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 [...]
After writing entries for this blog (and the Sip from the Firehose series before we called them blogs) for a number of years, I am asking you tell suggest topic areas for me to blog. There are so many different topics I could blog about, but I also want to make sure that I write [...]
Yesterday, I intereviewed a candidate for CodeGear public and analyst relations (yes, CodeGear is hiring in the marketing, sales, and development areas). During the interview, we discussed how to work with the programming press, what editors/columnists to stay in touch with, editorial calendars, industry analysts, developer web sites and blogs, and many other aspects of [...]
Merry Christmas 2006
Merry Christmas from David I, Vice President of Developer Relations and Chief Evangelist, CodeGear (and part time Santa Claus).
Some of the Codegearians are at home this week. I’m spending the time with my family. I’m also doing a bit of relaxing, reading, and programming. I hope you are all having a good holiday [...]
From PC World online, December 20 - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,128265/printable.html
Here’s the top 10 of their list of the top 21 technology (and technology company) screwups in 2006 along with a comment or two from me.
Flaming notebook batteries - thankfully, none of my notebook batteries were on the recall list.
The HP corporate spying scandal - yikes. Who’s watching?
Electronic voting [...]
DevNooz (Developer News) from the past few days:
I read the following news article on endgadget.com. The article talks about a new use for your USB port. AirSoft turret USB missle launcher mows down unsuspecting office mates. Using your USB port you can fire missles at your unsuspecting co-workers.
Google open sources its Google Web Toolkit (GWT). [...]
I was reading Peter Coffee’s latest eWeek column, “The Boss Wants Us All to Get Agile” (November 6, 2006). I love to read what Peter has to say. I should also mention that Peter has been a past keynote speaker at our annual developer conference. At the Developer Tools Group we believe strongly in being [...]
Readers of this blog might remember the first time I blogged about computers in your shoes and iPod ready jeans. Nike now has Nike+, footwear that connects your running to your iPOD Nano. Nike’s web site tells you to “Get connected to your running experience. Relive your runs. Track your progress.” Nike+ tutorials are available online.
How [...]
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