January 2009
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WatchAn interesting keynote about location in web applications from Adrian Holovaty, Co-creator of Django Python framework and CEO of EveryBlock.
WTF! Yet another “new concept” for the same thing. “Rich Enterprise Applications”. Oracle, please, we are not fools.
http://rea.oracle.com/
For all Java geeks, JBoss do Twitter too. @JBossNews or http://ping.fm/omdEv
Bolt is a great mobile browser alternative specially for BlackBerry users. http://boltbrowser.com/
Apple iPhone kicks BlackBerry Storm’s ass.
http://ping.fm/2gScV
A good read for entrepreneurs: 7 Reasons My First Business Failed by Neil Patel. http://ping.fm/p6fgf
This is so great, Muxtape is back to business, let’s rock again! http://muxtape.com/
If you want to learn the new Python 3 and the main differences with Python 2 stay tune for Dive Into Python. http://ping.fm/lwfl3
A quick video shot about Internet’s Radical Transparency with Wired Magazine Senior Editor, Nick Thompson. http://ping.fm/Nxqhe
I’m playing with Blogrize, a social community tool for blogs, is like the son of Digg and Google Reader. http://blogrize.com/
Breaking! Russia plans to develop a national operating system to stop depending on foreign technologies. http://bit.ly/ePTl
“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really...”
– Steve Jobs (via marco)
Lego is preparing a massive multiplayer online game for this 2009. Detailed info at Lego Universe: http://universe.lego.com/
Asus is cooking the future of custom PC manufacturing. http://www.wepc.com/ ( watch out Dell. )
Good news for Blackberry fans, RIM finally opens the Blackberry application storefront for application submissions. http://ping.fm/3B5OQ
Is bad behavior a natural result on popular social news sites like Digg or Mixx ? http://ping.fm/tcmDN
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WatchStrandbeest a film about the kinetic work of Theo Jansen.
The walls between art and engineering exists only in our minds, Theo Jansen. Strandbeest: http://www.strandbeest.com/
This is a great tutorial about Regular Expressions in Java. http://ping.fm/60Wre
Service Oriented Architecture is dead, says The Burton Group. Interesting post about how economy affects IT implementations. http://ping.fm/plIxM
Ecofont is a new “green” font by Spranq that helps to reduce the environment impact of printing. Please, try it. http://www.ecofont.eu
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And old one, but always inspiring. Steve Jobs at Stanford. ‘You’ve got to find what you love’. http://ping.fm/9qCo8
Fiscal stimulus alone would not be enough to promote a lasting economic recovery, says Ben Bernanke. http://ping.fm/LpLtu
If you are interested in the environmental concerns of information technology read The Greener Computing. http://ping.fm/Bf8F9
“Stop daydreaming about the day you’ll make things happen. Start making it happen...”
– Rob Walling
Work on stuff that matters, and advice by Tim O’Reilly. http://ping.fm/8tG7s
Watching Blade Runner The Final Cut, a great movie for the weekend.
The Django Book Second Edition starts to growth.
http://ping.fm/wCbsB
What do you think about Green Computing, are you supporting it ?
I expect so interesting topics at the Microblogging conference in Hamburg, Germany. http://www.mbc09.de/ #mbc09
Today Palm is going to reveal his super-secret Nova smartphone, too much expectations. I hope Palm surprise us. http://bit.ly/6ikb #ces09
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Last night I had a dream about minimalism, so abstract to describe it in plain words, but the message was: “Form must follow function.”
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The “Curse of Silence” is a new exploit for mobile phones powered by Symbian OS that works trought SMS and was demostrated this past December 30th at the Chaos Communication Congress. This exploit atacks the SMS capabilities on the affected phone, and the user cannot receive new SMS text messages. More information at: Curse of Silence, a Symbian S60 SMS Exploit.
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If you have a great idea for Google mobile services is time to share it with the world. http://ping.fm/3tf23
Finally, Steve Jobs speaks about his health. :) http://ping.fm/YA2PP
As I learn more of TurboGears framework I like it more over Django for rapid Python web apps development. http://turbogears.org/
Dreaming to control computers, games and gadgets with your mind? You can do it with neurotechnology and Emotiv. http://emotiv.com/
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Exited about the Palm’s Nova presentation next week at CES. Last chance for Palm to rock again in the smartphone arena.
I’m migrating Google App Engine code to Grails, why ? Because App Engine self restrictions. Hosting recommendations for Java apps ?