Archive for the ‘General’ Category

June 1, 2010 1

Summary of Steve Jobs at D8

By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, Technology

Thought I’d post a quick summary of key remarks by Steve Jobs at D8, courtesy Engadget’s live coverage1. Regarding Foxconn Suicides: Steve: It’s a factory — but my gosh, they have restaurants and movie theaters… but it’s a factory. But they’ve had some suicides and attempted suicides — and they have 400,000 people there. The [...]

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May 14, 2010 2

Facebook

By Wes Kroesbergen in General

I hate Facebook. I hate their constant changes to UI without adequate customer feedback. I can’t stand the detiorating usability they introduce with each update. The frequent updates to the terms of service force me to give up more control over my data each update. The usability of their account and privacy controls are absolutely [...]

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May 4, 2010 2

iPad Tethering

By Wes Kroesbergen in General

As you’re no doubt aware, Steve Jobs indicated1 before the launch of the iPad that tethering to an iPhone would not be a supported feature. True to his word, my WiFi-only iPad does not tether via Bluetooth to the iPhone (as a matter of fact, they won’t pair at all). Unfortunately for me, I’ve sold [...]

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April 29, 2010 0

Why IT Pros Should Study Design and UX

By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, Featured Articles, General, Technology

This may sound like a weird idea coming from someone who thinks with the right half of their brain, but I think technology professionals need to study design principles and user experience (UX). Far too often IT pros fail to grasp and/or appreciate how the technology on which they are working impacts the end user. [...]

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April 8, 2010 2

Thoughts on the iPad

By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, Technology

On April 3rd I, along with many other Canadians made the trip down to the Walden Galleria Apple Store in Buffalo, New York. I was too excited about the iPad to care that I was waiting in line for the first version of a new technology product. I for one hate shopping in general, and [...]

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April 2, 2010 0

Adobe Flash

By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, General, Technology

I thought I’d write another short post on my view of Adobe Flash, and why I think there is such a negative reaction to it. We went through a bit of a war over Adobe Flash when the iPhone was originally announced, and I think we’re going through one again, only this time the technology [...]

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March 31, 2010 0

More on Client Platform Security

By Wes Kroesbergen in General, Technology

As I wrote the other day, anything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. The piece I wrote earlier was relating directly to the security of the client operating system. However, there is another aspect to consider, specifically the human factor. While an OS itself can be secure as a [...]

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March 31, 2010 0

Objections to Ogg

By Wes Kroesbergen in General, Technology

An interesting analysis of the Ogg format. Take-away: Ogg is technically inferior in almost every aspect, and being (presumably) patent-free does not justify using a product that much inferior.

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March 29, 2010 0

On the Security of Client Platforms

By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, Technology

Anything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. Realizing this, one needs to shift their perception of how to view client platform security. Theoretical analysis is good. However, practical application is what should define security evaluation. Which platform is more secure in practice? Anyone can justify any OS’s security. However, [...]

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March 21, 2010 0

Linux Alternatives to the iPad

By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, Technology

I was recently reading an article from LXer, entitled ‘Linux alternatives for the iPad – and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks’. The author hypes up Linux on tablet devices, concluding that 2010 is the year of Linux on the tablet, most of which will be Android flavored. He attempts to put down the [...]

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March 1, 2010 0

On the use of Facebook

By Wes Kroesbergen in General

The purpose of this post is to share my perspective on the place of Facebook in my life. I’d like to start off by saying that I view social networking as a tool to communicate with others, a tool that offers the ability to share both textual and non-textual (e.g. images) information in an efficient [...]

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February 25, 2010 0

The real buzz about Google Buzz

By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, Technology

As you’re no doubt all aware, Google launched their ‘social networking feed’ called Buzz a little while ago. After much fanfare and hoopla, they changed a few features to make it more acceptable to the privacy-conscious. Unfortunately, they changed these features too late for many, and it would appear that many people don’t trust Google [...]

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February 18, 2010 0

Behind the Scenes – Learning as a Startup

By Wes Kroesbergen in General

Oh the joys. Starting up a new company is risky, risky, risky. I’m a cautious person by nature, and only take shrewdly calculated risks. If there is too much risk in a decision, I will lean toward the cautious side. The friend (SeFunmi Odemuyiwa) that is partnering with me on this project is a big [...]

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February 2, 2010 0

Microsoft vs. iPad

By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, General, Technology

I’ve seen a number of folks excited about the possibility of getting Windows 7 on a tablet device, whether it be through Citrix on the iPad or natively on a PC tablet such as the ExoPC. I personally have no such desire. Windows 7 simply wasn’t designed for the sole purpose of touchscreen computing. The [...]

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January 30, 2010 1

Response to John Nack & The Flash Blog

By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, Featured Articles, General, Technology

I thought I’d write a quick post in response to the posts by John Nack, Product Manager at Adobe, and The Flash Blog regarding the lack of Flash on the iPad (and iPhone). You can find their respective posts here and here. First, in response to John Nack, who makes the point that Flash has [...]

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