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The Un-local Nokia2 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 6 months ago: source: http://www-bgr-com I’ve been pretty easy on my favorite former employer lately, even t … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, Addressing Retention, Delivering Quality, Inviting Change, Into Outreach, Developers, ForumNokia, LinkedIn

Why I am Every Qt Expert's Worst Nightmare5 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 6 months ago: As I’ve noted before, I have been interested in Qt development for some time and finally got t … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Smooth Codings, Ways of Rocking, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, Getting Qt, LinkedIn, Nokia, twitter

The Cells of Smart Power

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 9 months ago: When I last wrote about “smart power”, I was taking US business and especially political … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, Econometrics and Analytics, The Process and Product Frontier, Inviting Change, Out There, greening up, Views and Reviews, Great Governance

Smart Grids and Stupid Policies6 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 10 months ago: Rolling power blackouts, a common resort in northeastern US states when extreme weather takes hold, … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, Econometrics and Analytics, The Process and Product Frontier, Inviting Change, greening up, Views and Reviews, LinkedIn, Energy

The Nokia Phoenix31 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 10 months ago: I wrote in May of last year asking, only partially rhetorically, if this would be a make-or-break ye … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, Addressing Retention, The Process and Product Frontier, Mentioning Maemo, Inviting Change, Out There, greening up, Views and Reviews

Saving versus Hoarding: Where is the Line?4 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 10 months ago: This article is going to seem a little odd amongst my usual tech-flavored blather, but based on some … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, Inviting Change, Coupons, Shopping, hoarding, hoarders, extreme couponing

Confessions of an APPathetic User25 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 10 months ago: I’m going to confess something that’s likely to cost me Twitter followers, kill future c … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, The Cat Corral, Smooth Codings, Mentioning Maemo, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, Just For Fun, LinkedIn, Maemo

Works for Me10 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 10 months ago: Want to stop productive bug reporting in its tracks? Want to get the trolling rolling? Toss a flamin … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, The Cat Corral, Smooth Codings, Ways of Rocking, Mentioning Maemo, Delivering Quality, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, LinkedIn

I Need a New Phone23 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 11 months ago: My third Nokia N900 lost the ability to recognize a SIM card recently.  And the usual home repair ta … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Mentioning Maemo, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, LinkedIn, Nokia, AT&T, N900, ForumNokia

Mobile Computing: What's in a Name?15 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: source: maemo.nokia.com Smartphones (aka “converged mobile devices“) have been around in … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, The Process and Product Frontier, Mentioning Maemo, Inviting Change, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, LinkedIn, Maemo

Maemo is Dead... Long Live Maemo29 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Source: http://www.maemoit.org Before I launch into coverage of the MeeGo Conference in San Francisc … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, The Cat Corral, Smooth Codings, Ways of Rocking, The Process and Product Frontier, Mentioning Maemo, Inviting Change, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo

Getting Over Ovi11 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Image from Wikipedia In a press release yesterday, Nokia informed its customers that its Ovi service … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Views and Reviews, LinkedIn, Nokia, OVI, Microsoft, Services, eMail, Eldar Murtazin

Linus Torvalds, Linux, and the Issue of Software Quality12 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Friend and Maemo/MeeGo bugjar master Stephen Gadsby alerted twitterites yesterday to a Fedora bugzil … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, The Cat Corral, Smooth Codings, Ways of Rocking, Mentioning Maemo, Delivering Quality, Inviting Change, Views and Reviews, Great Governance

MeeGo Limbo16 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Several people have asked me to put my thoughts down on Nokia’s new partnership with Microsoft … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Mentioning Maemo, Inviting Change, Out There, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, Into Outreach, LinkedIn, Maemo

Is 'Americanization' actually bad for Nokia?20 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Over two years have passed since my job with Nokia was eliminated, and with the passing of time I fi … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Monday Musing, Mentioning Maemo, Views and Reviews, Mentioning MeeGo, LinkedIn, Logistics, Nokia, US

Workplace Warfare: the Myth of Information Management5 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: During my lengthy-albeit-rambling stint in the professional workplace, I’ve been a data jockey … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Monday Musing, The Cat Corral, Inviting Change, Views and Reviews, Great Governance, LinkedIn, Data, Information Management

An Open Letter to Stephen Elop20 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Mr. Elop, I’m sure by now you’ve read your fill of these opinion pieces.  Since your hir … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, The Process and Product Frontier, Mentioning Maemo, Delivering Quality, Inviting Change, Views and Reviews, Great Governance, Mentioning MeeGo

Facebook is a social disease8 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: I understand how computer viruses got their name.  It’s appropriate.  Little evil, invasive th … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Monday Musing, Views and Reviews, Just For Fun, CNN, facebook, AOL, CBS, Like

The N900 microUSB defect, and your chance to do something104 comments

Randall "Texrat" Arnold wrote 1 year ago: Does this look familiar? After my post-mortem on the Nokia N900 microUSB failure fiasco I received a … more →

Tags: The Write Stuff, Ways of Rocking, Addressing Retention, Mentioning Maemo, Delivering Quality, Mentioning MeeGo, Nokia, survey, Service


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