IE Cheat Sheet
Dealing with browsers is like dealing with children (Disclaimer, I am not giving parental advice). Most parents I know with more than one child try to treat each of their children fairly, but that...
View ArticleI Called It Slick Install
A few years ago I came up with a new and revolutionary idea. The idea wasn’t completely original, but I think that if I had had the resources (aka the knowhow and/or money) this idea could have...
View ArticleTwo Things About Computer Programming
When I recently read a short post called The Two Things about Computer Programming I found the concept intriguing; namely that everything has two things that are truly important and everything else is...
View Article20 Things
So you may have read 20 Things I learned About Browsers and the Web and noticed the push from Google to bring users using outdated browsers and other old technology into the 21st century. This online...
View ArticleIf you had to…
If you had to choose to only use products and services from of the major technology giants, who would it be? Google? Apple? Microsoft? Please answer the questions found at this form. Post any other...
View ArticleCloud Computing
I’ve recently been using a new video game service called Onlive. The service currently lets you login and and play high end 3D games that are streamed to you over the internet. The game itself is...
View ArticleiPad 2
There’s no shortage of speculation about the iPad 2. Wishlists and predictions abound—but I’m going to add my own as well. In addition to telling you what I’d like and what I think is likely, I’ll give...
View ArticleGoogle Tab Needs…
As soon as I saw the preview for Android 3.0, optimized for tablets, I was in awe just like everyone else. The preview is amazing, right? I agree, but previews can be misleading. There are a couple...
View ArticleQwiki: the Future of Getting Information
A new way to receive information is on the horizon, and it’s pretty cool! When you type a query into Qwiki don’t expect a list of results to choose from. In fact, once you’ve pressed the search button...
View ArticleIs Flash on the rise or the decline?
A ZDNet writer, Christopher Dawson, believes that Flash will continue to rise and that Apple will eventually begin to support Flash. Maybe, but I’m doubtful. As I’ve repeated probably a hundred times,...
View ArticleIf I were Amazon.com, I’d consider taking my books and going home.
So Apple released a new subscription model. It says that all in-app purchases will be subject to a 30-70 split in profits, much like the music and App Store currently emulate. Further, all purchases...
View ArticleThoughts on Windows 8
So the most recent Windows 8 preview is out: Initially my thoughts are pretty generous. The new Windows 8 stuff looks like a well thought out system, but then they also show a full version of Windows...
View ArticlejQuery Selector Test
The other day I was talking to one of my coworkers who asked me an interesting question. He wanted to know if there was any significant improvement, when using jQuery, to assigning a jQuery selector to...
View ArticleGoogle Android’s Map to Success
Google’s Android OS is doing very well, on phones at least, but according to some surveys people would rather have an iPhone. It seems that a lot of people have only joined the Android ranks because it...
View ArticleMaking SQLite Work
So I’ve been playing around with creating an offline application. Because I want dynamic data, I needed to figure out how to use a SQLite database. Honestly, I feel quite foolish because I was sure...
View ArticleOkay Everyone. Calm Down.
Google intends to launch a surprise attack on all grocery stores, kitchen pantries, and child lunch boxes in an effort to seise control of every last Twinkie in the world. The purpose? Because the...
View ArticleJelly Bean Wish List
I hesitate to call it a list because there is only one item on it, but here is what I want for the next version of Android. Sure, I’d love to have all kinds of new features, but if Google can get this...
View ArticleMy Three Dollar Phone Plan
I get all the phone calling, data, and text messages for $3 a month. Theres a catch, right? I’ve got an awful phone or terrible service, right? To answer that, I’ll be upfront and say that my phone...
View ArticleStory Estimation
I’ve come up with the perfect explanation for how I would estimate stories. First, we are not measuring time or complexity—we’re measuring effort. For this example forget all you know—or think you...
View ArticleAngularJS Testing with Karma and Jasmine
AngularJS is the best thing to happen to JavaScript since jQuery. It’s what JavaScript development has always wanted to be. One of the key advantages to Angular is its dependency injection which is...
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