Category Archives: Technology

iPod Killer Found, pt 3

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Derek

Back in 2006, it was becoming very clear that the iPod had so little competition, that it could continue to grow, and grow, and grow, until… what? What would finally displace the iPod? Something had to come along at some … Continue reading →

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Google shutting down the Translate API

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Derek

When I have conversations with people about what excites me in technology today, I usually start with the fact that the Web is breaking down barriers in a way we’ve never experienced before. It is simply amazing that anyone is … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on Twitter vs Ecosystem

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Derek

So Twitter is once again in some hot water with their developer community. After a well-intentioned, but poorly executed suggestion to their developer community that they stop working on developing clients and instead work on “vertical” ideas, the feedback they’ve … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Lala: What could have been

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Derek

It’s now been about 6 weeks since Apple bought Lala and I’ve spent some time reflecting on the acquisition. When I first heard the news, it sounded like a good fit. After-all, Lala is essentially a web-based version iTunes and … Continue reading →

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On: Programmable Twitter Clients

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Derek

Loic Lemuer (CEO of Seesmic) recently announced at Microsoft’s Developer Conference that he’ll be releasing a new version of Seesmic that supports plugins. This is huge for developers, as well as users. Up until now the Twitter developer ecosystem has … Continue reading →

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Google’s Vision of the Web in 2015

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Derek

Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb had an interesting post today recapping an interview with Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt at last week’s Gartner Symposium. In a short, 6 minute segment out of the full 45 minute interview (video below), Schmidt hinted at … Continue reading →

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Daily Tip: Chrome for OSX

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Derek

If you can’t wait to get your hands on Chrome for OSX, go download a Chromium nightly build, unzip, and copy to your Applications folder. At first glance, it doesn’t appear much different from Safari, which isn’t too surprising since … Continue reading →

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Upcoming events for Kansas City developers/designers

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Derek

I’m involved with organizing two upcoming events in the Kansas City area for web developer/designers. PreDevCamp – Kansas City This is an event we just announced today that will be a “bootcamp” for developing on Palm’s new Mojo SDK platform, … Continue reading →

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Tweenky, Zendcon, vacations, CCCKC, DotNext, etc…

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Derek

Blogging is something that comes in waves for me, and once I get out of the habit, it is tough to get back into it.  I enjoy it, but sometimes there’s just so much going on that it completely escapes … Continue reading →

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Reddit fighting with its developers

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Derek

Day #1 of Reddit going open source, and they are already fighting with their developers. C’mon guys, you clearly don’t understand what is being requested, so ask for clarification instead of being so stubborn. We understand you are busy getting … Continue reading →

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