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Friday, February 18, 2011

Why I Won't be Voting for President Obama in 2012

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I voted for President Obama in 2008. My reasons were a little different than most. Given that and one look at this chart, it should be no s...
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Ginger Honey Ice Cream Mess

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A few nights ago I was working at the Silicon Valley Android Meetup . eBay was hosting the meetup, and I had volunteered to help with the re...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Wither the Dashboard Pattern

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Recently I barely managed to register for this year's Google IO conference. One of my favorite sessions from last year's conference ...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Android Notifications, C2DM, and The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs

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When it comes to Android Cloud-to-Device Messaging, I've found many new and exciting ways to fail and fail hard. So y'know, learn fr...

The Static Starter Pattern

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One of my favorite things about Android is that it is not another MVC framework. Now some people find this as a weakness, but not me. I thin...
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Monday, February 07, 2011

Some More Nexus S Comparisons

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My last post about buying a Nexus S led to some interesting comments ... on Google Buzz of all places. Actually it was retweeted , I mean r...
Thursday, February 03, 2011

Moving on

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Recently I was in Los Angeles and took a cab from the airport to my hotel. When I got out of the cab, I left my iPhone 4 in the car. I calle...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Tablet Wars Have Begun

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A few weeks ago I picked up a Samsung Galaxy Tab. Being an Android developer, I thought it was a good idea to see how my apps as well as oth...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

C2DM on older versions of Android

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Back in May, I made my Android Wish List . The #1 item on my list was push notifications. The Android team delivered in spades with Cloud to...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Android Love

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My colleague David Beach recently penned a great post about developing apps for Android . If you haven't read it, go read it now. Seriou...
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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...
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