Bob Walder

Bob Walder is Research Director for Gartner Inc., network security specialist, Mac/iPhone software developer, avid golfer, writer and gadget-loving technology freak living in the south of France

This is his tumblelog, which merges feeds from his Twitter account with occasional blog entries, photo posts, link updates and other micro-blogging ephemera

In effect, a one-stop-shop for everything you never wanted to know about Bob

Why Google’s tighter control over Android is a good thing http://bit.ly/gX2Aum « Amen to that, brother! Rein that sucker in!

RT @guardiantech: What is it with the huge headphones, guys? http://bit.ly/e0XTcL « Wearing a sign that says “bugger off!” Nice! :-)

RT @securitywatch: iOS Spyware For Sale http://bit.ly/hQkYdK « I might have mentioned this once or twice before… DON’T JAILBREAK!!!

Guest Blog: A Student’s iPad Experience http://bit.ly/e9bbb7 « Brilliant…

RT @Gartnergreg: New research note: Next-Generation Firewalls and Secure Web Gateways Will Not Converge Before 2015 «Is NGFW=UTM? Love it!

Finally got to play with iPad 2 today. Seriously underwhelmed. iPad users are really “upgrading” to this?

Hate that all these “furriners” look at me like I’m a nutter when I say “bonjour” in the elevator. Only the French respond. It’s not hard!

RT @bookofsand: Sign in window of soon-to-close Borders store in Chicago. Someone’s a little bitter. http://i.imgur.com/Hod89.png

RT @vikphatak: The worst part of the RSA non-APT “announcement” is they got everyone to stop asking the important question: What was stolen?

Why I’m Ditching iOS and Becoming an Android Developer | Ray Wenderlich http://bit.ly/ebSbSY « Yuk yuk ;o)

Pizza man knows my name & “usual” soon as I speak. I realise he might not have a lot of English customers, but still can’t be a good sign!

How useful to perform major software deployments without asking at 10am on a Monday morning. ‘Cos THAT’S not gonna suck, right?

iPad and Beyond: The Media Tablet in Business http://bit.ly/hQuef4 « Special report-free landing page-Gartner sub req’d to read research

RT @davemark: Joke going around the net: “AT&T to wed T-Mobile. Following the ceremony, there will be no reception”

Tablet Market is a 2-horse race (with one horse being split into lots of smaller ponies, all different speeds n capabilities)