August 2009
The Temptation of the Mobile Web
Posted by on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 in - 5 comments
In all of the talk about devices that provide pervasive internet connectivity (like the iPhone, Palm Pre, and Android phones), I had yet to see anyone address what I see as the most significant drawback of such devices. Until, that is, Tim Bray wrote up his experience with his Android G1 phone and …
Dr. Michio Kaku explains the pending possible proof of multiple universes (well, multiverses).
Posted by on Sunday, August 23, 2009 in - 1 comment
The Apple-ication Tax
Posted by on Sunday, August 23, 2009 in - 8 comments
Imagine for a moment that you are a brilliant person. Are you with me so far? Ok, now imagine that you’ve created a software application that everyone wants. Maybe it’s Lotus 123, or Mathematica, Doom, or a screensaver with flying toasters. • Imagine then, that as you went to sell your …
The Kids in the Hall are making an 8-episode murder mystery series for the CBC.
Posted by on Saturday, August 22, 2009
Digital Callousness
Posted by on Friday, August 14, 2009 in - 1 comment
Today I watched footage of a fatal plane crash and all I could think was, “Did YouTube redesign their search box?”
10 Years of silverorange
Posted by on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 in - 8 comments
Our beloved little web development company, silverorange, was incorporated ten years ago today (August 11, 1999). • I’m looking forward to the next ten years.