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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Laid Off Today
This morning at 8am, I was officially laid off from my job with Sogeti USA (Houston office). To say it was a shock would be a lie, things just weren’t going well where I was involved (lack of billing, hard … Continue reading
Is Facebook Winning the OpenID War?
My question is, “Is Facebook winning the OpenID war?”. Not that there is really a war going on persey. I’m sure some people will make the argument that the two technologies are different (and on some level they very much are), but from a end user perspective they accomplish a similar goal and since a lot of people already have Facebook accounts the userbase for Facebook Connect is larger than OpenID. Continue reading
Michael Koby’s Most Used Paid iPhone Apps
A few days ago we looked at the free iPhone apps I used the most, today we’re going to look at the paid apps that I use. Continue reading
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Michael Koby's Most Used Paid iPhone Apps
A few days ago we looked at the free iPhone apps I used the most, today we’re going to look at the paid apps that I use. Continue reading
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Why Apple Should Fear (But Also Embrace) Google
And with that in mind, there is this one simple fact: mobile application developers can survive without Apple and it’s iPhone. The did for years before there was an iPhone. With more mobile platforms now than before, a mobile application developer has a lot of choices: Android, Windows Mobile, Palm’s WebOS, and even Symbian. What Apple can’t do is support the App Store without it’s application developers. Continue reading
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Social Networks & Job Hunting
This really goes to show the power of social networks and having good followers. I would not have some of the opportunities if it wasn’t for my Twitter followers who retweeted my resume and LinkedIn links like wildfire yesterday. And on Facebook, I was given instructions for no less than 2 companies on how to apply and send my resume, from real people that I know. Not bots or spam people that can you deal with on places like Monster. Continue reading →