Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Sean Owen of Google left a comment on my blog about ZXing‘s availability: We are open for business! I invite everyone to take a look at what we’ve got so far: http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ Neat, an open-source Java implementation for decoding visual tags such as UPC and QR Codes barcodes… From the Google website: ZXing (pronounced “zebra … Read more
Yes, to see them twice! I just bought tickets to see The Police again next Tuesday night, this time closer to Austin, in San Antonio (this stop wasn’t in the original schedule). And this time I am taking the family with me; and my daughter is going to love seeing them live (after listening to … Read more
The agenda for the Java Mobile and Embedded developer Days event has been published. The event is packed with great sessions, and I totally recommend you attending. I was part of the selection committee, and will also present on the first day, where I will continue evangelizing NFC, this time in more detail… Hope to … Read more
Wow, so gorgeous, check it out… Japan’s space agency (JAXA) has released two high definition videos of Earth-rise and Earth-set, as witnessed by its lunar explorer SELENE, which is now orbiting our largest natural satellite. See the videos (note, downloading is slow): “Earth-rise” Images taken by the HD camera of the KAGUYA (no audio) “Earth-set” … Read more
The programmable web continues to grow now at 550 web APIs, and with more than 2500 listed Mashups. The Google Maps API continue to be the most popular or active. As of November 15, 2007: > Total Mashups: 2513 > APIs: 550 > Mashups/Day: 3.19 It is very exciting to see how … Read more
Good writeup by James Pearce, CTO at dotMobi, on Google Android – as told and used by its own developers. I met James at the Mobile 2.0 event, and he is a sharp guy, so you should listen to him :-). I will say though that Android handsets will come out probably in 6 months … Read more
Tomorrow we announce to the world what eZee is all about. We are doing this at the Under the Radar Mobility event. Very exciting. While I won’t be attending the event, as we are preparing for an important milestone, John Sullivan (CEO) will be presenting. Gary Mendel (marketing) and Jim Wheaton (business development) are also … Read more
Last night NOVA PBS aired Judgement Day, Intelligent Design on Trial. This is a very interesting documentary that I recommend that you watch that covers the recent experiences in the United States, as highlighted by the Dover Area School District. The school board decided to introduced the idea of intelligent design into their school biology … Read more
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is at Ubiquitous Thoughts blog. Topics include Google’s Open Handset Alliance and Android, marketing, product reviews, and education. Good read. Previous/recent carnivals that I meant to mention in my blog and all are must reads: Carnival of the Mobilists #96 @ m-trends.org Carnival of the Mobilists #97 @ Vision … Read more
Warning…Warning Will Robinson! The Android is out! So the Android SDK is out… looks very interesting and well thought out. Below is a video of Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz discussing the availability of the SDK and demo applications on the Android platform: As I was suspecting, Android is Java-based, but it is not Java … Read more