Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Wishing you and your family a great and safe Christmas and New Year, And a prosperous and full-of-health 2008 (and beyond of course). Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year… ¡ Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo ! ceo United States Patent 6512460: Christmas ornament
As I celebrated my birthday on December 21st, I was reminded that the “end of the world” is just 5 years away on Dec-21-2012, the year the Mayan calendar ends. How some people have extrapolated that the end of such calendar means the end of the world is beyond me… The calendar is cyclical and … Read more
The folks at Sun’s Mobile & Embedded Community has put together a survey to help understand and improve the M&E community and related resources… >>> Take the Mobile & Embedded Community Survey The Survey is open through December 31st. It has been one year since the open source Community was launched and we have experienced … Read more
Paul Ruppert writes Mobile Payments: Top 10 Issues between Banks and Mobile Operators, a good summary of where mobile payments space stands today (end of 2007). Before I start, let me clarify that when I talk about mobile payments, I am not talking about mobile banking. Mobile banking is a much “easier” area to deal … Read more
(The Ballmer Peak) Click to enlarge (xkcd)
The above photo is of the ferris wheel in Helsinki, source: ashlyfanderson Welcome to the Carnival of the Mobilists #104! It is great to be back hosting the Carnival… This week’s Carnival is dedicated to the land of the Finns, where I spent the whole last week. Some facts about Finland. According to the CIA … Read more
The photo above from Russ’ blog shows left to right Mike and Russ; with Russ screaming “W00t” out of his lungs… :-) Mowser is growing; Mike Rowehl has joined Mowser as co-founder. That is great news for Russ and Mowser – the most important piece of the puzzle when starting a business is the team … Read more
So I’m back from Finland… and a very productive week it was. God permit, 2008 will be a defining year for eZee inc. I enjoyed Helsinki, and I had a very hard time adjusting to the time difference; actually, my body/mind didn’t adjust at all… Today I’ll be catching up on a number of very … Read more
Rails 2.0.1 is out. From the Ruby on Rails weblog: Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that’s absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish. We’ve even taken a fair bit of cruft out to make the … Read more
I’m off to Helsinki, Finland this coming week, Dec 10th (well I get there the 11th), leaving the 16th, for some eZee inc. business… Blogging will be light that week… Not sure how much “free” time I will have while there, but I’m looking forward to my 1st visit to Finland, and to meet fellow … Read more