I’d like to compare the current state of software development, particularly “private” Web applications for businesses, to the American landscape of the 1800’s. On the one hand you had the Wild West. Cowboys, indians, land and riches for the taking, almost anything goes, he who’s quickest on the draw wins, etc. OK, I’m kind of […]

Hey everyone! I’ve started a new video blog to be an adjunct to The Idea Basket, so sometimes when I feel like doing something more fun than typing on a keyboard, I’ll post a new video episode instead. You can watch the video on the jump, or visit this page at YouTube. This short introduction […]

Way to go Apple! From my comment at OSNews:
What seems to be the hidden story in these Q3 results is how incredibly well the Intel switch is going at this point. Apple sold the highest number of Macs in a quarter since 2000, yet the desktop sales went DOWN, due to people waiting for new […]

Things have been pretty quiet around here lately; mainly because I haven’t found anything very interesting to talk about and have been so busy doing tedious low-level programming work. It’s good to clean up and polish code, but certainly far less glamorous than inventing cool stuff from scratch. In another life, I’ve also been busy […]

End of last week I attended a two day photography workshop taught by a couple of instructors from The Institute of Photographic Studies. These two crazy guys travel around the world taking amazing photos, teaching workshops, and and documenting and helping missionary and charitable efforts in far-flung corners of the globe. Both of them come […]