@arj re Cobol’s readability, it was thought to be so “English-like” that it would eliminate the need for programmers. So, so, wrong.

4G World was only the prelude to the big event of the week: Sat., Sep. 19, International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrrh!

@hmanning Desktop browser wars are bad, but try grading mobile Web sites serving 8,000 different device types. #4GWorld http://bit.ly/rSCYs

Don’t miss 4G World in Chicago this week and my panel on “Best of the Mobile Web”; we have a few passing grades this year! #4GWorld

Intel’s loss of Pat Gelsinger is EMC’s big gain. Pat probably was probably the most marketing-savvy CTO I’ve met. http://bit.ly/3Tu8Ai

On the home stretch of my mobile Web sites report. A couple of sites actually passed this year. Come to 4G World next week to find out who.

Based on figures Steve Jobs just released, Apple customers are downloading 5 million apps a day.

Happy birthday Google! Now that Google is 11 years old, does that mean we have five more years before it is driving? Some say it already is.

Am excited we just published my report, Which Mobile App Plpatform Deserves Your Software? Several months of research. http://bit.ly/4piXRD

Am excited we just published my report, Which Mobile App Plpatform Deserves Your Software? Several months of research. http://bit.ly/4piXRD