I’ve been hearing a lot about Twitter lately, and while I do use it I don’t always enjoy it (which speaks to a certain level of sadism, but that’s another story altogether). I do, however, appreciate how aptly named the service is, because when used in a manner which some people seem to call “effectively” [...]
Let’s face facts: everyone, at some point in time, has entertained the thought of writing a book. We all like to think that there’s some little priceless nugget of information tucked away in our brain just waiting to be shared with the world and we’re obviously doing a disservice to humanity by keeping it locked [...]
I recently came across a problem developing an application that I hadn’t thought of before (mostly because it’s not something I’ve ever had to do before) but is, in its generic sense, a problem as old as computers themselves. That problem is, of course, portability. No I’m not talking about the dreaded Windows/Unix/Apple debate. I’m [...]
