Archive for August, 2008:

Oracle iPhone Resources

Published on August 6th, 2008 8 Comments

The SEO of blogs is so good. The post I did a year ago about the wiki I started inside the firewall to collect iPhone tips and tricks still comes up in the top few results for the keywords “oracle iphone“. That post is in the top five all time for us, based on traffic [...]

Measuring the Cost of a Computer

Published on August 6th, 2008 13 Comments

I was all ready to crank out a heavy work post when this item in my Reader caught my eye. Should You Pay Twice as Much for a Mac? I love this type of title because it captures attention by being potentially controversial, and of course, it references Apple. Good tech news writing always drives [...]

Another Call for OpenSocial App Thoughts

Published on August 5th, 2008 4 Comments

Last week, I asked you what OpenSocial apps you’d like to see in the Connect (and eventually Mix) app directory. Which seeded apps? Any apps you’d like to build or see built? And generally, are you stoked about OpenSocial apps? Not much in the comments, but somehow, I think there’s interest out there. OpenSocial is [...]

More Connect UI Mockups, Do You Care?

Published on August 4th, 2008 6 Comments

If you’ve been away, welcome back, and by the way, I’ve been blogging our design process for the changes we need to make to support OpenSocial in Connect. Today, Rich posted a few new mockups today of his vision for our Connect (and ultimately, Mix) OpenSocial UI. The first mockup shows Rich’s vision for the [...]

Good and Bad iPhone News

Published on August 4th, 2008 2 Comments

A few items from last week caught my iPhone-centric eye. I figured you were all jonesing for iPhone stuff, so here they come. Push Notification I think by now, everyone with an iPhone running 2.0 firmware and a few apps understands why apps should run in the background. Seriously, how useful is AIM if you [...]

Session Didn’t Make the Cut? No Worries

Published on August 1st, 2008 2 Comments

Seems that the dust from suggest a session has settled and the winners are frantically preparing their sessions. Maybe your session didn’t make the cut, but don’t be sad or disheartened. There is another way to present your session topic at OpenWorld. Sign up for the Unconference. Justin announced today that signups for this year’s [...]

Friday Lulz

Published on August 1st, 2008 2 Comments

I read xkcd and actually get about 75% of the jokes, I think. Anyway, this one popped up in Reader this morning, and it made me laugh, especially in light of our recent discussions about O/S, a.k.a. the “which O/S would win in a fight” thread. Enjoy, and read xkcd if you don’t already, and [...]

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