Archive for August, 2008

A Simple, But Relevant, Question

Friday, August 29th, 2008

In mid-July, Senator McCain claimed that “Obama would rather win the election than win the war.”

With his selection of the underqualified and relatively inexperienced Governor Palin as his running mate – because of her conservative credentials and (probably more importantly) her gender – couldn’t you say that “McCain would rather win the election than put the most-qualified person just a heartbeat away from the presidency”?

With his medical history and at his age, this is a valid question. But will Obama-Biden have the fortitude to ask it?

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Who’s Got A New Job?

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Ray’s got a new job!!

Congrats, Mr. Senior Account Executive at MZD Advertising!

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Olympic-sized BSOD

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Too funny:

Blue screen of death at Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.

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Apple Should Run China

Friday, August 8th, 2008

The latest reports of Apple’s penchant for silently removing iPhone applications is quite disturbing. This should give any software developer pause before investing any time or energy in developing for the new platform. While I think that the concept of the iPhone App Store is worthy (having a centrally managed, easy-to-use repository for applications with easy installation and updates), Apple needs to take a step back and look at the message their actions are sending to their potential developers.

  • Why is there an NDA required in order to use the SDK?
  • Why can’t apps with “objectionable” adult content be distributed in the app store?
  • Why can’t other app stores be created for those who don’t want to play by Apple’s rules?
  • If any application could be capriciously removed by an Apple censor at any time without explanation, why would anyone choose to develop an application of any significance for this platform?
My message to Apple (not that anyone there is reading this) is stop censoring and stop lying. How hard is that? Apple is turning into a much more devious, untrustworthy company than Microsoft ever was.

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BREAKING OLYMPICS NEWS

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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In case you hadn’t heard.

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