Why Android Will Win

You probably know by now that attendees of Google IO last week received a surprise gift, the HTC EVO 4G. Thank you Google. My wife was in shock that I got not one, but two phones for attending IO. Great, right? This makes a lot of sense for Google, since they need more Android developers [...]

Facebook Buys FriendFeed

So, I take a couple days off and Facebook buys FriendFeed. A bit ironic considering there hasn’t been much to discuss lately. Chet cordially invited me to comment on the acquisition, and even though I planned to anyway, let’s just give him credit for being the tipster. Image by nestor galina from Flickr used under [...]

Vote for APEX!

If you didn’t know this year at Oracle World there have been a number of slots saved for community suggested and voted on topics. In the last couple days two APEX ones have been posted that look very interesting. Rapid Development and Validation of ApEx Applications at an FDA Regulated Medical Device Companyand(Re)Developing a logistic [...]

When is an Unconf Not an Unconf?

Interesting exchange on Twitter in last couple days. The convo started with @yinchang questioning Oracle’s ability and/or required credibility for holding an unconference: To which I replied: Why not? In fact we already did one, at last year’s OpenWorld conference. For whatever reason – perhaps because unconferences can only be organized by those with purity [...]