TechCrunch guest author Keith Teare reports on Apple’s 1Q win and Google’s 1Q loss are due to trends in mobile. I don’t know that the title is fair, given that Apple Passed Google’s Market Cap in 2010, but the article points out another symptom of a big change. It also links to another interesting piece Smart Mobile and Thin Cloud by the same author.
First Raspberry Pi’s being auctioned on Ebay
The inexpensive tablet market is getting some traction this year. The first ten Raspberry Pi’s are being auctioned off on ebay. Click the link and then click through to ebay to see what they are going for: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/489
A tablet designed primarily for student needs is being subsidized by the Indian government.
Read the article in Venture Beat, or go to http://www.akashtablet.com/ to pre-order the next version.
Breakfast at Sojourn (Taken with instagram)
A tale of the smartphone and tablet market through the lens of the falling-out-of fashion blackberry. From Horace Deidu at Asymco.com.
A charitable organisation in the UK is developing a credit-card-sized computer that will cost around $35. It should be available later this year. Plug in a keyboard, mouse, and hook it up to your television and you’re good to go!
Inside the Christmas tree. (Taken with instagram)
Volunteering for BarCamp
This past weekend Charleston experienced its 3rd annual BarCamp. I had had a great time helping organize the event, and my company contributed as a sponsor.
BarCamp brings together a group of creative minds (and when I say creative, I mean it in a broad sense including technical, business, and design) who give presentations and get to know each other.
I attended an energizing presentation on personal productivity led by Ken Haigh, COO of PeopleMatter, and two excellent sessions on agile software project management by Doug Depew of SPARC and Tom Wilson of Jack Russel Software.
I was able to deliver the talk that I pitched, Customer Support for Propeller-Heads, that discusses the importance of support to the software development process, and its affect on your business.
What excites me most is the energy and entrepreneurial sprit that BarCampCHS helps foster in Charleston. To anyone who had a good experience, consider volunteering or supporting BarCampCHS next year. (Start by following BarCampCHS on twitter.) Is good for business, and good for our city.
My next door neighbor playing tuba with his Dixieland band. (Taken with instagram)
