I’ve had a lot of business cards in my career, but none have been as expressive as what I’ll be giving out as Chief Channel Evangelist from litl. So far, I have been very impressed with our internal design team. Not only did they apply incredible ingenuity to the hardware design of our device, but…
Lots of personal and technical wins in 2009
It’s Sunday morning, January 3, and I’m on a natural sugar high after drinking a cup of Cran-Peach juice from Massachusetts-based Ocean Spray. I wanted to be in the most positive frame of mind (not easy when my Celtics lose 3 in-a-row to end the year / but easier when you wake up to relaxing…
Joining litl
I have left Ribbit to evangelize Channel content and application development on the litl device. This is the 2nd post in a two part story, of where I was and where I am going. Where I am going… The love for consumer electronics is in my blood. I was raised as a gadget nutball. My…
Leaving Ribbit
I have left Ribbit to evangelize channel content and application development on the litl device. In a two part blog post, I would like to share with you the story of where I was and where I am going. [*] Where I was… 30 months ago, in April 2007, I walked into the door at…
A ‘Catalina Wine Mixer’ of a week ahead
Just a quick post to say that I have a pretty significant week ahead of me. I’m flying out to the Bay Area to check in at Ribbit HQ in Mountain View. After a few quick days of coordinating and catching up with the team, we are all conducting our flagship developer event: Ribbit Developer…
Make your phone ring with 7 different coding languages
On November 5, Ribbit will officially be blowing 7 different kinds of smoke at our Spawn developer event. Seriously, the team has been hard at work, in some cases, auto-generating code so that you, no matter where you are in the world, and no matter what level coder you are, can make your phone ring…
Moon Writing
I was watching a movie late last night when a sharp light caught my eye out of the living room skylight window. I looked up and noticed the moon was glowing bright, hiding deep behind the bare autumn branches of a tree. I took a closer look and, with a head clear of stress and…
Visualizing Voice will be streamed today
Those who have yet to see my Visualizing Voice presentation can see it live streamed today. The cool and innovative folks at Influxis are streaming the FITC Unconference live from MAX. http://fitc.influxis.com/ I’m on at 11:30 AM PST (2:30 PM EST), today (Wednesday, Oct 7). Here is the full scheduled: http://www.fitc.ca/events/schedule/?event=100 See you online!
Presenting to a packed house at FOTB
I’ve heard rumors that over a hundred were turned away from my session today at FOTB. I’m happy to say that my debut presentation at Flash on the Beach was super fun and very successful. The stereo microphone demonstrations were flawless. All in all, the questions and audience participation were the best I’ve ever experienced….
Visualizing Voice 2009 World Tour
After a timely break thru last night, I can comfortably say that my upcoming Visualizing Voice presentation is going to be my most exciting and ambitious yet. In addition to showcasing some very cool Flash microphone interaction, I’ll be demo-ing an unbelievable example of getting stereo microphone in Flash Player. This is something I’ve been…