You CAN make a difference!

Wednesday was great! Just take a look at

• this,
• this,
• this,
• this ...

We have ambitious goals. We will make webOS a winning mobile operating system. We will create an exciting ecosystem with developers and other partners. We are very committed, we have products in the pipeline, and we do not hesitate. We control our own destiny, and that is what matters in life. Right?

We’ll have a cool tablet, world’s smallest smartphone, a big screen workhorse smartphone, plans for printers and PCs. Did you see how they work together? We have a clear developer focus with Enyo, Ares, and PDK. Have you tried them already? I’d say this is a pretty good demonstration about how serious we are. WebOS will go to places, and HP is very dedicated to make this happen. For partners, developers, and new employees; this is the time to join the ride.

On another note, I worry about my old friends a lot. I’m sad to see they no longer trust they can make a difference. They’ve given up and given away their passion. Sorry, that ain’t gonna work. You must believe in yourself and what you are up to, and you must believe you can change the world. That’s the only way I know. All the best, though.

So we’ve got many openings at HP in the webOS team. We need good C / C++ developers. We need good javascript guys. We need good HI people, testers, and architects. Now it’s the time to join. Where else are you going to have fun?

webOS launch in San Francisco!

We announced today 3 new webOS devices that work beautifully together and make webOS shine. We also demonstrated many new innovations that show how great software webOS is for end users and for developers. I want to publicly thank my team and others who have done a tremendous job during the last months and weeks and days and nights. I’m very proud to be a member of this team!

We showed a true webOS smart phone, the Veer, no larger than your credit card yet a fully capable smart phone running the latest webOS. We demonstrated a true workhorse, Pre 3, with a beautiful big screen and a qwerty keyboard. At the same time, we launched the HP TouchPad, a large beautiful tablet running the same webOS.

Let’s then think about the products together. Touch and share. Download and study information about the Sharks today’s game on your Touch Pad. Then, touch the pad with your Veer before leaving home – and take the information with you to go. This is pretty close to my old vision – now just much better implemented!

And, with webOS, you can use the small phone to so much more than just talking. Veer is a true full featured smart phone. And for a tablet, I claim the webOS is better than any other OS for that form factor.

There are three aspects that, in my mind, make webOS so great:

• It is designed for cloud. Synergy is a part of the webOS running in the cloud.
• It is standard. Developers can use standard HTML and javascript and unleash the full power of webOS, internet, and their favorite services.
• It is task oriented. The highly scalable UI promotes tasks and activities you want to perform. You can do you task on a small screen or on a big screen – but instead of concentrating on launching apps it concentrates on getting your things done.

But I wanna talk more about these later. Now, let’s party!

Getting ready ...

2+ months @ HP. I’m enjoying the ride tremendously. And in my personal life, I'm loving the weather and living on Craigslist.

We are working hard to develop webOS and services further. We will show some new stuff next week, so stay tuned.

As a teaser, take a look at this.

And this, we are in the finals ;-)

And this, we are hiring!