MIT’s Technology Review magazine presented it’s 2008 special report listing 10 emerging technologies "that we think are most likely to change the way we live". Two, on the list, that I have been "jonesing" for are Offline Web Applications (I prefer the term Rich Internet Applications, or RIAs) and Wireless Power.
For RIAs, Technology Review highlights Kevin Lynch, Chief […]
It’s Leap Day, February 29th. An extra day this year for all of us to get more done. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology leap year FAQ page describes a Leap Year, Leap Second, and even the possibility of a Negative Leap Second. There is even an Honor Society of Leap Year Babies home page. Time […]
2007 is now over. What a year it was. Even though there were many changes in our company and industry this past year, we continued to move forward to deliver state-of-the-art capabilities, deliver new produicts, and respond to customer demands.
We shipped new versions of everything (JBuilder 2007 release 2, Delphi 2007, C++Builder 2007, Interbase 2007 […]
Many of us will be home next week enjoying some time off for the holidays. While I will also be spending time with my family, I will also be catching up on reading, writing, and programming.
Thank you to our CodeGear community for a great 2007. I appreciate all that many of you have done to […]
In the recent Time magazine report on "One Day in America", the issue lists the American workers hapiness index. The index lists jobs by the percentage of workers in a category that report they are very happy with their job.
Computer programmers, in the Computers and Technology category, are listed as 30.1% very happy with their […]
I have been travelling to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Washington DC for the past four weeks. While catching up on some of my article and blog reading backlog, a couple of articles caught my eye.
Why Isn’t Facebook Built in Java? Why do ‘cool kids’ choose Ruby or PHP to build websites instead of Java?
Java Remains […]
I have been following Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative since its inception. This month, starting November 12th in North America, OLPC is running a "get one, give one" program. For $399 you can get the laptop and also have one sent to a child in a developing country. The details are available on the […]
There has been a lot of software innovation in the first 50 years of the computer industry. Software continues to transform our world. The CEOs of companies that are members of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) believe that 75 percent (or more) of the software innovations and benefits are still to come. Lack of skilled […]
Martha and I are down in Los Angeles for USC parents weekend. Today we sat in on a fun lecture titled, "The Eight Simple Things you should be certain your children have learned before we grant them their diplomas". While the lecture and this list were focused on students and parents, the 8 things also […]