The Internet and the world it connects you to can sometimes give you a bit of information overload. When it comes to managing and recalling that information, it can be a real pain. You can bookmark websites, save text and email in files, and put pdfs in folders, but everything is still in its own place...
We are currently looking to hire one or two new PHP developers and likely one mobile developer. If you are looking to work at a really good company, or you know anyone who might be a good fit both technically and culturally, please let us know...
Among my favorite apps on the iPhone is Pandora Radio. I have been listening to Pandora Radio since they started back in 2000 when they began work on the Music Genome Project. The project is one of the most comprehensive music analysis projects ever undertaken...
This morning AT&T Wireless announced new pricing options for the data plans used on smart phones, such as the popular iPhone. Engadget has a really good summary of the changes and there are tons of stories on this announcement on Techmeme...
Oh, is it Memorial Day today? I hadn't noticed. I forgot that the Internet shuts down in observance of Memorial Day*.
What's that? You say that websites are still operational on major holidays? .....
SIP SIP SIP. I am not drinking coffee, I am talking about the first blog entry in a series we call "App of the Week." Each week a guy (or gal) here will write about an app they love or hate. First up, Acrobit's Softphone app.
Let me give you a little...
Six weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on my personal blog named Beware of Gmail's All Mail : Eats Up Space. In short, I used up all my Google Apps capacity and had to delete mail to make sure I did not go above my quota...
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One of the most basic necessities of any business or organization is depositing money. Without being able to collect money from your customers and supporters, in the long run, you won't be able to keep your doors open...
I see a gathering of coders outside my office, around the water cooler. They are trying to find out why the water cooler is leaking all over the place. One said to look for a hole in the bottle. After some investigation work (almost used windex to find the hole) we found it...
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Jewish Life, or more specifically, life in accordance with Jewish Law in today’s technologically advanced era, has never been more exciting...
People have been asking how they can embed the Google Pac Man Doodle on their web pages. I decided to pull together a quick embed code to allow people to do so, as long as Google keeps the files live...
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Anyone who uses GSM based phones, namely iPhone's, have been plagued by "GSM Buzz" when in an area with poor reception and next to speakers. If you don't know what I am talking about, check the video.
A good day in my office gives me one bar of reception...
Today is a special day at RustyBrick. We now have an AT&T 3G MicroCell installed at the office. That means that we all have 5 bars now, well - Verizon Wireless users always had five bars, but now all RB iPhone users have five bars now...
You might have seen Twitter feed boxes in the sidebars of websites such as www.cartoonbarry.com. Did you ever wonder how those self-updating widgets work? They're made possible by a data format called RSS (and ATOM and XML) and a little bit of JavaScript...
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I send out a lot of estimates and proposals, it is part of what I do everyday. And honestly, we close a nice percentage of those deals, even though I am a horrible sales man. Some of those deals close quickly and some close after over a year after first contact...
I signed up for Google Wave a few weeks back to check out the hype. A few days later I was given access. I wanted to use Wave among our table-top gaming group...
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A new version of our iPhone Siddur is now available for download, as a free upgrade. I wanted to share one of the many changes we made to the application. We added a feature to change how we calculate the Mizrach compass...
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I have always been a fan of Twitter, but I would never have imagines I would have bought a car using Twitter. Yes, three years after joining Twitter it led to me buying a car, well - leasing a new car...
Can you imagine the iPhone on Verizon Wireless? Forget the fact that the day Verizon supports the iPhone is the same day AT&T's network becomes stable. Forget the fact that so many more devices will be sold. More of our apps will be downloaded and that is what is important to iPhone App...