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Leaving Atimi

Thursday, March 13, 2008
By shazron

I have left Atimi Software Inc. after three years being there, for personal reasons. I loved developing for the Mac, and now is an exciting time especially with the iPhone and its SDK — but it is back to the Windows world for me. I still will develop Mac stuff as a hobby, for... »

The end of “once a day” blogging

Sunday, January 6, 2008
By shazron

Announcing: “once a week” blogging. Once a day in retrospect was too ambitious: the posts that came out of it were wasteful, they did not contribute anything except for glorified advertisements for products mainly, I felt. My main goal was to improve my writing, but I wanted to do so as long as I could... »

Blog writing update

Friday, December 28, 2007
By shazron

Ok, so this daily blog writing thing has not gone so well, since my resolution. It’s not that I don’t go to the computer to write, it’s figuring out what to write. Writing original articles is hard, collecting various tidbits of information out there and commenting on it is a bit easier. Let’s see, it’s... »

AeroGarden, and other “Cool Tools”

Saturday, December 22, 2007
By shazron

No, it’s not a superband consisting of musicians from Aerosmith and Soundgarden, it’s Kevin Kelly’s site, Cool Tools. As its name implies, it is a treasure trove of cool gadgets that may or not be considered “techy” enough to be in Engadget. Here are some of the ones I like: Aerogarden: Grow your own herb... »

Old fashioned tech

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
By shazron

Good old analog methods, just like they used to do! No “Hollywood” style guy in a manhole outside the target, “hacking” the alarm system, and the like. Sometimes being in this (almost) all digital world, the classic methods are more exciting — to write about, at least. From the New York Times: Armed with nothing more... »

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