Gordon's Notes

One of the odder experiences of aging is living through technology regressions. I’ve seen a few — solutions that go away and are never repla...

An  App.net thread  reminded me of some analysis I did in the 90s on what device sizes we should build our  Cloud  ASP service against. That...

Google hired a hit man , and was shocked to find bodies. Now the remnants of Google 1.0 are punishing Google 2.0 , though Matt Cutts hasn&#...

Jean-Louis Gassée, once CEO of Apple head of Mac development, drops a stunner in mid-column ... The Carriers’ Rebellion | Monday Note ... G...

A few weeks ago I said Farewell Palm . Now HP has paid $1.2 billion in cash to acquire Palm ($5.70 a share). It's good news for those w...

I work in an IT shop. I can almost always find a home for my old gear. Tomorrow will be a real test though, I'm bringing in my Palm stuf...

In the too brief glory days of the Palm, between the Palm III and the Vx, my wife used a Palm III and the Palm Desktop. Then Palm added co...

I blogged about this four months ago , but it's the Apple gift that keeps on giving. For the seven or more years that I used various ver...

The Pre has three significant advantages over iPhone 3.0 [1]. PIM. Palm is far more committed to productivity (PIM) apps (calendar, contacts...

The demise of AvantGo  has not received much attention. I am one of the few who remember the deceased Palm application, so I'll deliver ...

As a long-suffering and occasionally joyful iPhone user, and as scarred and bloodied Palm-era road-kill, I'm very happy that the Palm Pr...

I've abandoned the Way of the Palm for the seductions of the iPhone, but reading this description I realize I was almost a charter membe...

It is a small thing, by itself. Unfortunately, it is just one more bit of nasty among so many more , and it's such a quintessential bit...

Yeah, and the Pre has cut, copy paste as well ... Palm Pre: The Definitive FAQ ... The entire contents of your phone are searchable . Whethe...

There's nothing so good it can't be ruined by excess. Even the ideals of elegant design can be carried too far (emphases mine) ... P...

DateBk6 is ugly, eccentric, and complex. I miss it terribly. The iPhone’s Calendar is pretty and swooshy, but, as a tool, it’s pretty path...

I don't care if the Palm Pre is the world's greatest mobile web wonder. I have that problem solved . The problem I have is work/hom...

The Palm Nova is getting a bit more news lately, with rumor of a CES showing in a few weeks. There’s not a lot of information out; Google su...

Tales of the Audrey have put me in a reflective mood. I've been thinking about my calendar sync wars. I've spent a lot of time and ...

I'd almost forgotten the Audrey, the high water mark of the Palm PDA platform ... An Apple in your kitchen - The Unofficial Apple Weblog...