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Ladies Love Cool eReaders?
Ordinarily, this type of research wouldn’t interest me enough to post, but this hits home. Ladies love e-readers; guys prefer tablets — Tech News and Analysis Just last week, while traveling for the first time with our daughter, my wife announced that she wanted a Kindle. Her timing was funny, considering she had just bought [...]
Diaspora is Lonely
I guess a migration (diaspora) could begin as a lonely experience, but damn, Diaspora is a lonely place. You remember Diaspora, the open alternative to Facebook that kicked off with much fanfare in May 2010? Kinda the anti-Facebook. Anyway, I got an invitation to join over the weekend and decided to kick the tires. Paul [...]
Everything to Everyone is the New Black
There’s a lot going on lately in the tech news arena. What’s interesting to me is that several major consumer players are converging to become all things to their users. Good old soup to nuts makes a triumphant return. Apple pioneered this model. They control every aspect of the user experience from the hardware all [...]
Tacit Haptic Glove for the Visually-Impaired
This is very cool (h/t technabob). Project Tacit: Sonar For The Blind from Grathio Labs on Vimeo. Bonus points, it’s Arduino-based and CC-BY-NC licensed. Steve Hoefer (@grathio) even provides the code, schematics and parts list. This is the type of innovation I’m expecting will rise out of the Android ADK, announced at Google IO this year. Ben [...]
A Java ME Phone Like No Other
In case you thought Java was for stuffy enterprise development, check out this Java ME-powered Hello Kitty phone. Behold the power of Java. Of course, Java ME powers a ton of devices, including loads of mobile phones, but this one is special. In case you think there’s no market for Hello Kitty phones, there’s an Android-powered [...]
Oracle OpenWorld WebCenter Sessions
There will be tons of great WebCenter (@oraclewebcenter) sessions at OpenWorld this year. Check out Kellsey’s rundown: Oracle OpenWorld: Don’t Miss WebCenter Sessions (Oracle WebCenter Blog) In addition, check out the demo grounds, customer and partner sessions. Lots of WebCenter content this year, so make your plans now. In case you were wondering, we won’t [...]
Thanks and Good Luck Rich
Just about a year after we said goodbye to Paul (@ppedrazzi), Rich (@rmanalan) is moving on to an outstanding opportunity at Atlassian. And then there was one, founding member of AppsLab, that is. As it was when Paul left, the mood is mixed. On the one hand, Rich is heading to a great company to [...]
The Final Countdown
T-minus 7 days (August 26th)… until my final day at Oracle, that is. tl;dr; On January 6, 1997, I launched my career in enterprise software with PeopleSoft. I spent my early days traveling around the US, Canada, and Australia as a PeopleSoft consultant, implementing PeopleSoft HR/Benefits/Payroll. I even wrote some COBOL, however, you won’t find [...]
Sarah Connor?
This is just funny, h/t Geekosystem. @111001001101010 Apparently, there’s some disagreement on the current (vs. future) spelling of Sarah’s last name. Is that you Neil Kodner (@neilkod)?
Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility
So, this is kind of a big deal. Official Google Blog: Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility Obviously Google wants to control the end-to-end hardware and software experience of Android devices, a la Apple. From my brief couple weeks using a Nexus S, vanilla Android is pretty nice. You don’t really notice the major [...]
New Mobile-Friendly Oracle SSO Login
If you login to any oracle.com properties today, you’ll notice there’s a new look to the SSO login page. This new page is designed to be mobile-friendly and uses CSS3 media queries to determine the viewport size of your device and render the page appropriately. If you’re not on a mobile device but want to [...]
Hipster Lorem Ipsum
This is hilarious, and not just because several words relate to Portland. Hipster lorem ipsum The next time you need some dummy text for a mockup or prototype, why not spice up that lorem ipsum with some hipster ipsum? It’s been pummeled a bit by traffic, but here’s what it looks like: And here’s a sample: PBR [...]
Random Thoughts about Passwords
Randal Munroe’s comic about password strength this week is classic xkcd. It immediately reminded me of 1Password, which I use and love, and Agile Bits, the maker’s of 1Password, actually posted about the comic as well, breaking down some of the math and cryptography. About a month ago, all IMAP connections to my Yahoo Mail [...]
Rooting, ROMs and Other Mods
The final act of my switch from the HTC EVO 4G to the Nexus S was returning the EVO to stock condition. The EVO is a great phone, despite being ancient in smartphone terms. When it debuted in June of last year, it boasted the largest screen (4.3 inches, which is still among the biggest available) [...]
How a Touchscreen Works
Interesting infographic from Cricket Wireless about the particulars of different types of touchscreens and how they work. h/t Peter-Paul Koch (a.k.a. @ppk), TNW
Apple Passes ExxonMobil as Largest Company by Market Cap
So, this happened today, at least for a few moments, as Apple’s and ExxonMobil’s share prices fluctuated during the day. Apple set to surpass ExxonMobil as large company in the world | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog At market close, ExxonMobil was still larger, by about $600 million in market cap, the measure for largest [...]
A Quick and Comprehensive Type Guide
Thank you Noodlor for putting together this great infographic on typography. If you’ve ever been annoyed or attracted by fonts or typefaces, this is for you. h/t Paul (@ppedrazzi), Fast Company’s Co.Design
Chrome Using SPDY Instead of HTTP?
This one’s weird. Life beyond HTTP 1.1: Google’s SPDY – igvita.com A while back, Google Chrome dropped the http from its location bar. This seemed like a decision based on cosmetic and usability concerns. Maybe not, since now Ilya Grigorik (@igrigorik) who joined Google from the PostRank acquisition in June is saying that Google’s web [...]
Moving to Nexus S, Epilogue
So, I’ve been carrying my new Nexus S for several days, and it has really impressed me. It’s a beautiful device, just the right size, and I love running stock Android, one reason why I flashed my EVO with CyanogenMod (@cyanogen). Why? Because it’s very difficult to compare iOS to Android if you’re running the [...]
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