Monthly Archives: August 2010

Cool Water on a Hot Day

During my daily web-crawl, I came across a refreshing interview with Fred Brooks conducted by Kevin Kelly for Wired. I read Mr. Brooks’ book, The Mythical Man-Month when I was in college. What I learned has held sway (to one … Continue reading

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Web Apps: Pros and Cons

Here at Jet-Pack Studio, Web based software development is what we do the most. While Web applications offer a wide array of benefits, every project has the potential to present obstacles that may rule out a Web app as the … Continue reading

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Cutting Corners

For the first time since April 20 of this year (107 days ago), the flow of oil resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster has been contained in a manner that assures most people affected by the spill that … Continue reading

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Head in the Cloud

Cloud computing or “The cloud.” In short: dynamically scaled (often virtualized) applications, data and/or other computing resources accessed over a network. A short definition, but perhaps a bit difficult for a non-technical professional to understand. Let’s try something a little … Continue reading

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Programming for Fun and Profit

A few weeks ago, Google announced that they’re beginning to extend invitations to the general public to access a new tool called App Inventor. It’s designed to make it easy for anyone to create a mobile application for Android powered … Continue reading

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