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Category Archives: Technology

Observations on the lack of art in technology today

What’s wrong with Visual Studio?

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 6:35 pm

I’ve tweeted this a bit, but decided it’s time I start a catalog. Been working an assignment on location at an ASP.Net shop (they’ve teased about it being a full-time gig, but no action on that front; honestly don’t know what I’d do, because the folks there are great to work with even if they […]

On Craftsmen

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 1:42 pm

(Both Joshua Porter and Eric Meyer have been musing on this theme, and it struck a chord here, as well. This should not be construed as a rebuttal to either piece, just some musings their writings have spurred here.) In the beginning was the individual. If Og wanted something for his cave, he fashioned it […]

The Same, Only Moreso

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 9:06 am

Was at the Flex show last night over at WCTC. It was very apparent I’ve had my head inside Rails lately. Kevin Hoyt, the Adobe demo guy, did his database access schtick (writing just a few lines of code and — hey, presto! — a fuctioning CRUD db screen appears) and while the rest of […]

I Was Right

Filed under: Technology— arlen@ 8:53 pm

Nothing warms the cockles of an old curmudgeon’s heart as much as things like this. While I stop now and spend a moment of silence in mourning for the loss of Scoble’s data (which is truly a despicable act, one for which Facebook should be shunned off the web) I can’t help but remember something […]

I don’t get it

Filed under: Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 8:56 am

OK, Andy so you’re mad about the Opera Lawsuit. I get that. You’re also frustrated with the inability of MS programmers to follow a spec. I get that, too. But this just doesn’t make sense to me. I just don’t see how it’s a practical idea to exclude from the creation of a standard the […]

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