Archive for the 'Blackberry' Category

Blogging from a blackberry

Well this is more of a test that anything of broad interest. I’ve been trying to make my blog easier to add to. (Shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition but who’s paying close attention?)
Let me know if you are interested in how I do this.

Blackberry (and EVDO) to the Rescue

I’m traveling today (daytrip between Boston and DC) and the weather in the northeast is not cooperating. Thus, I have *lots* of airport time.
When I took this job, they told me to “get a Blackberry” because it’s what most of the team uses. Get lots of minutes and while you are at it, add the [...]

Keeping "work" from taking over "life"

A good friend, Libby, wrote in her blog …
This always-on attitude that pervades the workplace (not just mine, but many) requires that we, as the workers (both teachers and those in other fields) to decide what our lives will be like and when we will work, then set our boundaries, and then stick to [...]

Weather and Web 2.0

We’re getting a *real* snow storm for the first time this year. It reminded me of a litle tool I created last year when I first got my Blackberry. I call it PocketRadar.
There are two versions of it - one for the older devices with only 240×160 screens and one for the Treo and newer [...]

Vesper, Kobe, and Friends

I’m just back from one of those rare dinners where the food, the service, and the company were all in perfect synergy.

Linux is dead, long live Linux

Over the past month, I’ve done a lot of “experimenting” with Linux for personal computers. I have come to the conclusion it is too much work for the “common man”. Further, I am of the opinion that Linux would not even be possible if it were not for the Internet and more significantly, Google, Yahoo, [...]

Blackberry browser is so smart, it’s stupid

I can not figure out how to capture keyboard events on the Blackberry using JavaScript. If you know how, please post a comment !
I created a web app that lets you navigate around a map. The interface needed “north”, “south”, “east”, and “west” to move around. Using URL links was awkward so I [...]

Untether Altogether

In reading a blog post about the Blackberry Storm touch screen smart phone there was the inevitable comparison to the Apple iPhone on one side and the traditionally Blackberry phones with keyboards on the other. Not too long into the comments, came a note about new Windows Mobile and Nokia phones and services.
It was [...]