Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
We’re about half way through my first full Atlantic Hurricane Season. Hannah moved through North Carolina pretty quickly and fortunately left nothing but rain. I’ve looked at a few online hurricane trackers – but StormPulse is the nicest I’ve seen. There’s probably a really good, practical reason to run JBoss AS on an iPhone – [...]
Posted in apple on Mar 26th, 2008
I finally pulled my finger out and bought an AppleTV. I’d been thinking about it for a while but hadn’t quite made my mind up. Which is probably the process most buyers go through. The problem is – it’s not a real slam dunk, killer product that I generally expect from Apple these days. Don’t [...]
Posted in apple on Mar 17th, 2008
I finally succumbed to Apple’s advances and bought an iPhone. I was holding out for one of two things to happen and neither did (completely) – but I found myself in an Apple store and my resolve quickly faded. First – I was waiting for my current (and 3rd) Treo to show some signs of [...]
Posted in apple, Technology on Mar 8th, 2008
I’m still an aspiring iPhone owner – having only bought a second replacement Treo in the last year – I’m not quite ready to shell out more cash right now; and I’m also waiting for TomTom (or a competitor) to port their GPS app. to the iPhone. That’s something I use a lot and I’m [...]
Posted in apple, Technology on Feb 27th, 2008
The chance of me owning an iPhone is increasing all the time; having a broad range of third party apps. would push me over the edge and allow me to dump my Treo (or at least turn it into a dedicated GPS).