It’s been quite some time since I mentioned or discussed iOS related jailbreaking. The relatively recent release of limera1n and availability of some truly useful applications on Cydia compelled me to say a few words. Cydia, for those who don’t know, is essentially an unofficial App store that you get access to by jailbreaking your […]
Read MoreMagic Trackpad ? Indeed… 0
One of my earlier posts was about modifying an MBP trackpad for use on the desktop, and despite going to all the trouble of creating a DIY trackpad from an MBP case top, I have to say I’m very pleased with Apple’s recent Magic Trackpad. Everything about the device is perfect for me. I’m using […]
Read MoreiPhone 4 antenna histeria 0
I’ll start by saying that I got my iP4 on 6/23, a day early. I’ve been using it exclusively since, and have terrible reception at home (nothing new for me). Even with the latest 4.0.1 I drop lots of calls, and have periods during almost every call where the call fades in and out but […]
Read MoreGov 2.0 Expo/Conference 0
I attended the gov 2.0 expo last week, and thought that it was a great conference. There was a wide variety of keynote speakers, including Tim O’reilly, Tim Berners-Lee, Gary Vaynerchuck, and Linda Curetan. In addition to hearing from so many influential people, I was there to cherry pick the cloud and web service conferences […]
Read More“Perfect Software” 0
I just finished “Perfect Software” by Gerald Weinberg, the author of “The Psychology of Computer Programming”. It was a very short, but good read. It focuses mainly on software testing, and has a number of interesting perspectives on this all too often under represented area of the software industry. It’s a valuable book not only […]
Read MoreDeath March ? Indeed… 0
I recently finished Edward Yourdon’s “Death March”, and felt like commenting on a few of the things that stuck with me. First, he supposes that most, if not all, software projects are death march projects to varying degrees. I absolutely agree, from the point of view that we still lack comprehensive enough means and processes […]
Read Moreand so the un-freeing of former Sun products begins… 0
OpenSolaris powers my home brew NAS, because ZFS, DTrace, and a number of other key items it provides simply rock, and allow me to do things more quickly and easily (with less grief) than alternatives I’m willing to consider. Yesterday, I saw Ben Rockwood’s blog post regarding a license change to Solaris proper, and it […]
Read MoreThe Tablet Device Rush 0
There has been a deluge of tablet devices recently, so much so that the iPad feels ever more late to the game by the day. Lesser known brands such as Archos have 5″, 7″ and even 9″ parts these days, while the major manufacturers are just jumping into the game (HP Slate?). Microsoft has it’s […]
Read MoreIf you build it (web services), will they come ? 0
A recurring thought came to me again last August while attending a conference called CSIG (Cyber-infrastructure Summer Institute for Geo-scientists), that there seems to be a rush to use new technologies whenever possible, commonly without considering why or how they’ll be used. I’ve experienced this first hand not only in technology companies, but research centric […]
Read MoreWaltzing with Bears, review and opinion 0
I finally finished Waltzing with Bears this week, after nursing it for a few months. It’s a book about “managing risks on software projects” from the authors of Peopleware. Peopleware is one of my all time favorites, so I had high hopes going in. As you may have gathered from my previous comment, that it […]
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