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07/11 I wonder when this will come to iPhone! — This is a very unusual Android app that I came across. It looks like they are just starting so it’s a bit crude, but highly intriguing… > “HappyTrack is an Android Application that gives you the chance to express how are you feeling and why. Every time you update your status this app will keep track of the time, place and reasons about your feelings. But that’s not all!” (from HappyTrack) What do you think?
07/01 Microsoft is to Google as Lotus was to Microsoft — This isn’t a huge new insight but it’s interesting to see history kind of repeating itself. Sometimes a product is so locked in and so entrenched that it looks like it will never be beat. After all, no one ever got fired for buying IBM right? And you’d have to be crazy to try to build a...
06/30 Inside Job — It’s hard to comprehend people who feel that it is reasonable (let alone ethical, let alone bankers) to get paid on the order of $50 MILLION a year. You should watch the documentary Inside Job. It’s nauseating. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfTcAcGjcU]
06/29 [GEEKY] Full Applications that run in the browser — Sproutcore is a JavaScript framework for writing powerful web applications with less code. It looks to me as a way to write a lot more of your application in JavaScript running in the browser. And this involves moving the logic of the application’s own logic there...
06/27 Interesting approach to teaching computer science — Fun article about Ben Hescott who has some unique – and impressive – approaches to teaching an abstract topic: > Q. Did you experience an “aha’’ teaching moment? A. My first time teaching, I was using PowerPoint slides. One student kept saying, “I don’t see it.’’ So I turned off the c...
06/26 [GEEKY] JavaScript – Universal Language of the Future — JavaScript is the language of the future. Why do I say this? I love Ruby, I respect Java, and I am jealous of Python. And of course I have a warm spot in my heart for C++. Think about it. JavaScript is unique among all those languages: - Any computer you can get your hands on nowadays has a workin...
05/29 Sudafed and Voting — A theme that I have followed in this blog is the question of whether it’s a good idea to require a picture ID of some kind before permitting a citizen to vote. In another [article in the New York Times called “Republican Legislators Push to TIghten Voting Rules”,](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/u...
05/25 University Teaching – homework, tests and grades? — I am about a week from beginning teaching my course at Brandeis University. The curriculum is a little different from last year, focusing on mobile software engineering and game development. This is different from last year, where we focused both on web and mobile software engineering. The ...
05/23 [GEEKY] REST and the PATCH verb — Last year when teaching REST concepts at Brandeis University I proved the truism that there’s no better way to learn about something than to try and teach it. We (all) wrapped ourselves around the axle trying to understand HTTP “PUT” versus HTTP “POST” and l...