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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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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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Daily Link Posts
As of this weekend, I have stopped the automatic daily posting of my Delicious bookmarks to this blog. I did this for a couple of reasons. The first being is that it was over-running my blog and covered a little … Continue reading
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Why Blocking Social Media Sites is a Bad Idea
Draconian access rules like blocking web blogs, social network sites, or video sites will only lead to lower employee moral overall and a higher turn around rate on employees, meaning higher costs overall because you’re constantly having to train new people on your practices, policies, and routines. Like I said, open the internet up to your employees, deal with those not working and you can have a productive and happy team. Continue reading
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Michael Koby's Top Used FREE iPhone Apps
It’s been about 6 months since I “sold out” and joined the cult of the iPhone. Over that time I have used a lot of various applications that you can get from the famous App Store. Today I’m going to be looking at some of the most used FREE applications. All the apps below can be downloaded from the App Store and cost a whopping zero dollars. 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 →