Gear Diary » Interviews http://www.geardiary.com Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 JAMM Interviews SPB Softwarehttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/04/16/jamm-interviews-spb-software/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/04/16/jamm-interviews-spb-software/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:00:12 +0000 Douglas Moran http://www.geardiary.com/?p=88277

Want to know who's behind all this?

For the latest entry in their JAMM Developer Interview Series, Just Another Mobile Monday has interviewed SPB Software CEO Sebastian-Justus Schmidt and COO Vassili Philippov.  JAMM says
During the interview, we were able to pick the minds of the men behind SPB Software, CEO Sebastian-Justus Schmidt and COO Vassili Philippov, about the origins of the company and the rise of a software development house that works closely with the guys at Microsoft, various OEM’s and a myriad of different mobile operating systems.
So if you're interested in SPB software and the minds behind their products, surf on over and check it out Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/04/16/jamm-interviews-spb-software/feed/ 1 Typeface: Using Your Face to Generate Fontshttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/03/04/typeface-using-your-face-to-generate-fonts/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/03/04/typeface-using-your-face-to-generate-fonts/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:54 +0000 Douglas Moran http://www.geardiary.com/?p=77711

Photo  courtesy of Mary Huang

By trade, I'm a technical writer.  A lot of technical writers are interested in the arcana and history of writing.  Some folks are fascinated by books--their history, how they're made, how their distributed, and on and on.  Some people go more for the technical side--what kind of eBook readers are there out there?  How many different web-creation tools are available?  You get the idea. One thing--something so small a lot of people rarely notice it--is a common area of interest for writers:  type faces and fonts. Fonts have been under development since the first movable type printing press was created in China back in the 11th Century (out of porcelain!).  Gutenberg, of course, independently invented movable lead-based type.  And we've been torquing it ever since. Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/03/04/typeface-using-your-face-to-generate-fonts/feed/ 0 Making Of Google Nexus One Video Serieshttp://www.geardiary.com/2010/02/05/making-of-google-nexus-one-video-series/ http://www.geardiary.com/2010/02/05/making-of-google-nexus-one-video-series/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:14:41 +0000 Thomas R. Hall http://www.geardiary.com/?p=74042

The Google Nexus One is arguably one of the most successful Android devices to-date. Google was said to have worked closely with HTC in order to produce a device to really showcase what they thought should be a premier Android handset. I was always curious about the design and collaboration that went into creating this device. Turns out a series of videos will explain just that! Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/02/05/making-of-google-nexus-one-video-series/feed/ 3 Interview With Mobile Designer Jason Surguine. Part 1 | Just Another Mobile Mondayhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/08/20/interview-with-mobile-designer-jason-surguine-part-1-just-another-mobile-monday/ http://www.geardiary.com/2009/08/20/interview-with-mobile-designer-jason-surguine-part-1-just-another-mobile-monday/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:45:00 +0000 Christopher Spera http://www.geardiary.com/2009/08/20/interview-with-mobile-designer-jason-surguine-part-1-just-another-mobile-monday/ Jason Surguine

My good buddies over at Just Another Mobile Monday have gotten an awesome opportunities to interview Jason Surguine from PDAMill. This multipart series is a must read for all PDA/gadget gamers! The interview is very insightful, and gives you the unique opportunity to look into the mind of a game designer.  Stop what you're doing and check it out!! Interview With Mobile Designer Jason Surguine. Part 1 | Just Another Mobile Monday Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2009/08/20/interview-with-mobile-designer-jason-surguine-part-1-just-another-mobile-monday/feed/ 1 Nandini Gets Some Sugarhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/03/06/nandini-gets-some-sugar/ http://www.geardiary.com/2007/03/06/nandini-gets-some-sugar/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:34:21 +0000 Judie Stanford http://www.geardiary.com/2007/03/06/nandini-gets-some-sugar/ Nandini Maheshwari, of Instablogs and Born Rich fame, has been the subject of a recent Geeksugar feature, Geeky Girls We Love. Nandini  My favorite part of her interview, other than where she named me as one of her top five sexiest female geeks in the world (blushing furiously as I type this!), was when Geeksugar had Nandini describe a typical day, which goes a little something like this... Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2007/03/06/nandini-gets-some-sugar/feed/ 0 An Interview With Nandini of Instablogs Networkhttp://www.geardiary.com/2006/10/27/an-interview-with-nandini-of-instablogs-network/ http://www.geardiary.com/2006/10/27/an-interview-with-nandini-of-instablogs-network/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:42:22 +0000 Judie Stanford http://geardiary.com/?p=174 bornrich

Nandini Maheshwari is the managing Editor and Publisher of a truly entertaining blog, BornRich. Launched on October 5th, 2005, it has quickly become a place where visitors can come and be amazed at what more than a few dollars will buy. Whether it be the Multi-Media Bed with RUF Cinema, the Chrome Robot TV Stand, the Solarjo Solar Power Purse, or the Sharp Refrigerator with Thawing Mechanism, Nandini scours the web to find interesting and generally quite pricey items that we all might enjoy using if they were more easily obtainable; and always, Nandini will spike her posts with a bit of humor and wit. Born Rich was Nandini's idea and her first blog; since then she has co-founded the Instablogs Network with her husband Ankit who lends a hand with the needed programming. Nandini runs the 100+ blogs that make up the Instablogs Network, which has just celebrated its first birthday. She also personally works on another gadget blog called CoolBuzz, which covers the "coolest gadgets and other consumer items."

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A confessed "shopaholic", Nandini says she is inspired by the "exotic thinking" of producers and designers of things that only the rich and super-rich can afford. She claims to get a "perverse enjoyment" in covering luxury lifestyle. I thought it would be fun to talk to Nandini about Instablogs Network, Born Rich, CoolBuzz, and some of the other goings-on in the Instablogs Network... Continue reading on Gear Diary ...]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2006/10/27/an-interview-with-nandini-of-instablogs-network/feed/ 7 A Message From DualCor…http://www.geardiary.com/2006/10/24/a-message-from-dualcor/ http://www.geardiary.com/2006/10/24/a-message-from-dualcor/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:06:05 +0000 Judie Stanford http://geardiary.com/?p=359 To say that there has been a lot of speculation and misinformation circling the DualCor cPC would be an understatement. To cut through the rumors, I went straight to the source and spoke with Rob Howe, President and COO of DualCor, on October 23, 2006.

After our phone conversation, I emailed him the notes I had taken along with further questions his comments had raised. To clarify, the numbered segments below are my notes based upon Rob's statements during our conversation.

Below, is the resulting email from him, published verbatim and with his knowledge...

1. Rob never said there would be not be a “version one cPC”. However, the main major processor is already obsolete, and parts availability for version one has become a problem. So the biggest issue at the moment is materials and the resulting prices for the parts used.

Gear Diary: Does this mean that version one might just end up being impractical to make, meaning that it would have to be realistically skipped over for a version two? Or does it simply mean that the components of version one would need to be reworked?

Howe:  A little of both.  Obviously we won’t release a product with a major part that is or is soon going obsolete.  We’re evaluating several options.

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