Author: John
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Apparently better to NOT purchase a Droid
I was talking with someone about purchasing a Droid last night. I saw this today from Engadget about a huge jump in the ETF fee associated with smart phones from Verizon. I think that just like their major competitor, they can’t handle the new phones and so would appear to be hoping to freeze the…
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Knox Computer Programming Teams Among Best in Region
6th and 7th at site, good for 40th and 57th in 5-state area October 26, 2009 Two Knox College computer programming teams finished among the top teams in the region, in the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition held Saturday, October 24 at the University of Illinois-Springfield. In the annual competition sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, teams had five…
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iPod Magic
I found myself with a fully loaded iPod this week and without the iTunes library that used to support it. I downloaded, and copied to run from the iPod itself, Sharepod. From the website, Sharepod can: Add and remove music, videos, playlists and artwork on your iPod. Backup all those tracks you just can’t lose…
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Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed
The NY Times discusses the issues, solutions, and equipment in the area of wirless home networking. If you didn’t know that powerline networking is working on Gigabit speeds or where you might wish to deploy it check out the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html. A reminder that for so many of the current uses, a wired…
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Netflix on Corporate Culture
I took the time to actually read this Netflix presentation. I think they really captured the point about not transitioning to a process company when you grow. I know as I moved to opportunities that rewarded effectiveness I always wanted to be the kind of employee that would be ready for this kind of company…
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Seadragon
I see that Seadragon (http://seadragon.com) has been released. Try a large picture of something you like out, enjoy it. The aim of Seadragon is nothing less than to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays all the way down to cell phones, so that graphics and photos are smoothly browsed, regardless of the…
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A nice article on the schedule of a MAKEr
Paul Graham has a nice explanation of the difference in time and schedules between makers and managers at http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html. For those of us who have worked at large companies it is the explanation of why we always sound like we have plans (Dilbert) but never accomplish them. One of the nuggets in the article is…