I was so excited when I received the preliminary cover artwork for my new iPhone book that my hands were shaking. The O’Reilly design aesthetic is iconic and it was surreal to see my name on there. You can click here to check it out. Bonus points if you can guess what kind of bird [...]
If I’ve seemed quiet on Twitter, Facebook, FMForums, mailing list, blog, etc… it’s because I’m trying to devote all free time — and typing energy — to writing “Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript” for O’Reilly. I’m very excited about the material and progress has been good so far, but there’s still a [...]
I am excited to announce the immediate availability of three new services:
Quick Question
Got a weird FileMaker or web situation that’s got you stumped? With Quick Question, you can contact me directly via IM or email for individual 1-on-1 attention. You are welcome to ask anything you like, but I’ll probably only have helpful advice about [...]
I was quoted by Joe Mullich for an article in the Wall Street Journal called “How to Pick Your Mobile Lifestyle”. Here’s my bit:
A November 2008 survey found that only 11 percent of people would use netbooks as their primary computer – 79 percent viewed them as secondary devices. “Frankly, I’d give up my beloved [...]
I was quoted by Erika Morphy for an article on TechNewsWorld about social networking displacing email. Here’s my bit:
The statistics are hardly surprising, Jonathan Stark of Jonathan Stark Consulting told the E-Commerce Times. “Email was the killer app for the ’90s — it brought the Internet out of the geek realm to the grandma realm.”
In [...]