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I am excited and honored to join Android Thoughts as the newest Contributing Editor-in-Training. I have been a member of the Thoughts Media forums since way back when there were only two sites (PocketPC Thoughts and Smartphone Thoughts), almost a decade ago -- okay, it was about 7 years, but "decade" sounds so much better. Back then I remember being excited about my new Toshiba PocketPC e755 which I had just gotten to replace my Sony Clie which had, in turn, replaced my Palm IIIe.

As you can probably guess, I have a long-standing gadget obsession and the years haven't tempered it one bit. My current lineup includes a 3rd generation 64GB iPod Touch, a 2nd generation Amazon Kindle, an Asus EEE PC 1000HE dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu Netbook Edition, an Asus K52JR-X5 laptop, a Dell Zino media PC, a home-brew server running Amahi, and, most importantly, a T-Mo Nexus One running stock Froyo 2.2.2 and a Dell Streak 7 tablet. I moved from a Blackberry Curve to the N1 just over a year ago and don't regret a minute of it.

I'm very optimistic about the future of Android as an ecosystem and I hope to share more about why I am so optimistic in the coming weeks and months.

I currently live in Bloomington, Indiana with my wife and two sons. I've just started a new job as an Information Specialist for a freight transportation research and forecasting company after having spent 7 years in software development and support. I have a Bachelor's degree in English Literature, with a Theatre Minor and an Associate's degree in Computer Networks and Systems, mostly so that I had a degree to go with the knowledge and experience that I had with computers and technology. I am very involved in my church, love to read and listen to music. One of my other obsessions is pens, of all things, so I spend much time pondering the practical considerations of the intersection of the digital and analog worlds.

I look forward to contributing (pun semi-intended) much to the discussion here on Android Thoughts and getting to know all of my fellow Android-philes better.

My name is Don Sorcinelli, and I am one of Android Thoughts new Contributing Editors. If you have been around the Microsoft mobile space for any period of time, you might recognize me. I have been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Mobile devices for the past 5 years, having run a user and developer group in the Boston area for nearly 10 years, and working with the Pocket PC / Smartphone / Windows Mobile / Windows Phone developer community at Microsoft local and regional events for nearly as long. By the way - the software developer in me was compelled to create the title line for this introductory post.

While a great deal of my time has been spent around the Windows Mobile/Phone platform, my professional work is more expansive with regards to mobility. I have worked for a number of years with enterprises regarding mobility strategies, device deployments and line of business application development. As a result, I have been fortunate to have been exposed to nearly all major mobile platforms from user, IT and developer perspectives. As Google continue to march forward with the Android platform, they (like many others) continue to look to woo businesses and IT organizations in addition to the consumer audience.

I look forward to trying to bring my perspective on Android to you, the reader. Hopefully, my background can sometimes shed a different light on some of the news and information coming from the Android world. And for those who may be wondering... no, my passion for the Windows Phone platform has not diminished. In fact, I am currently serving as a Technical Reviewer for one Windows Phone development book while authoring another. My passion is mobility in general, in all of it's amazing and constantly-evolving forms.