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Slow blogging week, but all good…

…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.…

As the summer begins…. hire a student

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…

Mobility Weblog not feeling well…

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…

ACM Queue: Articles on SIP

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

R.I.P. Linkblog

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…

About IDEs, Extensions Plug-ins, and Developer Preferences

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…

I've been insulted by an analyst/marketer

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…

Patenting the 'Back' button in mobile applications (yes, this is a real patent application)

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…

Going to JavaOne 2007

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…

Save the Internet Radio

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…