Photo by good friend Eddie Awad from Flickr used under Creative Commons A couple items of note heading into OpenWorld. Current students can get into JavaOne and Oracle Develop for free. There are a few qualifications: You must be enrolled in an accredited nonprofit institutions of learning during the Fall semester/quarter of 2010, taking a [...]
Photo by koalazymonkey on Flickr used under Creative Commons Saw an interesting quote attributed to Mark Zuckerberg yesterday: But guess what? Nobody wants to make lists. A bit out of context, but Zuckerberg was expanding on the best way to share things with a network of people. He’s absolutely right about lists. They are simultaneously [...]
Photo by incurable_hippie from Flickr used under Creative Commons Had an interesting epiphany today. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about documenting my life because I’ll soon be a father. As I’ve gotten older, my memory and now, it seems more important (urgent even) to document it somehow in case my kid ever wants to [...]
Photo by jetalone from Flickr used under Creative Commons Most of the time, spam makes me laugh. Earlier in the week, I got a spam note that is worth passing on for its epic failure. The subject was “The book Oracle does NOT want you to read.” OK, I’m intrigued, if only because someone thought [...]
Photo by Marta Pocztarska from Flickr used under Creative Commons So, now it’s out in the open. Paul, our leader and founder, is leaving the team to jump into a great, new opportunity at Deutsch LA. While this is obviously a great moment for him and his family, it’s melancholy for us. We love Paul [...]
At the end of a call with the team today, Paul (@ppedrazzi), Rich (@rmanalan) and Anthony (@anthonyslai) were talking about phone cases. As the red-headed stepchild on the phone, I might not have it exactly right, but it sounded like Anthony is still rocking the plastic overlay on his HTC EVO. You know that sticky, [...]
Photo by alex_lee2001 on Flickr used under Creative Commons I’m fired up this morning. The email account we use for this blog is a target for spam, which is expected when you include an address on your site. I totally get that. I routinely see 1-5 spam emails a day and occasionally, a phishing one. I’m [...]
Photo by madmack66 from Flickr used under Creative Commons If you’re like me, you’ve probably used a bunch of phone numbers throughout the course of your life. Maybe you moved or changed cell phone providers back in the dark ages when you couldn’t bring your number with you. Ever get the itch to call one [...]
I’ve spent a few days talking about smartphones, and as I mentioned in my EVO review post, I’ve switched away from the iPhone, which I loved for three years. With the iPhone 4 on deck to wow us all with new features, I’m wondering what it would take to switch again. I’m talking about between [...]
A lot of ink has been spilled lately about Facebook and its privacy changes. Some key people have deleted their accounts, and not one, but two so-called open projects have started. This is all noise. Even if all the people who rail against Facebook’s privacy changes, do actually quit (they won’t), that will only be [...]