Author Archives: Travis Bailey

Aggregate and Separate …

Share Palm recently announced the impending release of the next evolutionary leap in their line of smartphones… The Palm Pre. While an objective observer will likely note a number of positives and negatives about the device. What I find interesting is a couple of notions brought forward by the presentation at CES. Aggregate and Separate Palm [...]
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A Gen-X Opinion on Social Media

ShareRecently heard: I don’t get the whole social media thing… if I want to talk to someone I’ll just call them. Social Media is on the way out. No one uses it other than those in technically related industries. I say these people are: Truly missing out on a very useful and generally free service Are sorely misinformed about social [...]
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I Don’t Welcome Google Chrome

ShareInternet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, “oh my”… Flock, Thunderhawk, Lynx, “really?!”… So many derivatives of each engine… Game Console Browsers, Mobile Browsers, Kiosk Browsers… “Oh give me a break!” And Google wants to introduce yet another… Google Chrome… Why, why, WHY?! I’ve heard many reasons “…they want to get more market share from Microsoft…” “…they have a better engine concept…” “…they don’t want to be hampered [...]
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Future of Web Browsing and Other App Interactions

ShareI happened across a seemingly ordinary slashdot.org article talking about a conceptual Mozilla browser, codenamed Aurora. While this browser is a long way from reality and does build on some older concepts, I am noticing a pattern in how we are building our applications. I find it intriguing, novel, and fun… but I’m unsure [...]
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Jack be Agile, Jack be Quick…

ShareAlright, so the nursery rhyme goes slightly differently. Regardless, I couldn’t resist talking more to the Agile process; since another big dogs has realized the benefit. Adobe (of all folk) has announced the success of using an iterative process in the development of CS3. Clearly, no one process will rule all. But I still reassert that [...]
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