Hello, my name is Derek, and I'll be your host at PreCentral 72
Thu, 02 Jun 2011 9:41 am EDT 
In case you haven't heard, a pillar of the webOS community is standing down. After years at the helm of TreoCentral, PreCentral, and the entire Smartphone Experts network of communities, our Editor-in-Chief and my good friend Dieter Bohn is moving on to a new chapter in his life. While he’ll still be around in the technology world, managing PreCentral has become my responsibility.
Thankfully, because of the awesome job that Dieter has done in building this site, not much is going to change as part of this transition. We’ll all miss Dieter, but the beat of webOS news is going to continue on in the days, weeks, and months to come. I and the rest of the PreCentral editorial staff and our team of forum moderators are going to continue to work to build the best webOS site and community out there.
If you’re a regular reader of PreCentral, you’re likely already familiar with me. I’ve been with the Palm community for several years now, but back in 2008 my interest was waning. My Treo 755p was a slow brick compared to the next generation smartphones out there, and I was in the market for something, well, new. And then came the announcement of the Palm Pre, and I’ve been hooked on webOS ever since.
Dieter brought me on to this site back in May 2009 when the world was all bright and shiny and webOS was going to conquer the smartphone space. Things may not have panned out exactly how we or Palm expected them to go, but along the way a community better than we could have ever imagined sprung up. And now things are finally starting to look up for webOS, and I’m proud and excited that I’m going to have the honor to lead this awesome community into that enthralling future.
I can’t promise that my typos are going to be fewer, but I promise you that PreCentral will continue to lead the charge with the best webOS news, reviews, podcasts, editorials, and community. This site is what it is because of the enthusiasm and passion of readers like you. It’s readers like you that made it so that Palm could survive long enough to be purchased by HP, ensuring a future for webOS. And it’s readers like you that I’ll continue to strive to give the best content every single day.
So stick around, dear reader, for good times are ahead.
72 Comments
Derek and the whole writing and moderator team are going to be unbelievably awesome. It's going to be great!
Please say howdy to Derek here and congrats to him here, stuff for me is in this forum thread:
http://forums.precentral.net/showthread.php?p=2979354#post2979354
CONGRATS DEREK!
Either way, you will be missed.
Grats Derek!
Ok...for some odd reason my congrats to both Derek and Dieter got flagged as spam and erased....Congrats Derek. Dieter, look forward to seeing where you land next "in the coming months" ;-)
Congratulations!
Congratulations Derek! I have always liked your style, you are my kind of nerd! :) I look forward to the future of this site.
Congrats Derek!! I know you'll do Smartphone Experts proud in being the top dog in the webOS community. And typos are cool. :)
Gonna miss you Dieter, but looking forward to the future here. It IS going to be great!
Good luck in your new adventure Dieter. Derek, time to get to work! Congrats!
Congrats Derek, I am sorry to see Dieter go but no one could have been better suited to replace him here at Precentral.
I'll bet this is @adora's fault!
Congrats to Dieter and to Derek. Good times are ahead for all of us/you.
Congratulations Derek! Steer her well matey!
Hey Derek. Although it's a loss to the community that Dieter's leaving: I know we're in good hands with you steering the P|C ship. Congrats!
Hello, new boss. Congratulations.
Good Luck to both of you!
Wow. Really sorry to see you go Dieter, and really happy to see you take charge Derek.
And I know I won't get an answer, but for crying out loud, what's so important for Dieter that he must leave us? Answer me! Answer MEEEE!!!
Best of luck to both of you!
Congrats to both of you guys & Precentral is in great hands!
Congrats Derek and Dieter we will miss you best of luck to both of you...take care,
Jay
Godspeed on your new journey Dieter and Congrat’s Derek.
Congrats, Derek! I know you will be great! Sleep is overrated!
Derek: Congratulations on the new position, condolences on the new responsibilities :), and good luck!
This better not mean a dropoff in awesome Photoshop jobs!
So...are you familiar with webOS?
Congrats and thank you for all your hard work so far...look forward to all you will do to keep Precentral humming in the future.
Don't let the door hit you in the A** on your way out Dieter! Another bail on WebOS.
Derek can manage, he is King of Ohio.
Derek, Congratulations on your new position!
Dieter, You're a cool dude, good luck in your travels!
Congratulations, Derek!
Derek, give me a weekly column, and I'll also proof articles. :-)
And congrats. I'm seriously very pleased for you, as I have been, and always will be, #teamderek.
Dieter, I'll miss your hipster presence. Good luck!
I, for one, welcome our new Precentral and SPE overlords... wait..
Congrats. :)
Congrats, Derek. Dieter - sorry to see you go - best of luck in your future endeavors - you will be missed!
Cangrats to the both of you
Does this mean the death of
"Greeeeeetings mobile accomplishers!"
Very very happy that Derek is going to be running things around here. I know i'll be downvoted for this but I am SOOOO happy that Dieter won't be on the Palmcast anymore. Very happy about where Dieter has taken this site, the fact that it's as good as it is and still exists but very happy the Palmcast will be getting better IMHO.
I hope Dieter comes on the palm cast just to spite you.
At least it would be his last :-)
Also, for everyone downvoting my comment, I love what he's done for this site and the entire network, I just think he's the worst part of the Palmcast. I love LOVE Engadget but I think most people on the new podcast suck, doesn't mean I hate them or hate their site, I just choose not to listen to them talk. Not everyone who can write can also talk, I think Deiter was someone who made me not interested in the Palmcast. I am interested in this site, have been for years but never cared for him on the Palmcast.
Good luck Dieter!
Hail our new PC Overlord! Feed us precious snippets of news about our favorite OS please.
Congratulations, welcome again and... news, news, news!! :-D
And Dieter... say the last secrets that do you have, before leave all with Derek. :-)))
Best Regards... B)
So, all of us on 1.4.5, do we still have Dieter as our PreCentral editor, or will we get Derek "in the coming months"?
So bad... yet so funny!
Actually I see you your 1.4.5 comment and threaten to leave PreCentral and never return unless I can view it from a Pre3 on Sprint!
Yeah... is that what they meant by "making things right"?
Dieter... you will be missed.
Zhephree for the win! lol
Damn, the only good voice on PalmCast is gone.
Good luck, and best wishes to you, Dieter!
Well after being told my comment was flagged as spam, I'll try again. Congrats Derek and PC is in great hands with your promotion. I also wanted to say I read your piece you put up about your day job. I thought it was an insightful and touching piece.
'I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.' - Dr. Rumack (aka Leslie Nielsen)
all I hear is *blah blah blah* --tell us what we all want to know: are you coming out on Sprint??? Because they are my bff and I'm totally giving up on precentral if Derek doesn't come out on SPRINT,,,
/massively sarcastic, but yes that is what I think about you chaps in the comments here.
Congratulations Derek.
And good luck with forthcoming busy weeks, there should be plenty of news to right about. I will look forward to your TouchPad review.
I hope he takes Keith with him.
What's with the Keith 'hate-on'? Personally, I enjoy the added perspective he brings to the podcasts. The 'Angry Nerds' vent'isode was epic courtesy of Keith!
Totally....
He brings so much life in the podcasts...
On t'aime Keith!
The Keith Newman is awesome too!
Congratulations Derek, but please.... no more close up face shots... we really do appreciate all the work you and Dieter have put into keeping us all in check with great timely news!
Dieter, mazel tov on your new endeavor!
Looking forward to the 2nd half of 2011 and HP products.... and Derek.....
I hope Dieter comes around for the PalmCast from time to time. I'm glad Derek is taking over and not some random person!
Congrats and best of luck to you both.
I hope this means that the the name and description of the PalmCast will be updated, now. It's not the *TreoCast* with Dieter Bohn and *Mike Overbo* (and, honestly, hasn't been in quite some time).
While I'm very sad to see Dieter leave Smartphone Experts, I'd like to relay a very warm welcome to Derek. I always enjoy reading his articles, especially as a writer myself. I can't wait to listen to him as the new host of PalmCast. Welcome Derek. :)
The next best man for the job! Congrats Derek!
Wish you all the best Dieter.Hope you come back often as you are always a part of the WebOS family.Dieter I hope now that your leaving you`ll stay a webos fan and owner.Derek,I don`t mind the typosess lol.It only shows your human and I can relate to that.Congrats Derek!!
Congrats Derek! It's been a great WebOS ride so far, and as we all know, 'We ain't seen nothing yet!' Glad to have you at the helm of ship. It's gonna be great!
Auf Wiedersehen Herr Bohn.
Derrek conrgrats on your first post at the helm (and error free to boot). How many times did you run spell check? ;-)
Congratulations, Derek!
Pretty motivating and inspiring induction speech Derek. Congrats. I look forward to the future.
"Dear Reader"? I suspect Derek's a King fan. Good luck to you guy, I believe good things are coming!
Congrats, Derek! You sir, are the definite obvious replacement choice for PC. Always love all of your articles. Sad to see Dieter leave but we are still in good hands!
Haven't been seeing many articles by Dieter lately, and I was suspecting as much. Good luck to you Dieter!! Since you'll be out in Cali, maybe I'll see you out in the wild...
Congratulations and good luck to you Derek! PreCentral is definitely in good hands!!
Congrats, Derek! And I'll start a rumor: Dieter is going to work at HP!
first topolsky, now bohn..
oh why do my favorite parts of podcasts leave? :|
I just don't really enjoy the less ... Empathetic? Compassionate/friendly/lack-of-a-better-word personality of others.
Congrats Sir Derek.
Congratulations Derek! You are truly the kind of awesome nerd worthy of taking over the helm of the WebOS community. I am certain that you will continue to lead P|C to an even higher level. You aren't planning to kick The Keith Newman to the curb, are you? Now go out there and get us a Pre3 on Sprint!
Congrats Derek! I hope Precentral continue to provide us with great Webos News
Congrats to you both! We're still in good hands but it was awesome with both of you!
This post made me cry a little. Congrats, Derek! And sad to see you go, Dieter.
(Also, I can't believe I was reading precentral for so long while living in Cincinnati and didn't know you lived there until after I moved to Atlanta. It's probably for the better. I might have stalked you.)
Congratulations and good luck!
Really surprised to hear this with the Pre3 / Touchpad launch imminent!
Congrats and best wishes to both of you, nonetheless!
Hope Dieter will be back to share his thoughts on the new devices we've heard him talk about so much!
Sooo....Derek becomes Dietz, Keith will become Derek, does this mean you need a sarcastic semi-webOS fan as the 3rd man? I think I have an old Kangol cap and I can change my name to "@TheCobraKon". :D
Seriously though, sad to see the Diet-man leave (joining JT on TIMN?? :P ) but we're in good hands.
"CONGRATURATIONS!"
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The coup has been silent and virtually casualty-free. Unless you count Gladys from HR and Robby in the copy room, no one has noticed that the rise of the new Overlord coincides with the Dieter's disappearance from the east side of the country for his alleged move to sunny California.
FYI, we are holding a vigil for Gladys and Robby and hope that they are found safe and sound!