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Why I like the iPhone App Store Model

By zacharyc | Published: October 23, 2008

Much of the popular media these days is dubbing the iPhone App store and Apple’s process as: Unreliable Close Minded Capricious Rejection Filled After thinking about this for a couple of days, I think that the people writing these claims have some valid points, but I’m actually really in favor of the model Apple has [...]

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How long does a Keyboard last?

By zacharyc | Published: September 20, 2008

I have an older generation Apple Keyboard (this one is german, mine is standard US, but the design is the same and I don’t feel like taking a picture). The problem is, my spacebar key is starting to crap out on me (or I’m losing thumb strength and can no longer hit it as hard). [...]

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Wil Shipley on the Mojave Experiment

By zacharyc | Published: August 11, 2008

Wil Shipley wrote a blog post on the Mojave Experiment whereby Microsoft “proved” that Vista is a great operation system. I think Wil makes a couple of really powerful points in his article, but there is one that I feel he leaves out. These people were shown what they thought to be the NEXT version [...]

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TOC on all Books Please

By zacharyc | Published: June 15, 2008

I shop for mostly non-fiction books. Most of these books tend to be on new and emerging technologies. When I’m purchasing a book on a technology, I really want to know the content of the book before I purchase it. What I really want is a table of contents. Just a list of the chapter [...]

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Review of Head Rush AJAX

By zacharyc | Published: January 18, 2008

I recently finished reading Head Rush AJAX and would like to share my comments on the book. This book is written by Head First Labs and is the first of the series I have read. I picked it up because of a recommendation from a friend. I remember looking with disdain at the books in [...]

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What I want to for the Holidays

By zacharyc | Published: November 20, 2007

I found the best gadget. Amazon just released the Kindle and this thing looks great. Its an ebook reader with some additional features that distinguish it from the rest. Firstly, this device has a EVDO built in. What does this mean? No need to find Wifi to download a book, Kindle connects like a cell [...]

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My Thoughts on Software Engineering

By zacharyc | Published: September 16, 2007

I was having a conversation with a couple of friends the other day, when the topic of Software Engineering came up. I have been working in the software industry for over two years. I do not consider this to be a large amount of time. Nevertheless, I have learned a significant amount of software engineering. [...]

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Quality Design and Computer Programming

By zacharyc | Published: August 16, 2007

Recently a friend and I had a conversation about the quality of programmers in the workplace. Without delving too deeply into the specifics (so as not to get anyone in trouble), we discussed various metrics for measuring programmers and how they perform. That conversation, along with a recent talk I heard about quality of code, [...]

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iPhone Review

By zacharyc | Published: July 3, 2007

Last Friday, June 29th, Apple released the iPhone. I waited in line on Friday to see the phone and I have to say I was quite impressed with the overall quality of the phone. It was almost exactly as I had expected. To follow is a short review of the iPhone and my thoughts of [...]

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