I took the plunge and spent my precious Sunday afternoon exploring the world of Apple software development. I hunkered down and completed the simple Currency Converter Guide from Apple’s Developer Connection website. I thought that the guide was well organized and covered most of the important topics and design decisions regarding object oriented programming and…
Category: Editorials
Articles sharing my perspective on topics that do not fit in a more specific category.
Advertisement Free Google Searches!
I recently discovered this URL: http://google.com/ie Essentially it is a no frills version of Google Search. There are no advertisements and results are displayed as a list of links. Speeds are surprisingly even faster than the normal Google search. I came about this information when viewing Fravia’s web site about search techniques. A very interesting…
My Thoughts on Macworld 2008
This was the first Macworld (Steve Jobs Keynote) that I actually kept tabs on since switching over to Apple hardware last year. I had watched recordings of the previous events and this year definitely did not top the last 2. I mean, Randy Newman was the one more thing which I thought was pretty lame…
I Predict the Blu-Ray Disc Format Will Be the Winner
Update: I was right! We have repeated history and now have another format war much like VHS vs. Betamax, but now with digital technology instead analog. The uncertainty about which format would receive mainstream adoption has made most people avoid the move to high definition altogether until everything is sorted out. After all, to most…