Will/Should John Chen move BlackBerry to California?
I worked at Sybase for eight years under John Chen, the new CEO of BlackBerry. He was an interesting CEO – refreshingly (almost appallingly) frank. I remember he once came…
RIM
Tory MPs rebel against PM’s Office control
Inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/03/26/pol-backbench-mps-rebel-against-pmo-control.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/03/26/toronto-roll-up-the-rim.html
The New Blackberry 10 – Time to ditch Apple and Google both
The Blackberry 10 has just been unveiled, and the question returns: Blackberry, iPhone or Google-based Android smart phone? Here are some thoughts, techno-weenie talk aside. We’re talking pure functionality and…
Hey, folks, let’s try to get this right…
This morning on short news piece about how RIM did better than expected, but is still losing sales in the US, the announcer pronounced ‘Silicone Valley’ referring to, we’ll, you…
RIM Layoffs in Waterloo? Deafening Silence
If you go to Google News and type RIM layoffs and sort by date, you’ll see a whole bunch of articles about the recent layoffs in Halifax: exact number (95),…
RIM and Waterloo
I don’t have any argument today, just a report of some things I’ve read. I have been trying to find information on Waterloo’s vulnerability to the problems at RIM. The…
Friday miscellany…
Happy Canada Day edition! ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— About these “Harper Hates Me” buttons – I’m coming down on this issue on a side that you might not expect… Public servants who got…
Some tips for finding a job
While I hope noone loses their job, it’s not looking good. Here are job hunting tips that worked for me. These might be of general interest but are aimed at…
CBC Radio column: RIM stock dives, what’s next for the BlackBerry maker?
It looks like my predictions about Blockbuster and RIM are coming true. In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I discuss what options are available…
iPad vs Playbook: You’ll Be Surprised.
Being an iPad user, this video caught my attention. Those who have tablet computers know browsing is, if not, then the most important element of owning one. In regard to…