Category Archives: Opinion
Intel Haswell Ultrabook–Looking Closer
In a previous posting, I explained that Intel sent me a Haswell Ultrabook to review. I’ve had it now for a couple months, and I have to say it is a superstar. The computer weighs just 3.5 pounds, and the … Continue reading
A Personal Note – Moving On…
In our industry it is common to have a number of jobs during the course of your career. I’ve benefitted from my experiences at PBS, Citibank, Ziff Davis, AT&T and Microsoft to name just a few. In recent years I’ve … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #103–Scott Hanselman
Scott Hanselman joins me to talk about One ASP.NET, Windows 8 and what he’s been up to. Scott is a Principal Project Manager at Microsoft, and one of the most popular personalities on the net; host of three podcasts and … Continue reading
Intel Haswell Ultrabook Pre-release First Look
Intel sent me a Haswell Ultrabook to review, and since it runs Windows 8 and has a multi-touch screen I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. The book weighs in at 3 pounds, 3.3 oz. It has a … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #102–Top Pluralsight Authors
In this special round-table edition of Yet Another Podcast, I’m joined by K. Scott Allen John Papa Julie Lerman Michael Perry Craig Shoemaker Joe Eames Steve Smith A free for all discussion on writing On Line Training courses, … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #101–Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo Foley is the author of the All About Microsoft blog for ZDNet. She has been following Microsoft since 1984 and is one of our most fascinating returning guests. Today she talks about /Build and Windows 8.1, Azure and … Continue reading
What’s On My Desk?
In July of 2011 I shamelessly followed Jeff Blankenburg’s lead in writing What’s In Your Laptop Bag? Today I do it again. On May 30, Jeff wrote a post What’s On Your Desk? That seemed like such a great idea, … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #99–John Bristowe
John Bristowe joins John Galloway and me to talk about HTML5 and also to talk about putting the web on a diet. John is a fascinating and very passionate ex-Microsoft Evangelist and current Telerik Evangelist. Device APIs Working Group HTTP … Continue reading
Back in Israel after 40 years
Today, I find myself in Tel-Aviv in preparation for the SELA conference this week. It has been 40 years since I have been in Israel.
Yet Another Podcast #96–John Papa on SPA and Public Speaking
Talking with John Papa and Jon Galloway about Single Page Applications (SPA) and also about public speaking. John’s blog John on Pluralsight Listen | Yet Another Podcast
Intel Ultrabook–Wrapup
In a previous posting I described the IvyBridge Ultrabook I was given to review. This is the third and final review. In short, this is a great machine, and it has been my primary laptop since I got it. … Continue reading
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Is the Kindle Obsolete? One Man’s Opinion On A New Alternative.
Flying home from Desert Code Camp yesterday I noticed that one or two of the passengers had a new type of reading device in which each page of the book was on a separate piece of paper, all glued together. … Continue reading
