I’ve been living with the Moto X Developer Edition for about a week now and have been using it as my daily driver for as long as I’ve had the device. The Good: The natural language processing in the extended Google Now functionality is impressive to say the least. In...
Stepping Off the Edge
Ubuntu is my preferred flavor of desktop Linux by far. In fact, I consistently used it as my daily driver for over two years and only left because I was having trouble with Pulse Audio (who wasn’t back then) and I started to doing Apple development which required a...
Ouya Review
Coder Radio listeners will know that I was an early Ouya backer and was a little disappointed in the backer unit. Earlier in the week, I received a consumer unit and know feel that it is appropriate to write a full review of the device; previously I felt that it would...
Why Not Platform X?
Recently, I launched my latest app Tomato Soup -- simple iOS pomodoro timer and have been fielding a lot of questions from Coder Radio listeners regarding my platform choice; for those who don’t know Code Journal (iOS and OS X) and Tomato Soup (iOS) are both only...
Review: HTC 8X
Santa was good to me this last Christmas. Not only did I get a Asus Vivo Tab RT but I also got an HTC 8X. I am currently replacing my Galaxy Nexus with the 8X and have been living in the device for a little under a month now. HTC has done a pretty good job with the...
Ubuntu Phone OS: Initial Thoughts
Looks like Canonical is serious about making 2013 a big year for the Ubuntu project. As I am sure you are aware, Canonical revealed the Ubuntu Phone OS earlier this week. Unfortunately, like most Linux enthusiast, I have not been able get my dirty little mitts on a...
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