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Monthly Archives: April 2008

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Bray on “Why is Ruby on Rails so darn slow?”

Tim Bray said at his Ruby Conference keynote speech last week: Rails is “a big deal, a hot deal”, : : “Let’s face the facts: Ruby is too slow,” Bray told delegates. He says Ruby 1.8.6 – which dominates the enterprise landscape –…

Using Static Analysis For Software Defect Detection

A very good presentation Using Static Analysis For Software Defect Detection; William Pugh, Google TechTalks, July 6, 2006: William Pugh — I’ll talk about some of my experience in using and expanding static analysis tools for defect detection. The FindBugs tool developed at…

Nokia introduces 6212 Classic with NFC support

Good, another phone with NFC; Nokia has introduced its 6212 Classic phone, but now with NFC support; see the press release. See the Nokia 6212 specs (GSM Arena). More related news: The Nokia 6212 Classic with NFC (3G Week) Nokia’s 6212 with Bluetooth…

Multi-modal and iPhone presentation slides from last MobileMonday Austin

A number of people have been asking for Michael’s slides from last MoMo Austin event titled Multi-modal and iPhone; how to adapt web applications in the age of the iPhone (Michael Yuan). Enjoy… ceo

60% of Americans feel uneasy about Web site personalization

I stumbled upon an interesting article that while I’m not surprised by its findings, it is relevant to recent discussions on personalization and critical mass with respect to advanced mobile software. According to a survey by Harris Interactive, nearly 60% of Americans (questioned)…

Carnival of Mobilists #119 at Debi Jones’ blog

If you haven’t yet, go check out the latest Carnival of the Mobilists at Debi Jones (MobileJones) blog, a great edition that summarizes 15+ top blog entries from mobility bloggers from around the world… ceo

On the end of Mowser, and the death of the mobile web

So Mowser is shutting down. That’s too bad. Russell Beattie and Mike Rowehl, the two guys behind Mowser, truly understand mobility and mobile web, had the right idea on content adaptation, executed well on the technical side, but failed to execute on the…

Upcoming SymbianOS Bootcamp in Austin, TX

For those who would like to learn about the SymbianOS, the operating system that powers the advanced handsets from Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson, Austin-based Xenient will be offering a SymbianOS Bootcamp here in Austin, TX on May 5 – 9. It is…

Great MoMo Austin — thanks to Sponsor Nokia, and Speakers

We had a great MobileMonday Austin event last night. Thanks to our sponsor Nokia. Thanks to the Austin Wireless Alliance for helping organize the event, and thanks to our speakers Dan Podwall (Nokia) and Michael Yuan (eZee inc) who presented on the topics…

Tomi T. Ahonen on Data-mining, identity, digital footprint, and social context

If there is a person who truly gets mobility today, and where it is (or should be) headed to, that is Tomi T. Ahonen, best-seller author, lecturer and consultant, who together with Alan Moore, maintains the blog Communities Dominate Brands. Another such individual,…