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I am a widget enthusiast – well designed/focused widgets rock, and will become standard gadgets on desktop as well as mobile. Om recently wrote a piece on widgets for Business 2.0 – see Suddenly everything's coming up widgets… “Breaking down the Web into small, portable pieces is the smart trend that everyone from Nokia to … Read more

I don't watch many (very) old movies, but I've to say… after 60 years, Rita Hayworth, in her 1946 movie Gilda (she was 28 years old then), oh boy, what a gorgeous, sleek woman she was, really – an American actress of Spanish and English descent that would make men today shiver as I'm sure … Read more

I don't know what else to do… Technorati doesn't want to update my blog. It says my blog was last updated 136 days ago, which is not true. I have tried ping, reclaiming, and other, and have emailed them a number of times – with no luck, no response from them. :-( C. Enrique Ortiz' … Read more

        Where: InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel Austin, Texas USA When: 26-27 September 2006 Website: www.twsummit.com The 2006 Texas Wireless Summit will provide a fast forward glimpse that goes beyond 18 months on what to expect from disruptive new technologies and busi-ness models that will appear in the wireless industry, the critical … Read more

Sad news today. We are very sorry to learn about the sudden death of Steve Irwin. My family and I enjoyed very much his shows, and his enthusiasm, and lessons about the animal wildlife. Life is so short, and I 'm glad that he enjoyed so much what he did for a living, his family, … Read more

I always have enjoyed data visualization and simulations. From my days as a teen when attaching oscilloscopes to analog sources such as the music stereo receiver and “watching” the music, to my days as a computer science student visualizing data structures and logic flow (and simulating the immediate (heat) effects of nuclear explosions). A picture … Read more

If you are working on medical systems, or large systems or Information Technology (I/T) where compliance and audits are very important, grab a copy of this month's ACM Queue magazine, which is packed with good information on compliance, from SOX to HIPPA and SAS 70, and how to keep score. This month's copy also contains … Read more

Blogging is not easy… blogging good content that is. When writing good content, something has to give: Blogging Conjecture #1: The amount of (good, daily) content found in a weblog is proportional to the amount of work the blog author really accomplishes at his/her real day-job; unless the author's real day-job is blogging, or he/she … Read more

My blog will be quiet for a while… I'll be enjoying some time off in the beach w/ the family… Have a good one. Later! ceo

The commercial (Java) IDE market has been going through a transformation that started more than 3 years ago. And it all started with the introduction of NetBeans and Eclipse free IDEs. I remember (and experienced in person) the love-hate relationship between Metrowerks and Sun, with the CodeWarrior (CW) folks creating the CodeWarrior for Wireless product, … Read more