Programming and politics

So you might have heard this week that there's this new social networking thing (*yawn*) called Google+ . That's right, it's fr...

This is the kind of posting that needs a disclaimer. I'm going to talk a little about recent changes at Facebook and Twitter, but strict...

There are 72 days left in the Aughties, y'know the current decade: 2000 - 2009. I was looking back at the decade, and what are its most ...

Remember back when people realized that the Internet was a valuable way to reach customers and potential customers? You would see all of the...

An associate of mine pointed out some fun programming puzzles on Facebook. This one was interesting to me. It was interesting because I thi...

Last week my oldest son, Michael, Jr. was in a musical production at his preschool. Of course we videotaped it so we could share it. This wa...

It has been a month or so since Meebo announced their "platform." Platforms are all the rage these days, six months after Facebook...

In case you missed the news , Flock finally went 1.0 late last month. I've been playing around with Flock for over a year. They're i...

Just yesterday I was reading Marc Andreesen's latest musings on "platforms." He characterized Facebook's F8 platform as a...

Or should I say Lamebook... This is not my first Lunch 2.0 . You can't help but compare these things a little, and Facebook does not far...

Today I wrote a new Facebook app . It's a Flex based app that let's you watch the most popular videos on YouTube. You can watch the ...

Ok, so not really. I've had my Blackberry for a little over a week, and I continue to be more impressed with it. Here are some useful th...

Last week I went to yet another Lunch 2.0 . This one was at Ning . As I mentioned previously, Ning is of special interest to me. What they a...

I've been writing a Facebook app. They offer a Java client library (as well as several other non-official ones for other languages) but ...

I must admit, the hype about Facebook's F8 platform has got to me. First, I started playing around with my very under-utilized profile o...