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One of the minor challenges of creating a web application , is to indicate that something was successfully or unsuccessfully completed when transitioning to a new page or screen. I find it’s very important and reassuring to let user’s know what has happened , whether it worked or whether there was a problem. Typically…
Lo and behold to my surprise yesterday, when 60 Minutes ran a story on exactly the topic I posted about a few months back, What happens When Robots do all the work? Pretty much this 60 Minutes story touched on all the points I discussed on my original blog posting. I recommend…
Interesting infographic about the future Having just recently posted a blog entry on the future of work. I was reading my Flipboard feed and came across this interesting infographic from the BBC Future web site. I found it amusing and interesting because some of the predictions (And that’s what these…
Ahh the proverbial bucket list. Its that time of year, when people begin to think of New Year’s resolutions. So I prefer to think a little longer term, not just in the next year, but lifetime…. As we complete yet another orbit around the sun, its time to realize as…
I’ve been pretty intrigued by bitcoin lately. If your not familiar with bitcoin you can of course head over to the wikipedia bitcoin entry or you can head over to this no nonsense post bitcoing post on gizmodo . In a nutshell bitcoin is an on-line digital currency (sometimes…
HTML5 Gaming I’m beginning to look into various html5 javascript game and graphics frameworks. The toughest part is always choosing a good framework in the beginning, since its such a time investment to learn a new API , plus hope that the framework is popular enough so bugs are fixed quickly and…
Christine, Duncan and myself, have been very competitive this year. What I find so enjoyable about our ongoing running rivalry , is how close in capability all three of us are. On any given day one of us can beat the other two and this has made for some memorable…