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By M. Nankman
This is my final post to this blog because all good things must come to an end. Coincidentally, this is also my 42nd post to this blog. Forty-two, a significant number in its own right. It is a number that stirred some Deep Thoughts inside my mind....
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By M. Nankman
Open source is usually associated with the word "free", and in our minds we see a comfy zero followed by our local currency symbol. Of course, it is a huge misconception to think that open source technology comes at no cost. Okay, you won't have any...
Read moreIs it me or have people become generally gullible towards companies with names that end on "LE" (like Google and Apple, to name a few random ones...)? I mean, what's the deal with this whole Wave thing? If Microsoft would have launched that same...
Read moreA smartphone is a highly sophisticated piece of technology. Besides being highly functional, having a long battery life, these devices also need to make its owner look good. The trouble with smartphones (and al other mobile devices for that matter)...
Read moreWhen I heard about this on the RIA Weekly podcast, while I drove to the office this morning, I couldn't suppress a whoop: Tesla has deployed Adobe AIR in combination with the open source technology Merapi (Roundarch) inside their Model S super car....
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By M. Nankman
Suddenly, an odd thought struck me while I was reading one of Terry Pratchett's books. That happens sometimes, but more often when reading a Pratchett. When it struck me, I thought: "in a virtual world, you can easily do things that are virtually...
Read moreThis morning, I used public transportation to go to the office. So, I stepped onto my bike, and headed towards the railway station of big city Alphen aan den Rijn. Normally, I would shut myself out from the world's sounds by listening to my iPod. But...
Read moreThis post started out as a comment on Andy Mulholland's post about Yammer on our CTO Blog, but I decided to promote it to a full blog post, because I didn't have time to write a short and essential comment. And that is exactly what I wish to discuss...
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By M. Nankman
For those of you who have somehow missed out on global news for the last 8 months or so this might come as a slight shock: the world economy has collapsed, and the value of the dollar is tumbling. Everyone has mainly been blaming the credit bubble...
Read moreAbout a week ago, I was dipping into my twitter stream (I follow 190 people at the moment, so it is barely a trickle compared to the thousands other people follow) to update myself with the latest information about the subjects that matter to me, and...
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