Archive for the 'Work' Category
TiVo Slide in Wall Street Journal
(click pic for larger version) Wow, this is pretty cool. The print edition of the Wall Street Journal devoted nearly half a page to its review of the Slide remote. I had already read the online version of the article, but to see the print article with a giant photo of the remote is pretty [...]
TiVo Slide Remote
Introducing the hands down, coolest remote in the world: the TiVo Slide! I’ve designed a lot of products in my career, but the Slide is, without a doubt, the one I’m most proud of and feel the most ownership over. One of the most rewarding things for me about product design is being able to [...]
TiVo Wireless N Adapter
The latest fruits of my labor: the sleek and incredibly sexy TiVo Wireless N adapter. It has the same design language as our original wireless G adapter, but several aesthetic enhancements to the design make it look far cooler. For starters, the metal base is stunningly beautiful. Whereas the G adapter has a lighter colored [...]
TiVo Premiere & Premiere XL
Today, we introduced the Premiere and Premiere XL which both feature the cool new wide-screen HD UI (High-Definition User Interface for the lay people). They also feature remote controls designed by yours truly. To the casual eye, the Premiere XL remote probably doesn’t look much different from the current Series3 / TiVoGlo remote. However, there [...]
Glorious Day for TiVo
Yesterday, Judge Folsom finally made his ruling in our long-standing patent litigation case against Echostar. When I joined TiVo nearly 4-1/2 years ago, this case had already begun, and it was one of the main reasons I was so optimistic about TiVo’s future. Well, the wheels of justice turn a lot slower than I had [...]
Paul’s Last Day
After a decade with TiVo, Paul has decided to pursue other opportunities. The Consumer Design Group, which Paul led, got together to create a really cool plaque which we presented to Paul on his last day. Here are some pics of the plaque as well as some shots of the group.
Court Rules for TiVo!
Great news today on our long-running patent case against Echostar. This morning, we issued this statement: We are extremely pleased that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit unanimously ruled in our favor in EchoStar’s appeal of the district court judgment of patent infringement, full award of damages and that the injunction, [...]
TiVo on USPTO Decision
Today, we issued the following statement: “We are extremely pleased that the PTO has now found all claims of the Time Warp Patent to be valid after conducting a reexamination of the patent requested by EchoStar. This decision by the PTO is final and not appealable by EchoStar. Today’s decision by the PTO brings us [...]
Jeff’s Birthday
Paul thought it would be fun to do something special to commemorate Jeff turning the big Six-Oh. So we blew up a bunch of TiVo balloons and filled up Jeff’s cube with them. Well, actually, we cheated a bit. After blowing up a few balloons, we quickly realized that we wouldn’t have the stamina to [...]
TiVo HD Released!
Well, I guess the launch of the new TiVo HD isn’t a complete surprise since its impending release was first discovered a little over a week ago. Although the sleuth who uncovered the leak didn’t initially blog about it, others soon found out and word quickly spread. It didn’t take long before the leaked pics [...]
Unbox on TiVo!
Cool! We announced a partnership today with Amazon that will allow you to download movies and TV shows from Amazon’s Unbox service to your TiVo for viewing on your TV. This is one of the capabilities that I was most excited about when I joined TiVo, so it’s great to see it now finally becoming [...]
Pro/E on Parallels
Video of Pro/E and Intralink running on Parallels. 15MB, 06:54. Quicktime 7 required. WARNING: may be mind-numbingly boring, especially if you’re not a Mac user who uses Pro/E! As mentioned previously, installing Windows XP Pro on Boot Camp was pretty straightforward. Installing Pro/E and Intralink (the file library/management system that integrates with Pro/E) went largely [...]
MacBook Pro
I’ve been longing to be able to run Pro/E (the 3D mechanical CAD software that I use for product design) on a Mac for many years, basically ever since I started using Pro/E. With Apple’s move to the Intel architecture, it’s subsequent public beta of Boot Camp (which runs Windows in a separate partition and [...]
White TiVoGlo Remote
A white version of the TiVo Glo remote is now available for sale on the TiVo store. Functionally, this remote is identical to the black TiVo Glo remote. The difference is purely cosmetic – instead of glossy black, the front and back housings are glossy white. In addition, the keys are a dark gray instead [...]
TiVo Glo Remote
TiVo is now selling the Series3 remote as an accessory on the TiVo Store. Actually, we started selling it around Oct. 27, but I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to post about it until now. Hey, I’ve been preoccupied designing our next great products! This remote is essentially the same remote that [...]
