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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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Today’s Media & Digital Distribution
For this week’s commentary, I want to look at digital distribution for various kinds of media and look at some of the advantages as well as disadvantages to this distribution model for those different media types. As broadband speeds increase, distributing media digitally is going to become more popular so it makes sense to take a closer look at it. Continue reading
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What Are You Doing NOW?
That is the question that seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. Twitter, Pownce, and Jaiku all have potential solutions for it. Facebook even has something to help you answer that question. Most of these websites give you multiple … Continue reading
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Year of the Linux Desktop
I saw a post on a blog the other day entitled “2007 is the Year of the Linux Desktop” and it struck me as odd that the Linux Desktop can have so many years. Seriously folks, that quote, title, whatever you want to call it has been the slogan for Linux desktops since at least 2003 and I am pretty sure I can place safe money that it was a slogan somewhere before that. Continue reading
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College Degree Required
Why is it that almost all of the computer related jobs require a college degree? I do not understand this. Several of the top open source programmers are without college degrees. It has been proven time and time again that just because you have a college degree, you are not necessarily the best man for the job. Continue reading
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Changing the World
It seems a lot of people wish the world would change. Be it the geek who wants the RIAA or MPAA to understand that piracy does not really hurt their business, the intellectual who thinks the president is an idiot, or the average joe who things Washington should worry more about a particular issue. They wall want the world to change, and they usually want it to change into some image they have in their heads. Continue reading
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Today's Media & Digital Distribution
For this week’s commentary, I want to look at digital distribution for various kinds of media and look at some of the advantages as well as disadvantages to this distribution model for those different media types. As broadband speeds increase, distributing media digitally is going to become more popular so it makes sense to take a closer look at it. Continue reading →