Wow, I was totally surprised by the turnout for Saturday's Engadget reader meetup in my hometown of Merced, CA. I figured maybe 5 people would go, but a full 30 people showed up, including some people who drove from as far away as San Luis Obispo and Cupertino to be there. Thanks to everyone who came!
SF this week; Merced this weekend
Quick reminder: I'm speaking at Core 77's Design 2.0 event here in San Francisco tomorrow (today I'm enjoying the fine weather and the free WiFi in Union Square). I'm also planning on holding an informal reader meetup in my hometown of Merced, CA this Saturday. Still on the hunt for a suitable location, so if you know of anything, drop me a line in the comments below.
My prayers are answered
I'd pretty much given up any hope of seeing a solution for this, at least anytime soon, but CompanionLink just rolled out a new app that'll lets you sync any Palm, BlackBerry, or Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld with Google Calendar (it's two-way sync, too, none of that one-way crap!). I've been testing it with my Treo 650 this afternoon, and it works as promised. Big ups to William Kapes for this one, he heard my pleas for a synching solution on a recent Engadget podcast and dropped me a line earlier today about CompanionLink for Google Calendar. The one catch is that it ain't free, they're asking $30 for it (they do offer a two-week trial period). That's a little steep, but it's probably worth $30 to me to be able to properly sync my Google Calenda. Plus it's important to support independent software developers, right?
P.S. - Yeah, I said "Treo 650". I'm gonna wait to upgrade to the 700p (or possibly even the Motorola Q, it definitely has its charms) until after I get back from my next trip to San Francisco. I've learned the hard way that you should never buy a brand new phone right before a big trip. Trust me on this.
Not fun
I'll tell ya, having my Media Center crash while I'm recording/watching the season finale of Lost is definitely not fun..
Alone in a little room with a camera staring at me
I did my first television interview via satellite today. Translation: If you've ever wanted to see me fumble my way through an interview about Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD you should watch Attack of the Show this evening. I'm kicking myself for not complaining about all the echo in the audio.