Sometimes the pieces just fall into place. Two years ago I was writing about needing a better connected device. Then the iPhone launched, and people (some people, not everyone) wanted a tablet. It makes sense. A bigger, lean device that people who live and breathe on the web can use to be connected. No need for GSM, it’s just not a phone. It’s a platform.

Anyway, fast forward from two years ago to present day. Mike and the rest of the guys at Techcrunch (which I left now ages ago, but miss dearly) are tackling this very problem (see the post at TechcrunchIT, too) - talk about bending the rules of what you expect from a blog.

If you think about it, it makes total sense. Our computing power is in the cloud, so is our information. What we need now, is a better way to connect to the services we use and the data they store. This project might just be one of the answers to this problem. Part of the beauty? The plan to work on it and opensource the software and design. Want to get involved? Get in touch with the TC people - we know we will.

Read more at: Techcrunch, TechcrunchIT.