Author: Jake

As with last year’s Google IO, Google sent us home with several cool gifts this year. All attendees received the Limited Edition Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a Verizon LTE MiFi, as well as the promise of a Samsung Chromebook when they are released in June. Unlike last year, several goodies were given to the attendees… Read More

Rich (@rmanalan) pointed me to a post called Why Mobile Apps Will Soon Be Dead. This is, and has been, a hot topic for quite some time, as developers move to mobile and are faced with learning new skills on new platforms and face new deployment and distribution hurdles. The announcement of Angry Birds for… Read More

Thanks to John Sim (@JRSim_UX) and his work with Fishbowl (@FishbowlE20), I found this interesting proof of concept video done by John Brunswick (@johnbrunswick) showing a Dropbox experience on top of Oracle UCM. E2.0 Workbench Podcast 3 – HTML5, UCM and WebCenter “QuickBox” | John Brunswick Pretty cool stuff. We’ve been in love with Dropbox… Read More

I’m happy to announce that AppsLab has grown by one, and we’re pleased to welcome Noel Portugal (@noelportugal) to our little family. If you read here, you’ll recognize Noel’s name. I first met Noel back in June 2008, when he reached out to me to show me OraTweet, his Twitter clone built with Oracle APEX.… Read More

I considered making that a question, but let’s be honest. Macs have never been invulnerable to penetration; they’ve just been underserved. Crying wolf? Apple support forums confirm malware explosion | ZDNet When my parents finally decided it was time to get a computer, I recommended a Mac. One of the many reasons was that malware… Read More

So, this is weird. The Galaxy Tabs all Google IO attendees were given last week aren’t recognized as file volumes when connected to a computer. Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition not seen in Android File Transfer, Windows usability is spotty — Engadget I heard about this first from Matt (@topperge), and initially thought it was… Read More

Yesterday, I saw a post on five reasons why Chromebooks are a good idea. Then later, one on six why they’re not. These aren’t point-counter point posts, but they do seem to take enterprise vs. consumer perspectives. Last week, during the IO keynote, I remember thinking that although the chipper marketing targeted a consumer’s perspective,… Read More

This has me weirded out a bit. University of Chicago Shows Off its Automated Library | Geekosystem Check it out in action. Where to begin. It’s definitely an intelligent and economical use of space, like vertical or condensed bike parking. So, I admire the design. Still, it feels like someone set out to create Wikipedia IRL.… Read More

Maybe you remember the Most Useless Machine? It’s been upgraded and now takes offense at your insistent operation. Useless Machine Upgraded, Fights Back | Geekosystem Happy Friday.

Update 3: The short answer is yes and yes, but not without your approval for each. Read on if you want the full story. By now, you may know that each attendee of Google IO (@googleio) received a limited edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This is a great tablet, slimmer, lighter and seemingly better constructed… Read More

So yesterday at Google IO (@googleio), Chromebooks were officially announced, and we saw this video for the first time. Pretty smart advertising. Google’s push into enterprises and educational institutions is also smart, although you wonder why Google Apps weren’t bundled. Give it time. This feels like Take X at the good old NC, maybe with… Read More

Here’s an interesting story Chris (@cbales) sent me about why tablets can’t be treated as small desktops. What Enterprise Software Firms Can Learn From Angry Birds – CIO Central – CIO Network – Forbes Seems obvious, but when you’re in the development weeds, it’s an easy assumption to make. Save time, get something out to… Read More

Interesting follow-on to the discussion from last week about the impending demise of feeds. Stay N Alive: Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS, Completely I briefly tried the feeds on both Facebook and Twitter years ago, but neither really worked for me, too noisy and too many. There’s an interesting nugget in this post… Read More

Another interesting item came from Ultan (@ultan), our sometime contributing author and UX dude. This TEDxCMU talk by Luis von Ahn explains reCAPTCHA. Before you pass because you (and everyone else) hate captchas, reCAPTCHA is different. When you complete a reCAPTHCA, you’re helping Google (who acquired them in September 2009) to digitize the World’s printed… Read More

Found a few things over the weekend that I wanted to share before Google IO (@googleio) starts. “Grey’s Anatomy” Fans To Get an Interactive Viewing Experience on iPad I found out about this from using the ABC Player for iPad, which is exactly what TV studios should be producing. The iPad’s use cases are still evolving,… Read More

Kind of a big deal that I somehow missed. BlackBerry is a blindspot for me for a number of reasons. RIM to Extend BlackBerry Enterprise Server to Android, iOS | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD RIM extends device management to iOS, Android h/t ppk (@ppk) Many of you are IT pros, so is… Read More

Great observation from Doghouse Diaries (@willrayraf) h/t Geekosystem. Oddly, I found out that Osama bin Laden had been killed by accident on the TV of all places. Mostly because the news had preempted a show I wanted to watch. I felt a wave of nostalgia. I’ve used Twitter as my go-to for news for years now, e.g.… Read More

Not much going on lately, so I though why not bring a thread Chet (@oraclenerd) and I had going over email to light. Last week, Google Reader was acting up, and I mused that it might not matter since no one used it anyway. That led to a declaration that RSS was dead, although I… Read More

Funny take on how work has evolved. CoreToon: Things To Hang On Your Wall – Core77 Thinking about this, how many reality shows profile jobs like those in the cartoon? I can think of a dozen offhand. We’re oddly drawn to watching Alaskan crabbers, truckers, coal miners, loggers, restaurant workers, etc. The only cubicle dweller… Read More

Terms of service have been front and center for a few weeks now. First there was the location tracking fiasco affecting both iOS and Android users. Lawsuits have already been filed against both Apple and Google. Now today, I found this item warning against migrating Delicious bookmarks to AVOS, who purchased the service from Yahoo… Read More