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On Web Standards and rounded corners

October 25th, 2009

I think I agree with this article written ten years ago when the web was still in its infancy. While general web practices make sense, the need for having formal standards seems unnecessary. Website-building technologies have in a lot of ways standardized themselves because of individual developers deciding what is appropriate to use. Looking at the reasons [...]

Farewell Windows Mobile, hello Android

July 31st, 2009

My two-year contract expired in May, which means I’m looking for a new phone. I’ve decided on a Google Android-based phone from my current Motorola Q with Windows Mobile. I wasn’t thrilled about Android’s version one release and now version two is coming out which is a lot better software-wise, I’m just not sure about [...]

Why Windows 7 should be a free upgrade to Vista users

November 11th, 2008

Details have been coming out about the next version of Windows, to be called Windows 7. Vista hasn’t gotten very good praise since it came out. Even though I’m a Vista user and do like it overall, it seems like Windows 7 is basically designed to make critics of Vista happy. And to make it [...]

Targeted advertising and rich content ads

July 19th, 2007

While going through some of the presentations given at this year’s Mix Conference from Microsoft, I realized that while there was a good amount of effort put into showing how Microsoft is paying attention to the interactive user experience, the main focus seemed to be on advertising and what tools Microsoft provides for advertisers for [...]

Why Microsoft loses customers

June 20th, 2007

It was that time again for me to look at new cell phone options. My two-year contract with Cingular was over and I already decided a while ago that Verizon Wireless was looking better this time around. It also meant it was time for a new phone. I had a Windows Mobile-based smartphone the last [...]

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