James Duncan: → Homer votes 2012
Homer Simpson: “Why do we have to choose our leaders? Isn’t that what we have the Supreme Court for?”
View ArticleJames Duncan: → Thinking different about the next pro Mac
Chuq Von Rospach muses on how he’d go about redesigning the desktop Mac if here were in charge of such things at Apple.
View ArticleJames Duncan: → Motion induced blindness
Have you ever pulled out in front of a motorcycle or bicycle and swore you didn't see them? That’s motion induced blindness at work. My dad sent a link to this demo which shows how fast stationary...
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Edward J. Yoon: OSS App Hackathon @ National Information Society Agency
Yesterday, there was a OSS App Hackathon arranged by the NIA (National Information Society Agency) in Seoul. I attended as a panel of judges w/ Prof. Lee of the Next, NHN University. A lot of people...
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Piergiorgio Lucidi: Mentioned in the last Alfresco Community hangout
During the last hangout related to the Alfresco Community, Jeff Potts mentioned me for some of my contributions for the Alfresco Wiki.
View ArticleDavid Reid: Time for Round 2
When Ecotricity withdrew their application for a monitoring mast there was a sigh of relief. This was soon followed by the news of a second application for an even higher monitoring mast! That...
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Sergey Beryozkin: OAuth2 MAC Access Token support in CXF
OAuth2 offers a clear differentiation between token grants and token types. Grant is what Access Token service will verify before issuing a token, and the best thing about it is that the same code path...
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Andrew Savory: NatWest iPhone App
It’s not a huge surprise that the iPhone app for NatWest users is a big user experience disaster. Never mind that during sign-up the bank asks you to submit your card number and security code, or that...
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Bryan Pendleton: Another week of Big Data love
My goodness I've been busy this week! What have I been doing? Well, at least part of it has involved reading about the latest Big Data happenings... Interesting article from the eBay team about how...
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Richard Kettelerij: Top-down or bottom-up architecture?
Top-down or bottom-up architecture?: Slides of my talk at the Agile Software Architecture Symposium 2012 in Elst.
View ArticleJames Duncan: → The Apple Maps FAQ
Kontra’s take on the whole iOS Map bruhaha: “Clearly, no one outside Mountain View and Cupertino can say who’s forced the parties to come to this state of affairs.”
View ArticleJames Duncan: → Kickstarter is not a store
I’m really happy to see Kickstarter address the confusion between backing a project and purchasing an item, including having every creator present the risks and challenges around their project. More...
View ArticleJames Duncan: → Vincent Laforet films Endeavour landing in Los Angeles
Vincent managed to score a rooftop view of LAX to film Endeavour arriving in Los Angeles today. He shot it with a 5K RED Epic at 96 frames per second.
View ArticleJames Duncan: → Dan Frommer’s first hour with the iPhone 5
An hour in and Dan already gouged the edge of his slate iPhone 5. My Luma Labs business partner Greg Koenig has been saying for a week that the finish scratching up on the slate iPhones could be this...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-22
Dear Mozilla folks: Persona seems not to work in Safari. Creating new account, confirming email address both result in blank pages. # Powered by Twitter Tools
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-22
Dear Mozilla folks: Persona seems not to work in Safari. Creating new account, confirming email address both result in blank pages. # Powered by Twitter Tools
View ArticleAndrew Savory: gcc and homebrew on Mountain Lion
I’m trying to get B2G built, and one of the steps on OS X is to install gcc (this install is all automated in the bootstrap script). I am on a (relatively) clean install of Mountain Lion. Unfortunately...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Firefox OS build on Mac OS X Mountain Lion
I’m trying to get Firefox OS built on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. It’s not going too well! I checked out the code and ran ./config.sh emulator, then I ran ./build.sh and waited. After a while, I got: 25...
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Bryan Pendleton: 2012 IgNobel awards
The 2012 IgNobel awards have been announced; you can read about them at Improbable Research's website. As Cory Doctorow observed, one of this year's most delightful awards is the Literature Award:...
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Bryan Pendleton: Jim Gray's mantle
It's now been nearly 6 years since Jim Gray was lost at sea. Gray was the pre-eminent practitioning computer scientist in my lifetime. I think what made him special was his ability to blend the...
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