This past weekend I had the good fortune to talk with another mobile developer – but not a developer for iOS or Android, but rather from a mobile era already gone by.
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Category Archives: Technology
11 Year Old Game Development: Happy Cats
Ever since my daughter decided that she wanted to develop an iPhone game, she’s been wracking her brain for ideas. Then after she comes up with an idea, there is a rapid-fire question and answer period with Dad (me). Here’s her idea for “Happy Cats”.
The Cloud Brought Me Back Down
In 2005 I wrote an article How Do Normal People Survive With One, in which I outline all the benefits of running multiple computers. In just over six years, it seems that everything has changed…
Welcoming The Cloud
I just figured out that I am suddenly in favour of “cloud computing”. I have switched my opinion 180 degrees on this just today. Here is my revelation…
My History of Programming
I started programming computers in the summer of 1983, so I’m closing in on 28 years of programming. It has been an interesting journey so far – programming for fun, then for school, then for work – and now back to fun again…
Collaboration With A Ten Year Old
This past weekend I was showing my daughters a preview of an upcoming iPhone game I am currently developing. My oldest daughter, now 10, had a few questions.
I Shall Not Facebook
This is my long overdue rant about Facebook. I am facing a Facebook barrage daily — it’s escalating, and it’s getting annoying.
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The Humble Indie Bundle
This is an interesting idea: pay what you want for software. I thought that such an exercise might lead to an overwhelming majority of people paying “nothing”, but it looks like that didn’t happen.
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The Day I Wanted to Un-Delete a File in Linux
I think Carlo Wood’s introduction to the problem is about as eloquent as I could say it: “It happens to everyone sooner or later: a split second after you hit Enter you realize your mistake, but it’s too late; you just deleted a valuable file or directory for which no backup exists. Or maybe you have a backup, but it’s a month old… and in shock you see the past month flash before your eyes as you realize in pain what you’ll have to do all over again…”
How Do Normal People Survive With One?
I have had at least two computers up and running in my house ever since about 1993. At various times in the past twelve years I have toyed with the idea of going back down to one, but it never happens – there is just too much benefit.
I got to wondering today: what do people do when they only have one computer in the house? (I’ll call these “normal people”!)
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