Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Google To Stop Supporting Older Browsers

I just got an email from Google stating that starting March 1st, their web applications will no longer support older browsers, instead, pushing the new HTML5 standard. Here is what they said;In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web...
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Monday, February 1, 2010

In Search Of The Ultimate Mobile Developer Machine

Here we go, please take a ride with me as I search out the ultimate mobile developer machine. Why mobile? Because I hate being tied to a desk. I have desk top machines, but I want something with equal power I can take with me. Here is what I am looking for:Nothing larger than a 15 inch screen. Yes, 15 inches. Any bigger and it's like lugging around a desktop.At least 8GB of memory. I would love to have the ability to upgrade to 16GB or even 24GB. Memory is a developers best friend. Next to CPU speed, it's the key to all goodness.A...
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Friday, January 8, 2010

My 365 Photo Project For 2010

For the past several years, I've tried a 365 Photo Project. You know, take one photo a day and post it somewhere. I've failed at this endeavor, but vowed to win this year.The other day someone asked me what I hoped to accomplish with the project. Honestly, I don't really have an agenda other than to take 365 photos of myself with my iPhone, doing something I do in my everyday life.I guess if I had to choose something, I would see myself getting thinner, you can always see it pictures. So maybe that's one thing I'll take away.You...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Facebook Pushes Out New iPhone App

A long awaited update to the very popular Facebook iPhone application was pushed out to the App Store today. This new version has several new features which you may or may not like; Push Notifications, and contact syncing.The contact syncing is a great new feature that pulls data from your Facebook friends, and adds or updates there information in...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Making Tech Predictions Is Like Riding A Bike With No Seat

I've been reading a lot of posts lately about tech predictions for this year. I even wrote about some technologies to watch. But trying to actually predict what is going to happen is like riding a bike with no seat, one bump and you're done. Predictions are pointless. And even more pointless, are the year end wrap ups to see how well you did. Who gives a crock.In previous posts, I thought I would be cool and make some predictions, call out some technologies, and get on the band wagon. But I was wrong. Instead of predicting...
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