How HP’s Phil McKinney Spends His Fridays

Well, now, here’s a bit of news to make a person jealous: HP CTO and all around inspirational guy Phil McKinney has a special way that he spends Fridays (or, at least this Friday): Yes, I admit it: that’s where I’d rather be right now. Oh, and Phil: I have some ideas, as long as you’re there. Where should I send the...

HP CTO Phil McKinney on Panel at Churchill Club

It’s fun to watch HP CTO and the webOS community’s favorite tech guru Phil McKinney on the panel “Perspective on the Mobile Revolution,” even if only to see him hold up his hand when the panel is asked who’s using a Palm phone. The audience’s reaction is also interesting.   Go watch. These are very short snippets from the 90-minute panel, as posted by Phil himself, so it goes by...

McKinney One of Top 25 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech 2010

I’m not sure how I missed this, but Laptop Magazine selected HP CTO Phil McKinney as one of their Top 25 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech 2010. Slotting him in at #18, they had this to say about our favorite tech guru: We’re not sure what the final product is going to look like, but now that HP has acquired Palm (and its webOS operating system) HP’s Slate has the potential to be much more...

HP CTO Phil McKinney on Timing Technology

I came across an interesting blog post, written in March of this year by HP’s own Phil McKinney, on how best to time the release of innovative technology. It’s a fascinating read for anyone who wants to better understand HP’s thinking in terms of, say, the release of a webOS tablet. It also demonstrates why such decisions are rarely easily made. Talking specifically about the HP Slate, Mr. McKinney says: I’m...

Phil McKinney Shows Phantom (webOS?) Devices

Twitter user @MarkatHP (none other than Mark Budgell, PR Manager at HP) posted a couple of pictures of HP’s CTO Phil McKinney holding (and wearing?) three different mystery devices. Phil himself then retweeted the post, giving it all sorts of additional credence. Finally, the pictures in question: From this chain of evidence, we’re led to conclude that these are prototypes of a tablet, a smartphone, and a...