About

“We waste our time, so you don’t have to”.

June 6th, 2009…a few brave souls and I walked into the Raleigh Sprint store at 8am to pick up some of the first Palm Pre phones on the market (I got the second to last one in the store…whew). Shortly after almost cutting my finger off (not really), I fell in love with webOS and the Pre.

As the apps began to come out (both official and unofficial), it became apparent that there was a need to separate the good apps from the…not so good. People just don’t have time, or money to waste on apps that are poorly built, buggy, or just plain useless.

Enter webOSroundup.

The slogan for this site (shown up top) pretty much sums up the goal here, but if you want to get a bit more formal, here is our mission statement.

The mission of webOSroundup is to be the primary destination for developers and consumers of Palm smartphones and the webOS framework. Our focus is four fold:

  1. Provide consumers with the tools needed to find the apps that are best suits their needs with reviews and our catalog site
  2. Help new customers learn how to get the most out of their device with educational articles
  3. Aid developers by providing a platform to show off their hard work and get the attention they deserve
  4. Provide news and analysis to encourage and grow the webOS community

Who is behind the curtain?

David Baxter – Founder, Editor-in-Chief

David is a software developer, web technologist, and all around fan of all things geeky. He owns a small web development company called Visionary Online that is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. When  not obsessing over his Pre or building a website, he can usually be found in one of three places:

  • With his lovely wife and two children
  • At church
  • In front of the tv playing  Xbox 360 (or perhaps his computer…)

Roy Sutton – News Editor

Roy has been active in the Palm developer community since just after the Palm Pre was released.  He has been a mobile developer for far longer than the term ‘mobile computing’ has been around.  During the day, he develops software and systems for barcode and RFID data collection.  He has published two apps for webOS and has several more in the pipeline.  He was formerly editor at Pre 101.

Dan Ramirez – Educational Editor

Dan has not provided me with his blurb so I am going to use this time to poke fun at him. Let’s see…Dan is a doctor who likes cheese, sniffing smelling salts, and checking himself for allergies. He is obsessed with his Pre and he tweets a lot…and I mean A LOT…but he is a really nice guy who writes well so we plan on keeping him. Prior to joining webOSroundup, Dan was the editor at TotallyPalmed.

William Scholl – Contributing Editor

William studies filmmaking in his hometown of New York City. He is a fitness enthusiast (who suffers from a bit of excess laziness here and there), and also has a deep fascination for science and the universe. Most importantly he’s honestly a bit obsessed with all things geek and tech related. When he’s not glued to his Pre while out and about, you’ll find him planted in front of his PS3 at home.

Other contributors

  • Alice Carback
  • Michael Roney Jr.
  • Isaac Torres