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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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Adobe Releases AIR for Linux
Keeping good on their promise to bring their AIR platform to Linux, Adobe has released an alpha version of AIR for Linux today. This is great news for those looking to run AIR on their Linux desktops and Adobe should … Continue reading
MacDaily News Misses the Point
Last but not least, MacDaily News needs to get a serious clue and stop drinking the Apple kool-aid. I mean yes, Apple came out with some really cool stuff when it unleashed the iPhone on the masses but seriously, I have never read an article with so much fan-boyism in it. Read up on technology, work in an enterprise IT, or something before you go off on things you apparently do not understand. Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged blackberry, Microsoft, rim, smartphones, windows mobile
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Mahalo & Human Power Search
The idea that a search company could beat Google, is ludicrous at best. Google practically owns search. That does not mean they return the best results, however. In fact, sometimes you have to search two or three times to get the desired results. It has taken many a search for me to get to where I am in regards to search ability. But what if I could type in the exact thing I wanted and get a page of results dedicated to just that subject? That’s what Mahalo tries to do. Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Internet, Technology
Tagged mahalo, search
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Another Missed iPhone SDK Opportunity
I was running a quick errand earlier this evening when something hit me. Since the iPhone SDK does not allow developers to run code in the background (ie when music is playing), that means no one can create a Last.FM … Continue reading
Why AllTop.com Rules
But one extra cool thing about AllTop is the “People” section which has two sections of extreme interest: Egos and Twitterati. Think of some of the most popular “internet celebrities” and you will find all their blogs under the “Egos” sub-topic. This includes Fake Steve Jobs, Seth Godin, Michael Arrington, Fred Wilson, and many, many more. The Twitterati section contains many of these same people’s twitter accounts and their latest posts. Continue reading
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The Web 2.0 Minority
Over the past couple of weeks I have had several conversations with co-workers and fellow geeks that I am personal friends with. That might not sound that unusual, but when you consider that, on more than several occasions I have had to explain the concept of Twitter, Digg, Mahalo, and other Web 2.0 companies and ideas, it starts to make sense why I bring this up. Continue reading →