Thoughts on systems, engineering, technology, and life.

interview with C. Enrique Ortiz

Last week I was interviewed by Barbara; check it out… ceo P.S. Thanks Barbara!

Carnival of the Mobilists is Here

I haven’t submitted to the Carnival in a long time… will get to that hopefully soon. But this week’s Carnival of the Mobilist is at the WAP Review. Check it out. ceo

When We Left Earth

The Discovery Channel HD is showing a very cool series (Sundays 9 EST) called When We Left Earth – The NASA Missions; Part 1 ran today. Great images/video clips and historical information… The series is available on DVD and Blue Ray.

Twitter as a Case Study

So Twitter is down, again. Twitter, a great idea, but terribly designed and implemented… Twitter is a great case study: for what a badly designed piece of software is all about, for what not do, or what to avoid, or how NOT to…

Refactoring automation is like a spreadsheet

“Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior of the code yet improves its internal structure.” — MartinFowler in RefactoringImprovingTheDesignOfExistingCode. Refactoring automation is to S/W developers what spreadsheets are to…

Street Art — Banksy

I find Banksy’s work and messages very interesting… Camera Girl: (Click to Enlarge) Soldier, Beth: (Click to Enlarge) Pilton Frisk: (Click to Enlarge) Window Lovers: (Click to Enlarge) More at Banksy’s website. ceo

No MobileMonday Austin (June ’08)

Dear MoMobilists – I haven’t been able to organize a MobileMonday event for this month of June; my apologies. Between eZee inc. product development, go to market and investor-related stuff, plus family and other, I just have had next to zero time to…

Beautiful, Perfect Launch of STS-124/Discovery

A beautiful and perfect Space Shuttle launch, in support of the International Space Station (ISS); STS-124/Discovery carrying Japan’s Kibo laboratory to the Station: After STS-124, there are 9 more missions to go to complete the ISS. See NASA’s Space Shuttle website. ceo

Going Big (Jason Calacanis)

Great set of slides by Jason Calacanis — the three most important factors in predicting the next big thing. | View | Upload your own

Attacking NFC Mobile Phones (Collin Mulliner)

NFC is a technology that not only is being deployed today, but that will be found on mostly every mobile phone in the future. And with this comes security and hacking concerns. I just found an interesting presentation by Collin Mulliner titled Attacking…