JamieG Analysis

Microsoft historically comes from behind, and history may be repeating itself with Microsoft coming from behind like a tsunami.  See this new Xbox TV commercial as an example. This is amazing if it actually works.  No more remote control.  My life will love me, the price of a Xbox is worth it just for that [...]

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As a 42 year old developer who started using a VC20 computer when I was 9 years old, I have seen how the world has evolved over the years.  It amazes me how we are set to repeat the errors of old.  Even with the internet recording the history of programming patterns, the new generation [...]

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Mobile development has always been a pet hobby of mine.  I have been studying it for quite some time.  Not knowing which way to jump. Yesterday, however, I discovered a huge issue with Android.  A fundamental fault in Android that, as a developer, lets all the hot air out of it as a mobile platform. [...]

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Google Plus looks great.  Its been a while since I have blogged but this is defiantly something I simply have to speak up about.  Put it simply, my initial impressions is that Google Plus is the alternative to Facebook I have always wanted but was not sure how it would actually look like.  All the little issues I have [...]

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Google just purchased Widevine, a major DRM player (Read here).  This turns Google into a content super power like Apple and Microsoft.  The need for a Switzerland of content DRM, Adobe Flash, is now disappearing.  Is Adobe Flash really running out of options? As a developer, watching the propaganda of HTML5 completely wiping out Flash [...]

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