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Why RSS (aka “non-social syndication”) is better & here to stay

Tech 4 January 2011 | 2 Comments

Over the last two years (longer?) I’ve seen a debate pop up that usually starts with a comment like this: RSS is dead! Long live Twitter/Facebook! Most recently on TechCrunch (via HN). What I don’t understand is why people are missing the point of how people use social networks. The argument that “RSS is dead” [...]

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Productivity Pitfalls

General,Tech 3 May 2010 | 1 Comment

Our lives are complex.  Our jobs are complex.  In fact, I’d be willing to bet that your job is more complex than most of the jobs at NASA in the 60′s.  We’ve got project schedules, implementation goals, deadlines, deadlines and more deadlines.  Business is moving faster and pushing harder than ever.  Fortunately, we have a [...]

Anatomy of a Switcher

Tech 26 April 2010 | 1 Comment

Hello, My name is David, and I’m a PC…Oh, if only it were that simple. I’ve been working in IT for over a decade, and in that time I’ve had experience with just about every computing platform out there.  My first Linux variant was Redhat 5.1, “Manhattan”, which was brand new when I installed it in mid-1998.  I’ve [...]

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iPad, some apps [review]

Tech 24 April 2010 | 0 Comments

So I just wanted to share some of the apps I’ve been playing with and how they’ve treated me. Marvel App In execution, I love the Marvel Comic Book app. The transitions, quality, comic browser all great. My problem is that, literally, all of the comics I care to spend my money on digitally (entire [...]

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iPad day one [review]

Tech 19 April 2010 | 6 Comments

So my first day with the iPad was only a half day and a work day to boot. Most of my day was spent in dev meetings. I would say that during the meeting the iPad was very useful but I’m not seeing anything that makes it indispensable. I was able to pull up any [...]

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