I’m home all by myself this weekend (the missus took the baby to CA to visit family for a few days) so I am at long last catching up on some reading. Today’s book is Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham. It is a selection of Paul Graham’s essays [...]
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Richard Kerris leaving HP for “an opportunity outside”
Steve Jobs
I am not entirely sure what to say. It has taken me two hours to write the following few paragraphs. Though I never worked at Apple nor had a chance to meet him, I owe my career to Steve Jobs. At the tender age of 8 I learned to program on an Apple IIe and [...]
Hidden Treasure: AppBundler
When working on big projects I often create little projects to support the larger effort. Sometimes these little projects turn into something great on their own. It’s time for me to tell you about one of them: AppBundler. AppBundler is a small tool which packages up Java (client side) apps with a minimum of fuss. [...]
Java + SDL + Avian + webOS = Magically Delicious
Mmmwaa haa haa. It lives! I’ve gotten Java to run on webOS natively with a new set of Java SDL bindings. That means it just *might* time to start a new project. Read on for how it works and how you could help.
The Future of Desktops and Design of the Workstation OS
I’ve talked about the tablet takeover several times before on this blog. I still firmly believe my previous statement: Ten years from now 90% of people will use something like a tablet or smartphone as their primary computing interface. And the remaining 10% will use a desktop OS on something called a workstation. In fact, [...]
webOS Canvas Improvements for the HP TouchPad
Hot on the heels of my Canvas talk at OSCON (which went very well. Much thanks to everyone who attended), I’ve put up a post on the developer blog about the great new Canvas stuff in webOS 3.0. Most importantly, speed has been doubled for certain drawing operations! I’m very proud of the graphics team [...]
HTML Canvas Deep Dive
Today I’m doing a three hour hands on tutorial at OSCON on HTML Canvas. All you need is a text editor, Chrome, and basic JavaScript knowledge. By the end of the session you’ll know a ton about Canvas and have built your own little video game that can run almost anywhere. The full lecture notes [...]
Boom. It’s Action Time
The TouchPad is on it’s way to stores, the catalog is full of apps, and Jesse finally went to sleep. It is done. Well, not really done per se. This is a marathon and we’ve only made our first dip in the water. It’s a seven course meal that begins with the first mile. It’s [...]
Get a Discount to See Me Speak at OSCON
I’m very excited to announce that two of my presentations have been accepted to OSCON this year (thankfully back in Portland again). OSCON is one of my favorite conferences because I get to learn as well as teach. There is such a diverse set of topics that I try to get out of my comfort [...]