Programming and politics

Mostly technical and political -- stuff to bore everyone.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Phone Number Fixer: The Glory and The Shame

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A couple of months ago, I wrote a little Android app called Phone Number Fixer . I wrote this for my friend Maria, but decided to put it on ...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

A Tale of Two Mice

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For a couple of years now, I have used a Logitech V470 mouse. It is a laser mouse that uses bluetooth. I've used it with a black MacBoo...
Friday, July 09, 2010

LBJ, Cleveland, and Miami

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I was one of the millions who watched Lebron James announce that he would play for the Miami Heat next year. I have to say that the aftermat...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

iOS Multitasking

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By now you’ve seen the ads. Anyone who works in mobile totally saw it coming . It’s the supposed revolutionary way to do multitasking in iOS...
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Sunday, June 06, 2010

WWDC Wish List

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Tomorrow is WWDC. Much like how I had an Android wish list for Google I/O  (and I got my top two wishes!) a few weeks ago, I have one for th...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Phone Number Fixer for Android

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One of the curses of working with computers is that you often become The IT person for friends and family. In fact, I should get a commissio...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Mobile Zealotry

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"You're either with me or against me!" Does this feel like the rhetoric coming out of Google and Apple lately? Sometimes I wo...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Android Wish List

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This Wednesday is the first day of Google I/O. Google has a lot of very interesting technologies and many of those will have some new featur...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Awesome Android Presentation

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... by my "Android in Practice" co-author, Charlie Collins: Unlocking Android Development on Prezi
Sunday, May 02, 2010

Apple, Flash, and The Truth

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I'm sure by now you've read "Steve Jobs"'s Thoughts on Flash . Did it convince you? Do you think it was truthful? Not ...
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Friday, April 09, 2010

Thoughts on iPhone OS 4.0 and Section 3.3.1

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I'm on vacation right now. Earlier in the week, I took my kids to the Kennedy Space Center: Now I am in my hometown of Panama City, Fl...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

iPad Web Applications

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So you might have heard about this... This Saturday, April 3, there's a new computer coming out from Apple. You might have heard about ...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Programming and fallacies

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Today I read a blog pos t by @joestump where he attempted to refute claims that Digg had been "doing it wrong" when they could n...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

MIXation Sensation

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This past week was Microsoft's MIX conference. I almost went to it, and I would have gone if it was not the same week as my oldest son...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Testing Geolocation for Mobile Web Apps

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Using geolocation in a web application is really cool. The JavaScript API is quite simple. Testing it, can be a different story. Here are so...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The 0-Guard

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Last week I was reading an excellent article by Bill Simmons on the "true" trade value of NBA players. While talking about likel...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

eBay Mobile for Android

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I have been working on mobile at eBay since the fall of 2008. Almost immediately upon joining the team, I started running my mouth about how...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Nexus One vs. iPhone

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I recently purchased a Nexus One, primarily for Android development. I needed a device for developing Android 2.0+ on. The 2.0 SDK has been ...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Anti-Netbook

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For Christmas this year, I bought my kids (ages 4 and 5) their first computer: an Acer Revo. I call this the anti-netbook, but it actually s...
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