So far, it has just been a couple of weeks since I joined the company full-time, along with my Switchbox co-founders Bob Dickinson and Blake Ramsdell. I have been incredibly impressed with both the people and the products. I have so much to learn, and so many people yet to meet.
I can't make too many promises, but I hope to continue this blog, and mix my consumer technology observations with some commentary on what's going on in the technology industry itself, from the perspective of someone working at one of the big companies in it.
Yes, they are paying me a salary. But right now, I think I'd work just for this sweet little number in my lap (I'm talking about the computer, just to be clear). I'm typing this on my new Thinkpad x301, which is just about the best notebook I have ever laid my hands on. I can't believe CNET gave this thing an 8.3, which is pretty-much robbery.
It is incredibly thin, and light, has the best keyboard of any small computer I've ever touched (don't let anyone fool you, keyboards REALLY MATTER and they aren't all equal). Maybe most exciting, I'm gettting (seriously) nearly six hours of active usage out of it, partly because my model is all SSD-based (good-bye, hard drives), and I took out the DVD player and put in the optional extra battery in that slot (in case you weren't aware, dvd drives in computers are pretty much obsolete).
When this form-factor was first introduced with the x300 last year, a little video made its way to the web, which tells the story of this product's innovation pretty well. Enjoy!
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