These guys have patented a gadget for stabilizing your Tablet PC in an ergonomically correct way. Not in production, and it doesn't look like it holds the Tablet PC in a natural position (it looks like it requires your elbow to be thrust out too far), but I was thinking …

That's it: I've just unsubscribed from Scoble's link blog (headlines from 1400 feeds). Whatever the solution is to post-linking while maintaining credit / click-through, titles are insufficient. Scoble generally posts in batches of several dozen things he finds interesting. I've said before that I'm skeptical of linking without commenting, but even …

I had a fascinating lunch with Steve Caldwell (CEO) and Rodney Standage (Major Account Sales) of FinePoint Innovations yesterday....They wanted to know what I thought was important in a Tablet digitizer....They were curious as to what ways people would use tilt information. To them it's not hard supporting …

Peter Rysavy sez: While selecting with a pen is definitely fast and intuitive, the text editing experience on a tablet is still very lacking. ... only a Microsoft will ultimately bring a decent editing experience to the mass market.

I've investigated writing a Tablet PC editing add-in for Word. Unfortunately, ink-collectors …

My latest SD Times column is up.

I wrote some of the articles in Intel's "mobilized software" series, including one that presents source code for a GPS interface for the .NET Compact Framework. The articles are finally online.

My latest on programming for the Tablet PC is up on DevX. This is part 2 of 3. My next one will be on Tablet PC resources. If you're a Tablet PC developer, where do you turn to for advice and support? Email me: lobrien 'at' thinkingin.net (which, by …

The latest SD Times has a graphic showing that 31.7% of Linux developers said they planned to develop for Mono or Dot Gnu. The blurb highlights the "Undecided" attitude of 55.9% of the surveyed, but I think that almost 1/3 of Linux developers apparently being eager to …

In the preface to the first edition of Code Complete, Steve McConnell writes "I was sure when I conceived this book that someone else would already have written a book on effective construction practices .by someone who was knowledgeable enough about the theoretical state of the art but who was …

My article on Programming the Tablet PC -- Get Up To Speed Quickly is up on DevX. Includes source code for a Tablet PC blogging tool.