by Bruce | Aug 15, 2011 | General, Tech Trends, Things that make me think
I have had my Nook eBook Reader for a few month, and I am really hooked – so hooked that it bothers me when I have to resort to “paper solutions” for anything. It is so nice to be able to carry the Nook around with all kinds of books, news feeds (ala Calibre), PDFs...
by Bruce | Feb 1, 2010 | Development, Things that make me think
At the CodeMash conference this year many things stuck with me, and two have been bugging me enough to do something about them this last weekend. One was the idea that programmers need to practice and refine their skills, which was probably best described in the...
by Bruce | Jul 19, 2009 | Development, Tech Trends, Things that make me think
One of the other fortunate things we were able to spend some time on last week was Kodu for the XBox 360. Kodu is one of those things that is difficult to describe in words or even screen shots, and really needs to be experienced to understand. In a...
by Bruce | Jun 22, 2009 | Development, Tech Trends, Things that make me think
Kidbook vs. Netbook I wrote almost a year ago of how I’ve been looking for a netbook that would meet some basic requirements for use by kids for their daily work. There have been a lot of netbook models which are basically all the same specs, but none have...
by | Feb 20, 2009 | Tech Trends, Things that make me think
I had the opportunity to attend Keith Brophy's 10th Annual "Tech Trends" Wednesday last night. It is great to have regular events like this to bring people together and stimulate conversation and ideas – which is exactly what it did. ...
by Bruce | Feb 17, 2009 | Things that inspire me, Things that make me think
For Valentine's Day this year, Laura wanted to have a lunchdate at someplace new. After a littlesearching she found a place in East Grand Rapids called Marie Catrib's – http://www.mariecatribs.com/. I checked it out online and figured out how...