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…busy, but it was a good week… Completed another drop for one of my clients, Edioma — I created for them a very cool micro-learning application that is entering BETA, that allows people to learn and translate between languages using their mobile handset. I've to admit, (not that I'm biased) but the application looks great, … Read more

As we start the summer of 2007, something for you to consider… If you have a business, or are starting one, allocate within your hiring budget to have (summer) intern(s), at least one or two. Not only you will be helping a student become a professional and learn and understand about the “real world” through … Read more

I've been having serious problems w/ my weblog software for a while now… This is affecting my weblog's performance. On a daily basis, my weblog gets “stuck” — it's spawning hundreds of simultaneous processes, running out of memory, and crashing and burning. I've to monitor my webapp throughout the day, and restart. This baffles me, … Read more

The ACM Queue magazine has published a number of great articles on SIP. Some of the articles of interest include: SIP Primer, SIP Glossary, Unified Communications with SIP, Decentralizing SIP, and Making SIP make Cents. ceo

One of my favorites blogs, Erik C. Thauvin's Linkblog, has gone R.I.P. I will miss Erik's Linkblog, but I understand why he decided to stop; it is a lot of work — information overload… I want to thank Erik for putting up and sharing his great resource linkblog for so many years, which was one … Read more

Integrated Development Environments (IDE) are (obviously) great tools that simplify the life of software developers. But it is very important to realize that IDEs are very personal in nature; some people like to use IntelliJ, others like NetBeans, while others prefer to use Eclipse, and so on… This is similar to web browsers, which also … Read more

Dan of the Mobile Enterprise Weblog, writes about This is what happens when we let engineers run the show… Ouch… that post is an insult to readers with engineer-like background (such like me). …“pompousness” “valuable and problematic”… …“This is what happens when we let engineers run the show. Users are supposed to be educated, and … Read more

While doing some IP due diligence, I found that someone is trying to patent the back button… (in case you are wondering, I found this by coincidence, no I'm not trying to patent the back, forward or any other kind of buttons). You have to be kidding me… See it for yourself… I don't want … Read more

Hey all… I'll be at JavaOne on May 9-11th. Shoot me an email if you would like to chat during the conference; that would be great…. Or follow my twitter; I will “twit” when/where I am or will be available… (disclaimer — I am not a huge twitter user, but I find it useful during … Read more

I am an Internet Radio listener – I listen to it on a daily basis, and am listening to it as I write this. I even contribute $ to it. If you are an Internet Radio listener, I encourage you to go to the SaveNetRadio.org web site and show your support. Even if you are … Read more