MTA CEO Jay Walder recalls his impressions upon reading about the StationStops vs MTA controversy prior to his nomination last year. I identified myself to him and thanked him later for his comments.

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Walder didn’t just meet developer’s hopeful expectations while addressing them at Google’s transit developer conference last night – he left us slackjawed.

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Last year Google and MTA had a sweetheart deal for transit data which left the rest of us developers out in the cold. Since Jay Walder came on, MTA has both embraced and supported third-party developers, and now Google joins the group hug by hosting a dinner and conference for MTA developers, with Walder to attend…

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[Note, I had a lot of drafts piling up, so this post is a little late and some criticism of Train Time will seem out of place in previous posts] Wow, I have so much going on lately I really can’t take the time to write the detailed post this announcement deserves (yet) – but [...]

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The worst part of Windows for me is *activation*. Activation is the secret mojo in Windows which gets all pissy if you change hardware in your computer too often and makes you disgrace yourself by literally making a phone call to Microsoft headquarters and asking their permission to keep using it. First, you have to [...]

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Police have released the surveillance video of an Old Greenwich convenience store robbery which left the cashier shot in the back of the head. There is a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the robber. The robbery took place Saturday morning, November 21st at the Mobil On The Run gas station at [...]

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The Greenwich Apple Store on 356 Greenwich Ave opened just an hour ago. As usual, there were throngs of excited retail employees applauding the tony residents into their lair of consumer nirvana and giving away T-Shirts. There was a line, but it only lasted about 40 min, at which time the crowds started to thin [...]

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