I helped Adobe quash bugs
This past weekend, a few folks who’d never met got together at the EUI office for some good ol’ fashioned nerd fun. Adobe Seattle held a bug quash, and allowed developers all over the world to help out.
Close the patent office right now!
Our patent process is such an innovation killer! Apple certainly does their fair share of patent craziness, but they actualy, eventually execute on a lot of them. Some they don’t and those should also go back into the pool in 5 years.
Patents are rediculous, I challange anyone to show me a patent that’s done good. That hasn’t stifled innovation, that hasn’t locked out competition, for completely stupid reasons, or isn’t just plain stupid (patenting a click, or a molecule, color, shape, etc)
Denver Come quash Flex SDK Bugs!
EffectiveUI is hosting a group of people to get together and quash bugs with Adobe. Adobe is hosting the official effort in Seattle, and opening a connect room for developers all over to participate!
When you register make sure to sign up on the Bug Quash site to get the instructions on setting your computer up for SDK Development.
In the Good intentions, bad execution category
I was doing my daily RSS feed reading, and came across the Sound Advice Project (careful when you click, mute your speakers). The idea is they take the wave form of a phrase and turn it into a bracelet. Neat.
Except that when the site loads, you’re greated by a nice female voice. I HATE THAT! You don’t know where I’m opening your website, maybe I’m bored in a meeting, maybe at church, maybe I should be working on a homework project, etc. It’s just rude!
Ignite Denver Wrap, up WXMW Party
I always get so wrapped up in blogging elsewhere that johnwilker.com get’s a bit neglected :(
I just finished Ignite Denver a week ago (3/11), and it was a huge success, better than the first for sure (organization wise! Sessions have kicked ass each time). It kinda sucks that people compare it to Ignite Boulder. Well [...]
This is why Journalists suck
Then we got an email from a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, asking for a press pass to 360|iDev. She was interested in talking to Jay Freeman about Cydia. We extended our warm welcome, hoping that as “Beat reporter for iPhone” an iPhone developer conference (first of it’s kind since O’Reilly pulled the plug), put on by developers would be interesting. Turns out no, that’s not an interesting story.
This is sobering
I’m anti breeding like bunnies, but sadly most other countries aren’t. On top of that, they’re making smarter babies than we are. I mean, what’s the value proposition of a 4 year college, when what you start learning is worthless when you graduate? Other than being $100k in debt of course. We either need to make college relevant, or stop pushing it on kids. Sure you learn how to learn, but WTF, any moron can figure that out, ask an entrepreneur. Everyone I meet that’s pro college education, uses “learn to learn” as a main reason, for $100k, I really hope there’s more to it.
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