JamieG Analysis

The FUD Apple has been able to generate about flash is amazing.  As a developer myself that uses Flash in front end interfaces, this battle of words has made me sick to the stomach.  Not because either side is wrong, but because Apple is printing lies and falsehood about flash.  And, I tend to dislike [...]

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As a developer I have noticed of late that it is much easier to get into development.  Development tools are all FREE, or can be obtained for a generous period for free and with greatly reduced cost compared to 5-10 years ago.
So what is going on.  Development tools are expensive to develop. Why are they [...]

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Yet again, the debate about which is better, film or digital, has broken out on a forum site for film owners.  Following is my input into the debate.  I wanted to post it to my blog as I feel my DJ analogy was insightful (to may anyway) so want to share it to a wide [...]

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Recent trends developing between the big IT players, Google and Microsoft, are starting to paint a very interesting picture.  At PDC, Microsoft recent developer conference, they have announced Azure.  What is Azure? Well, it is Microsoft answer to Google and the future business model to carry Microsoft forward in a future where operating systems and [...]

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An interesting post on TechCrunch was pointed out to me today by Philip Hodgetts.  Philip has been putting his acceptance behind the open-web based around the push by Apple into WebKit/javascript and Javascript frameworks like Sproutcore. (Note this can also now be said for Google and the new Chrome browser) Today we have another contender [...]

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