My and daughters and I were featured in an article on GPS cell phones in the December 5th issue of the New York Times in a special edition of Circuits. There are numerous articles on a wide variety of GPS related electronics including devices for your dog, car, camera and bicycle. It's not every day that your name starts off an article in the New York Times:
ED GRAY’S two teenage daughters wanted cellphones, but the answer was a firm parental no — until Mr. Gray learned about a service that changed his mind...
I knew the article was coming out soon, but I was first made aware of it actually being in print from an alum of Mount Holyoke College, Ellie Landowne '56 who sent me an email after she saw my photo in the paper. While numerous articles had been written about the GPS phones, not many have focused on who is actually using them and the related location map services from providers like Sprint and Verizon. The reporter came across this blog and found a short article I wrote this past summer on the subject.