completed its latest operating system; and I have to say I’m excited.

The new operating system is called Palm WebOS.  Somewhat predictably this operating system is designed to be really easy for web developers to design applications for.  If you happen to know X/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can create applications for this new operating system.

What this means for the mobile market, is that right out of the gate there are potentially millions of developers available for this system with all the knowhow required to get an application up an running in as little as 3 days.

What’s even more exiciting is the user experience design for this new operating system.  Palm has created a device that’s really open to developers while at the same time being fairly sophisticated in its ability to seamlessly integrate information from several sources simultaneously without duplications.  This means that your contact list from outlook, gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.  can all be integrated on the same device without any hiccups or format incompatibility issues.  In short, I think they’ve acheived what google was trying to do with Android, except Palm seems to have pulled it off with a whole lot more class than the Big G.

That being said, I still have some concerns over the application interface being web based.  To me this seems like an opportunity for people to develop self installing applications of a malicious nature through link hijacking and the like.  I really hope Palm has thought far enough into the future to prevent these possibilities from coming to reality.

I think Palm deserves a Kudos from the tech community for sticking it out so long and innovating in a market that seemed to have all the angles covered (or at least have people with patents that claim to cover the area Palm has ventured into).  On that note, let the lawsuits begin.  I suspect there will be some litigation in the near future.

Congratulations Palm!

Cheers,

Tarandon

Posted by Tarandon on 2nd January 2009
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2.7 Uploaded

Well, the 2.7 Install went off without a hitch, except the zip extracted to the wrong directory. easily fixed however, and we’re back on track. To my amazement the plugins all seemed to work. and right now I’m trying out the QuickPress Widget in the corner of the dashboard.  I’m immediately frustrated by the lacking option to choose my categories.  Save as a draft.
Okay, now in the new editor, which is finally fluid enough to give me a decent typing area.  I also like the collapseable sidemenu on the left for added space.  I really appreciate all the AJAX effects they seem to incoporated into this release.

For free software this is really slick.

I’ll do some more playing around when time permits.

Cheers,

Posted by Tarandon on 3rd December 2008
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Hank Green’s got it right!

I just finished reading Hank Green’s post over at EcoGeek.org where he outlines some of the problems with the 15 year old Kyoto Protocol.  I think he’s got it right, so I’m spreading the word!

Cheers!

Tarandon

Posted by Tarandon on 3rd December 2008
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GoodBye Pownce!

Pownce is dying on December 15th!  I used this tool from Andrew Curioso that allowed me to find the majority of my Pownce contacts on Twitter.  It also exports your Pownce friends/following data in a handy CSV file for download. Sweet!

Huge props to Leah Culver and Mike Malone for their hardwork on Pownce.  I hope you both enjoy your new roles on VOX with sixapart.  Things are going to be interesting in 2009!

Cheers!

Tarandon

Posted by Tarandon on 28th November 2008
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re: Google Laughs at Yahoo! and Microsoft

I just read an article over at fool.com which talked about the recent Neilson ratings for search on the internet in the US.  One premise in particular bothered me for its lack of insight into the numbers being presented.

There were nearly 7.8 billion searches performed in the United States last month, according to the study. That’s 2% lower than the traffic a year ago….what if Google is carving out thicker slices of a shrinking pie?

Considering that Google holds 61.9% of the market share, and their primary goal is improving search results, it stands to reason that as time progresses and Google improves search results, that people will need to make fewer searches to get what they want.  This doesn’t represent a shrinking pie, it represents an increase commodity value.  As Google becomes more and more reliable in providing results, the price they can demand for search term ads will increase because they will be the go to solution for search.

Cheers,

Tarandon