From biskero, a recent chumby article that is on boston.com: “Overpriced high-tech beanbag is smarter than it looks” “Overpriced high-tech beanbag is smarter than it looks” I have developed for the Chumby platform in some detail (since it runs Flash Lite 3), and can say it’s a fun little (non-portable) device. As a consumer, although [...]

From March 2-4, 2009, there is a new conference called 360|iDev that is happening in San Jose. It’s an iPhone Developer’s conference. I’ll be there speaking about how to leverage accelerometer input within mobile content (apps, games, UIs). I’ll soon post the finalized session description soon, but my talk focuses not only on iPhone, but [...]

So, 2009 is already upon us (Happy New Year to Singapore, India, Australia, and others!). Our 1st here on the East Coast (US) is coming up this very, very, snowy evening! Anyways, I thought I’d post some quick highlights from 2008 (on a professional level). This is really off the top of my head, and [...]

Nikkei Electronics was kind enough to send me a copy of the 12-1 issue of their Japanese Trade magazine that is popular over there. In it there is a 4 page article on Chumby, where it talks about the history and evolution, as well as what is happening in Japan (and the rest of APAC) [...]

Via Dale and Andrew Mueller (@rebel), both native Aussies … looks like Chumby’s are now officially available in Australia through Internode. Here’s is an “oldie” to celebrate the good news: Who can it be now? Chumby, that’s who.

So … if you haven’t seen tweets, blog entries, youtube videos, or the localized chumby website … yes, looks like chumby is soon to be “turning Japanese”. ok. Not quite. But, yes, in addition to U.S. market, they are rolling out chumby there too, which is cool … and makes a lot sense given the [...]

There is an ebay auction today at 12:00 non PT (check time), where personalized chumbys from celebrities such as Hayden Panettiere (“Clarie” from Heroes), Kim Kardashian (not sure who she is, actually …) and the musical band, Blind Melon will give auctioned off. Proceeds will go to celebrities charity of choice, including such entities are: [...]

Adobe has just made the (Flash) Adobe Mobile and Devices CookBook BETA available (a joint O’reilly and Adobe initiative). This on-going community driven initiative, like other O’reilly cookbooks, are basically coding “recipes”, tips and tricks, and best practices when developing for mobile and devices with Flash. Some of us have seeded it with some content, [...]

Some recent news from Chumby Industries. KEEP CONNECTED TO YOUR ONLINE SOCIAL LIFE WITH CHUMBY® Chumby adds social content from Facebook® and Twitter San Diego, CA – August 20, 2008 – The chumby makes keeping up with friends easier than ever with the addition of content from some of the Internet’s leading social utilities, delivering [...]

Here is an excellent example of extending a company’s brand into new mobile and embedded devices (which incidentally run Flash). In this case, we are talking about the Chumby (an embedded open source internet connected device for delivering content). Dating DNA Chumby widget Here is more about Dating DNA: “Today, more and more people are [...]