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iSpringsCam : Colorado Springs Traffic Cams on the iPhone

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

(April 26, 2010: Updated with newest features)
A few weeks ago in Colorado Springs there was a fuel tanker crash on the I-25 Interstate, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel and closing the Interstate for over 5 hours.  Traffic patterns were a complete mess as side-roads became major thoroughfares.  As I drove home from work, I [...]

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Build a Simple Map Client with SOAP and Flex

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Last year I led a software project that employed a SOA architecture and a Flex UI.  The features we were able to build with FlexBuilder (now FlashBuilder) were pretty sweet and remarkably easy…  I’ve become a huge fan of Flex as a result.
The new FlashBuilder 4 provides some powerful new tools for integrating with various [...]

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Is rssCloud All Wet?

September 8th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Rogers Cadenhead recently posted his thoughts on why the rssCloud concept “failed to catch on.”    This is a response to his post and an attempt to foster further discussion in the community.
Blue Sky
The main idea behind rssCloud is that your RSS reader can ask to be notified when a feed changes (push), rather than [...]

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Tags: Feeds · News · Opinion