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WWDC: San Francisco was a success

Jacuqi and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to San Francisco to cover Apple's WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) for Ars Technica! We spent most of our time talking to iPhone and Mac programmers, covering Steve Jobs' keynote address to the attendees and press, and going to the cool parties that are thrown. Just like we did in January at MacWorld, we threw a party at Harlot on 54 Minna. We had an open bar and teamed up with Gizmodo again to throw a really awesome party. In my opinion, it was one of the best of all ...

Posted on: 2008 June 12

Filed under: Ars Technica, Partying

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Stale web developers

Jeremiah Owyan, an analyst at Forrester Research has a post titled "What to do when web developers get stale?" A seasoned web developer that knows Jeremiah expressed his frustration at the seemingly quickening pace of the web development eco-sphere. This web developer had been programming and developing websites for nearly 10 years, but admitted he was having a very hard time keeping up with the younger faster developers that knew the new languages. Jeremiah suggested that the individual in question try and move into a more business / production role. That was probably a good suggestion, but it's not the ...

Posted on: 2008 January 22

Filed under: Programming

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Live blogging and the Eye-Fi Wireless 2 gigabyte SD camera memory card

Jacqui and I (and others at Ars Technica) have done the live blogging thing enough to know that orchestrating the whole affair can be a challenge with only two people in attendance. Unlike the mega-sites Engadget and Gizmodo who can afford and finagle up to four people to sit in the press area, take photos, transfer them, format and upload them, manage the live blogging itself, et cetera. When we go to an event like WWDC, MacWorld, or TechCrunch40, we generally only have two people in the keynote (if we're lucky). Most of the time there is only a single ...

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