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), [...]

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Ben Abernathy writes a poignant observation about computer science and the kinds of people that come (or don’t come) out of college programs.    The first group ditches computer science altogether, the second delights in making things work, but the third strives for something more elusive: elegance and beauty.  Ben is right to note that [...]

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My mobile phone was getting a little long in the tooth, so I’ve been researching phones for a few months. As tempting as the iPhone is, I didn’t want to switch to AT&T. A couple of weeks ago I took the plunge and bought the HTC Mogul instead. Here are the highlights that made the [...]

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