So about three months ago, Mr. Doukas wrote a program to connect his Fitbit data to an Internet-connected switch on his refrigerator that can shut it down if he doesn't exercise.
But for those unwilling to heed Sprint's many early warnings and make the switch to its CDMA-based Direct Connect plan before this coming January, there'll be an additional monthly penalty fee.
Aided by a couple of Internet telephone veterans, he put the telephone switch at the center of the operating system and made it possible to connect it to almost any Internet phone system (except Skype).