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Well of course there’s an Apple Tax!

CNet Interviewed Brad Brooks, and in that interview he says that Mac buyers pay an “Apple Tax” DUH Apple owners have long known about the Apple Tax, we joke about, nothing new Brad! He seems to think we (Apple product owners) think that Apple really pays 500 dollars to build each 16gb iPhone, and 2500 [...]

The IP Czar cometh

So our soon to be ex-President has gone ahead and created a really lame goverment post. I thought republicans were anti big government? Didn’t this new Czar make government a bit bigger? the Pro-IP Act, essentially makes being a consumer a crime, yippy! Techcrunch has a good write up on. I’m completely opposed to the [...]

Great Steve thinks we all want to look at ourselves while we code

Apples new gear is pretty neat, mostly. I dig the track pad thing, even though gestures are pretty much limited to Apples’ own products. The 4 finger thing might be cool for espose, etc.. The instant on LED backlight will definitely be a nice touch! The glossy screen, SUCKS. Damnit Apple! why can’t you leave [...]

From 360|Flex Atlanta to Startup, check out NoteFlight

Tom and I really enjoy talking to and hanging out with Joe Berkovitz. Tom met him online while working on a tough Flex problem, and we both met him in person at 360|Flex Seattle. Joe is an awesome guy, easy to talk to, scary smart, and creative. For those that don’t know, we usually dedicate [...]

V coming back! Watch out white mice and guinea pigs!

I read V: The Second Generation, when it came out in paperback, and it defintiely captured the story of the Visitors and the Resistance. It should it, it was written by the original creator of the series.

my First real (well sorta) iPhone app

I gotta say, Apple does make being a developer easier. I guess maybe they see it as a jedi thing? Like building your light saber as your rite of passage, i dunno. I still haven’t gotten my iPhone provisioned for my apps, so it’s still simulator for me. Maybe tomorrow. I’m so glad the NDA [...]

in other news, we don’t know where the number came from

Apparently 750,000 americans are out of work because of IP piracy. Leading the US Chamber of Commerce to push for a Copyright Czar. My first point of contention is that according to wired, no one knows where the 750,000 number actually came from. Several groups cite other groups as the source, even circling back on [...]

I can haz a feedburner feed

I’m contemplating moving to WordPress, the first step is to make sure everyone has a feed that won’t vanish. So if you’re using my direct RSS link, update. It’s now this Even if I don’t switch, at least now it’ll be all in one place. Also look to have both of my blogs combined into [...]

360Flex Camp New Jersey wrap up

Meant to write this up sooner, but been a busy week at work. New Jersey was our, first Flex Camp, so it had a few lessons learned to go with it. 1. Don’t red eye it the morning of the event. Tom’s flight was an hour late, then we had to get from JFK to [...]

Hung out with 20 of Colorado’s most innovative companies yesterday.

I was at DEMOgala ’08 ALL day yesterday. It was fun. Tiring but fun. It’s funny how I can do a 3-4 conference, set it up all that, and not be as beat as setting up a single booth, LOL. Man New respect for expo sponsors! Our booth was pretty sweet! Check out my write [...]

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