RandomThoughts

Android vs. iPhone

Matt — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:27:27 +0000

I just got my first Android-powered smartphone last week and have been transitioning my life away from my Palm Centro and iPod Touch–the two devices that kept track of my music, calendar, contacts, email, and so on. Yes, the Centro can do most of those things by itself, but I didn’t have a data plan [...]

Can Windows Mobile Survive 2010?

Matt — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:51:46 +0000

I’ve almost never been a fan of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform. I’ve rarely defended it, been quick to judge it, and in recent years have been largely unimpressed. Just like you, most likely. I’ve been a Palm user since the Palm Pilot Personal/Professional of 1998 and up until last night (when my Palm Centro suddenly [...]

No, the iPad won’t cook your breakfast!

Matt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:17:24 +0000

There are people in this world who tend to get hostile whenever I talk about an Apple product in a negative way. They call it “Apple Bashing.” Apparently they haven’t yet realized that I’m entitled to my own opinion and to make that opinion public. In fact, they are entitled to the exact same thing. [...]

Facebook’s Email Project

Matt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:02:15 +0000

The social media rumor mills have been abuzz with speculation on a soon-to-be released replacement for the built-in Facebook messenger functionality–namely a full blown email service. This isn’t terribly surprising news, is a pretty logical next step for the 6-year old company, and if it launches as expected, it’ll automatically give email accounts to 400+ [...]

“New World” Computing is a Lie

Matt — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:38:33 +0000

I clicked a link earlier today which led me to a blog (which, for now, will remain unnamed) in which the author began talking about personal computing, tech people, “regular” end-users, and the ultimate future of computing. I really don’t want to rehash everything he said, because it was a rather lengthy post full of [...]

2010: Year of the Smartphone

Matt — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:35:01 +0000

At long last, 2010 will most definitely be the year of the smartphone. No, really–I’m serious! I mean, sure–the experts thought 2009 would be “the year” and maybe it was a little. But it wasn’t for me. And that’s what I’m talking about. Okay, well–perhaps that’s not totally true either as I technically procured my first smartphone, [...]

Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa

Matt — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:13:08 +0000

Merry Christmas everyone! January is coming…

An open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Matt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:05:34 +0000

It’s been a little over four years since I joined Facebook in the fall of 2005, shortly after beginning college. Facebook had just opened it’s doors to the general public after being exclusivly available only to those having .edu email addresses from major universities. I recognized it as then as just a fad, but potentially [...]

Should the world run a single operating system?

Matt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:14:36 +0000

There’s something to be said for consumer choice. I’m certainly glad for the fact that when I buy a cell phone, I have the option of choosing Verizon over AT&T and a Blackberry or Android-powered smartphone over, say, the iPhone. In the mainstream computing realm, choices are mostly limited to Linux (and one of its [...]

Facebook’s new “Live Feed” highly ineffective

Matt — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:57:23 +0000

In the past month, yet another change effected by popular social networking site Facebook has proven to be largely ineffective. The idea of being able to catch up on updates and happenings from friends by postponing the main feed updates until you’ve had time to sort through them is a good idea–in theory. Facebook presents [...]