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Archive for 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Yet another story about the End Of The Operating System As We Know It, based more on wishful thinking than cold reality. Hope springs eternal, more now with the Browser as the ultimate program, instead of another dig at Microsoft.
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Tags: Adobe, Application Development, Google, Java, Microsoft, open source, Platforms, Sun Microsystems, User experience, Web applications
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Every piece of software can be improved by a code review. How these are actually done successfully depends on many things. Here’s a review of an excellent overview of code reviews.
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Tags: change management tools, code reviews, software management, software quality
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
The movement of the WWW into greater interaction is having some unintended consequences and, surprisingly, revisiting some very old conflicts. Ultimately, these are right-brain/left-brain divides. FutureWare’s recent experience with these new/old issues has been, well, eye opening.
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Tags: design, development, digital divide, flex, papervision3d, Web 3.0
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
The telco carriers that control mobile communications access learned how to maximize their service charges very long ago. To paraphrase the Bard, it’s good to be a monopoly, indeed.
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Tags: metered services, mobile communications, telcos
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
The telco carriers that control mobile communications access learned how to maximize their service charges very long ago. To paraphrase the Bard, it’s good to be a monopoly, indeed.
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Tags: mobile communications, monoply, smart phones
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Periodic checkups aren’t enough to maintain good health. Here are some things we use every day that are better than the proverbial Apple in keeping the doctor away.
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Tags: body ball, body by Jake, breath control, elliptical trainer, exercise, staying healthy
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Taking a live training course can be frustrating for the attendees, and trying for the presenter(s). Here are some tips, based on direct experience, that can make it easy and productive for all concerned.
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Tags: software training
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Being a paid-up certified partner has its privileges, but the overhead is starting to really add up, which leads us to re-examine the original reason for becoming a member.
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Tags: certified partner, open source, software liability
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The reason that Apple’s MacBooks are more expensive than their Windows counterparts is amazingly simple: they’re worth more.
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Tags: apple, hp laptops, macbooks, vista
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Trial Lawyers are overlooking a huge windfall by not going after software failures, many of which spectacularly described in the media. A recent decision in California (where else?) appears to give trial lawyers easy pickings.
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Tags: malpractice, software, software failures, trial lawyers
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