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I wanted to let you know that I’m working on a startup.

It’s focused on an area that I’m passionate about, information management. We think we can do something that will make a big improvement in the lives of people on the go who are overwhelmed by the flow of information through their lives, especially in business. I’m teamed up with two excellent software engineers I knew from Apple. Between us, we have a huge base of experience in both big tech companies and startups, and I feel very excited about what we’re developing.

The company is in the early stages. We’ve already started development, and the first version of the product is about halfway done. We’re raising a bit of angel funding to bring the product to market. If you’re familiar with the fundraising process, you know it involves a ton of networking. In that spirit, if you’re interested in what we’re doing and want to talk about it, please contact me at the address here.

Between the startup work and some consulting I’m still doing to cover expenses, there isn’t much time available for writing on the weblog. There are a lot of things I want to write about, and I’ll try to do some posts as time permits. But in the meantime, I apologize for going quiet, and I hope that when the product goes live you’ll agree that the wait was worthwhile. Read more

Some people will tell you fragmentation is one of the main things that is holding back Linux from desktop adoption. Not having a unified name, packaging system, or heck even desktop environment often confuses new users and puts them into overload – Too much choice can be a bad thing.

Android is currently the only real player in the Linux mobile market. Now don’t get me wrong, I am glad Android jumped in record time to right near the top of the smart phone market. I’m also glad that through this success it has put the power of Linux into the hands of millions of people (many of whom are none the wiser about their penguin powered device).

If Android is doing so well, one might ask – why does there need to be another Linux variation present in the mobile market? For starters, just as too much fragmentation is a bad thing having only one choice I feel is equally as bad. MeeGo will provide an alternate mobile platform that is Linux based for those of us who prefer something different to Android. There are a few reasons I personally prefer what MeeGo is to become instead of what Android is today.

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“If you don’t like Windows so much then don’t use it!”

This is something I have been told more than once (sometimes in not those kind of words) by various people when we have been discussing operating systems. As much as I would like to take their suggestion, the fact is I can’t. The sad fact of the matter is, it is a Windows world for desktop computing. Microsoft has a monopoly on the marketplace and this isn’t about to change anytime soon.

My most recent dealing with Microsoft on my own personal computers came about when I bought my tablet PCs. They both came stock with Windows 7, meaning they had an inflated price tag to cover the cost of the software. Neither of the systems are currently running a Microsoft operating system – the way I like it. Now, fair is fair so if I wasn’t going to use the software they sent me with the laptop – why should I have to pay for it? So I boot the laptop and navigate my way to the Windows EULA. Browsing through the license carefully I find the paragraph I am looking for towards the bottom, it said something along the lines of:

“If you do not agree with part of this license for any reason then do not use the software and contact your manufacturer for a full refund. Note that they may require you to return the product as a whole, not just the software”

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