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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On Craft
January 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Go Mobile with Mogul
November 24th, 2007 · No Comments
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 [...]
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Atom Compliance Shows XML Parsing is Still a Mess
November 12th, 2007 · No Comments
RSS and Atom guru James Holderness just issued a report on the how well namespaces are being handled by feed readers that understand Atom. The results are dismal:
…Matters haven’t improved much since this issue was first discussed nearly two years ago.
… Of the thirty-odd products I tested, ten 2 were incapable of subscribing to [...]

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